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* Godawari: Welcome to the Orphanage
* Everest Trek: 3 Days to Lukla * Everest Trek: The Descent * Everest Trek: Kala Pattar Summit, 5550 m./18,200 ft. * Everest Trek: Lobuche, 4930 m./16,200 ft. * Everest Trek: Pheriche, 4240 m./13,900 ft. * Everest Trek: Tengbouche, 3870 m./12,700 ft. * Everest Trek: Namche Bazaar, 3420 m./11,200 ft. * Everest Trek: Lukla, 2800 m./9200 ft. * Bistachhap: Maoists and Leopards * Bistachhap: The Daily Show * Kathmandu: Playing with Your Food
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November 29, 2004Godawari: Welcome to the OrphanageOn my first morning at The Little Princes orphanage in the village of Godawari, I wandered out of my room at about 7.30 a.m., having been woken by the kids counting in english at the top of their lungs: "One!....Two!....Three!..."....Read this update November 23, 2004Everest Trek: 3 Days to LuklaPheriche - Phortse - Namche - Lukla - Kathmandu Before I conclude the Everest Trek saga, let me just mention something that may be of interest to you: I recently picked up a copy of "Into Thin Air" for my...Read this update November 19, 2004Everest Trek: The DescentTrekking guide books tend to devote a lot of space to Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS), and with good reason. One out of eight trekkers can't complete their trek because of it, almost everybody is affected by it, and the one...Read this update November 18, 2004Everest Trek: Kala Pattar Summit, 5550 m./18,200 ft.We left Lobuche at 6.30 a.m on Nov. 17 for our final ascent. It was going to be a long day, probably about eight hours at what is considered extreme altitude. Chris and I had decided, as most do at...Read this update November 17, 2004Everest Trek: Lobuche, 4930 m./16,200 ft.Sunblock should work in good faith. I did my part: I was well-informed that the sun at altitude was up to 70% stronger, I had brought along a strong, proven sunscreen, I had it in my daypack at the ready....Read this update November 15, 2004Everest Trek: Pheriche, 4240 m./13,900 ft.After a few hours climbing the steep trail from Tengbouche to Pheriche with our three UK friends, Andy commented, "Jesus, what just happened? It looks like we landed on the fekkin' moon!" What had just happened was that the tree...Read this update November 13, 2004Everest Trek: Tengbouche, 3870 m./12,700 ft.Namche Bazaar - Tengbouche Our third day was a mandatory acclimatization day in Namche Bazaar before we could continue up to Tengbouche - above 3300 meters or so the body needs time to adjust its breathing and build new red...Read this update November 11, 2004Everest Trek: Namche Bazaar, 3420 m./11,200 ft.Phakding - Namche Bazaar I found that there are two basic rules on high altitude treks: don't ascend too quickly, and make sure yaks pass you on the cliff side of the narrow trails. They're called 'rules', because you can...Read this update November 10, 2004Everest Trek: Lukla, 2800 m./9200 ft.Kathmandu - Lukla - Phakding In the early evening of Nov. 9, the day before Chris (my trekking partner) and I set off for Everest Base Camp, we went to a place in Kathmandu called Shona's, run by a grizzled...Read this update November 09, 2004Bistachhap: Maoists and LeopardsBefore I start with another riveting tale of how much rice I ate and whether it was served with lentils or spinach, there's something I have to tell you. Are you sitting down? I'm glad. You see, I will not...Read this update November 08, 2004Bistachhap: The Daily ShowLike many of you, I was in the tea house of a remote Nepalese village listening to the BBC World Service on shortwave radio when the election results of the U.S. presidential election came in. I was personally crushed by...Read this update November 02, 2004Kathmandu: Playing with Your FoodThere are really two Kathmandus, as far as I can tell - Thamel and the rest. The Thamel neighourhood is where all the tourists, trekkers, rafters, mountaineers, and general white people hang out and mix with the locals/other white people....Read this update |
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