Arrived in Kathmandu April 6 feeling a good mixture of terror, anxiety and regret. the only cure for this was a beer and big bowl of lentils. worked a charm. Spent about three full days in Kathmandu before meeting up wit the intrepid group to start trekking. took these first few days pretty easy did a bit of sight seeing, lots of reading and generally just chilled out, which in hindsight was a very good decision. trekking to Base cap is no walk in the park! On Saturday met up with my fellow trekkers, and could not have asked for a better group. We had Steve, Kelly and Hayley (preggers, what a trooper) all from country Victoria, Peter and Sue from Sydney, Canberra honeymooners Renee and Simon, Martin the marathon man, Bek my roomie and top
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