Poorly Planned Seasonal Tourism: Winter in Nepal

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December 19th 2007

Published: January 9th 2008

A Tip For Seasonal Travel: I Wish Someone Had Told Me This Before You wouldn’t do an Alaskan cruise during winter and you wouldn’t visit the Sahara in summer. These are two well established pieces of assumed knowledge which every one of us has installed somewhere between our earlobes. From this, it should not take a long stretch of hard thought to come to the simple conclusion that you should... Read Full Entry

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Matthew Lee

mattylee

Finished uni? Too lazy to get a job? Got a passion to see the world? Why not run away and try to cross the world from Bangkok to London without flying! Starting on January 11, 2007 I set out to do just that with my mate Jeff. Bangkok, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, a six month sojourn in China, Mongolia, Nepal and India have happened already. Who knows where this new year will find me. See the World.... full info

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Bird on the Summit

How on Earth this bird managed to fly out of nowhere and land next to us is beyond me.

Everest on the Left, Nuptse on the Right

Looking Down Kalla Pathar

I climbed up that?

Looking Away From Everest

We Were Surrounded By Mountains

And I mean surrounded.

Pumori

Possibly the most majestic mountain in the region.

Another Look at Everst

Raj and Pumori

Porter on the Way Down

Check out how big this load is!

Pheriche Sunset

As we came down from Gorak Shep, late in the afternoon as the sun was setting, we both started to feel a bit better. Maybe this view had something to do with it? Photo courtesy of Ben.

Funky Tenga

9th January 2008

Ali
Ali Watters

Great blog and photos!
Hindsight always 20/20 - another true cliché... congratulations on surviving the Himalayas in December!

11th January 2008

tannismc
Tannis McCartney

Amazing
Stunning photos. Almost makes me want to go in December...

12th January 2008

Doma Kali in Nepali
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Brilliant blog
I was there in November and even then, the temperature plummetted to -17 degrees at night time. It was just insane! Great pictures you have here, reminded me so much of my previous trip.

2nd May 2008

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deleted_5517

looking forward to it
Hey, entertaining blog, man! I'm headed up to EBC in monsoon season and you've really made me excited about it.

20th September 2008

barrygahan
Barry

Amazing pics...
..and a great blog. I've painful memories of going above 5000m but I'd love to try this hike to Base Camp someday. Though perhaps not in December!

29th June 2009

tuba
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when?
thanks for your detailed blog.So you it'sbetter to go in september?No musson rain?i want to go in september. and also i read your trip in istanbul.if you're still here i can give you some other advice

9th March 2010

Betty Langtry
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guide
Was your guide Rajesh Shrestha?

30th March 2010

mattylee
Matthew Lee

guide
No, he was Rajkumar Basnet. Sorry.

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