Most of the people in the villages that we are visiting are Buddhists. The people are very devout and we pass by many holy Stupas. There are always two paths around the Stupas and Buddhists believe that you must walk around the Stupas clockwise. Out of respect for our sherpa guides we always do this.…
Namche, Nepal shows some of the challenges for construction in this part of the world. Here is a building being constructed in the center of the city. The construction crew tries to use as much of the naturally available materials to construct the building. Above you see them using stone from the surrounding mountains on…
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We are staying a second night in Namche, Nepal. To help adjust to the altitude we hike up 1,560 ft to a hotel on the top of a mountain. Altitude adjustment has been a challenge for me. The hotel is 12,750 ft high, almost as high as I have ever been. The hike was straight…
Today we started our 2nd hike of the trail to Everest Base Camp. It was a 8 hour hike with a change in elevation of 2,700 feet. Here is the Description of Hike ———————————————- We follow the Dudh Kosi, ascending 2,300ft/700m through Himalayan pine and Doedar cedar forests, to the celebrated village of Namche Bazaar…
The first part of our trip is flying from Kathmandu to the Lukla airport. The airport has a very short runway and the runway ends into the rock of the mountain. The runway is sloped up to help slow the plane and to help the plane take off. Everybody was a little nervous. Only one…
We had our first hike in Nepal. It was described to us as small hills up and down and it was that. It took about 4 hours to arrive at the teahouse. I was surprised it was so nice (Nepal standards). John and I are rooming together and our room had it’s own toilet and…
Tomorrow morning at 5am we leave for the airport to begin our trek up to Mount Everest Base Camp. Yesterday we had our gear check and weigh in for our gear. We are only allowed 33 pounds of luggage in total between our duffel bag and our pack. I had to take a lot of…
Today we visited a Buddha Stuka Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal. This temple is a UNESCO World Heritage site and is over 1400 years old. It is located in a part of Nepal called Little Tibet. There were removing the old stucco and applying new stucco. They have been doing this for over 1400 years so…
Haley arrived several days ago and Erin yesterday. Mom and I were able to spend some great time with Haley and then with Haley and Erin. We were able to get them to come on our tour for part of the time in Kathmandu. We visited several Hindu temples as well as several Buddha temples.…
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