Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Just got back from Nepal yesterday morning. Will blog about the highlights of the day and add pictures in at the end of the post.
Day 1:
Got up early and went to the airport. Took a plane to Bangkok and subsequently to Nepal. When we arrived at the hotel, i was rather happy to see that it had a TV and it showed channels like HBO and Star Movies. Had a good dinner.
Day 2:
Got up even earlier this time. Caught a plane to Lukla from which we would trek to Phakding. The view from the plane was magnificent. Saw the entire Himalayas from there. It was rather windy when we arrived in Lukla. Had lunch at a lodge before trekking for about 3 hours to Phakding. When we arrived there, we had dinner then went to bed. Shaun got sick on that day.
Day 3:
Woke up many times in the night. When it finally was time to wake up, i had to use cold water to do so. I had a good breakfast before starting the 5-6 hour trek to Namche. We first had to go downhill then uphill. Nmache wasn at the altitude of 3445 metres. So we trekked and trekked until we reached this open ground with a small stream. There, we had tea. Cookies and hot tang. It was excellent. Just as we were having tea, it started snowing. At first we thought it was rain but found out that it was snow in the end. We took a few mintues to take in the wonderful spectacle before continuing to eat our food. After about half an hour, the first group, set of to tackle the uphill part of the trek. We would climb up a total height of 400m. By the way, the first group consists of me, Sgaun, Bryan, Caleb and Clare. We also had a guide, whose name is Sham. A very friendly guy. So we started our uphill hike. It was exhausting that we had to stop after every 7-8 mins of walking. When we finally reached Namche, we were totally exhausted, cold and wet from the snow. By the time we reached Namche, the snow had become into a blizzard. Everything was covered in snow. We were relieved as the heater in the dining room of the lodge was on.
Day 4:
We woke up in the morning and went to a museum from which we could see Everest. There, we also played with snow. We then trekked to Paronoma Hotel up in a mountain to rest for a while and to see Everest even closer. After that, we trekked down to our lodge in Namche again. Nicole got injured on this day also. She fell and injured her leg.
Will pause here for a while. Getting tired. Will continue tmr.
Wednesday, December 12
~Ivor~