It is surprising that I have not noticed the smell of anyone in the crowded dining rooms at the trekking lodges, because personal hygiene is challenging while trekking.  This has been brought home to us at Gorak Shep,  where there is so little water that... Read More

Today we walked from Lobuche to Gorak Shep.  Located at 5200 metres, this is the last outpost of trekking lodges on the Everest Base Camp trek.  From here it is possible to walk to the Everest Base Camp, which we will do tomorrow.  The other... Read More

The Kongma La is the highest, longest and least used of the three high passes we hope to traverse on this trek.  That’s a good thing, as our transit of it yesterday was the toughest day’s walk I can ever recall.The walk did not start... Read More

Three blogs to be published today now that there is Wi-Fi again.  November 10th We have spent the last couple of days climbing towards the first of the three high passes on our trek.  This morning we parted company with the principal trail to Everest Base... Read More

We are slowly climbing and acclimatizing as we head toward the first of the high passes that we will traverse.  We have been pacing ourselves so that we are now at almost 4000 metres without any symptoms of altitude sickness.Last night we stayed at Tengboche,... Read More

Namche Bazaar is the largest town we will see on our trek.  Nestled in a horseshoe shaped hillside at 3400 metres, it has most of the amenities a trekker could desire.  There is a hospital, innumerable shops offering trekking gear, several banks and money changers,... Read More