Blogs from Himalayas, Nepal, Asia - page 15

It's just today that suddenly I feel like going back to Nepal to do Everest Base Camp and other side trek like Kalapathar, Chola Pass, and may be Island Peak Summit. I only have lesser than 2 weeks preparation, and now I'm trying to schedule it for beginning May arrival in Kathmandu and start right away from Lukla. I would be very lucky, if I can hook up with travel buddies along the way that wanna do the same trek with me because I don't really wanna go with a group. Anyway,,, if I dont get any responses on this post soon, I will still try to manage it by myself... hopefully meeting interesting people along the way. Here is my itenerary, althought it's not yet final since I haven't included Island Peak Summit because I'm ... read more

Witam Was. Po ciezkiej gorskiej walce w koncu wrocilem w zasieg cywilizacji. Oto krotki raport z dzialalnosci wysokogorskiej. 25 kwiecien - Ruszam z Namche do Tengbotche, idzie mi sie slabo, zaczyna mnie bolec glowa, czyli dopadlo mnie. Zatrzymuje sie w lodgy nan rzeczka w polowie drogi (3200 npm), lykam Diamox, wypijam pare litrow wody. Srednio udany dzien. 26 kw - Czuje sie dobrze, glowa przestala bolec, ide wyzej. Zatrzymuje sie kawalek za Tengbotche (3710 npm), wszystko gra, ladne widoki, robie pare fot. 27 kw - Ruszam do Periche, po kilku godzinach jestem na miejscu (4200 npm), czuje sie srednio, postanawiam zrobic przystanek aklimatyzacyjny. Fajne widoczki, mieszkam w Himalaya Hotel, pierwszy cieply prysznic od paru dni. 28 kw - Odpocznek, w hotelu maja fajna biblioteczke wiec sie nie nudze, wchodze na gorke z widokiem na Dingbotche, ogolnie ... read more

Namaste! My trip to lovely Nepal was several years ago and I went specifically to do the Everest Base Camp with World Expeditions (who I highly recommend). I was based in Kathmandu to begin with and I remember discovering the Casino that night and the “free drinks”, enough said. Needless to the the 5 am start the next morning was not very welcome. We flew into Lukla for the start of the trek and there was a big military presence due to the Maoists hiding out in the mountains, where I would be trekking. Every day there was something new on the trek I remember being quite high in altitude and passing a pub just hanging over the cliff face with full size pool table inside (probably the only thing keeping it held down). At the ... read more

Now I wait here in Katmandu, for my Indian visa whilst pollution builds up once again in my lungs, just two more days in Katmandu and I think I will be dead, suffocating on the infected fluids of my own lung lining, but just a bit longer then we are out of here. I cannot wait to get going the pollution here is the worst I have come across. I look down from a temple high up above the city, a sprawling mass of concrete for as far as I can see, a 360 degree sea of noise, filth and fumes. I plan to go to Jiri which is the starting point to a trek to Everest base camp, it follows the original route that the first explorers used on their attempts on Everest. I feel ... read more

There's only so much you can write about trekking before you start to sound like an anorak, and only so much you can read about it before it becomes tedious. Having already written three fairly detailed trekking accounts, I don't particularly feel like writing too much about how beautiful the Himalayas are. So here are some of the choice photos from our two week trek in Langtang National Park, you can see for yourself. ... read more