Nepal

On our final, twenty-fourth, day of trekking we walked for three hours, mostly on the road.  As we descended towards the highway the temperature rose ... Read More

Nepal 2019Last year’s trek in the Annapurna region was such a great experience that I have returned for another trek.  This year we are three. ... Read More

At two o’clock in the morning, 30 hours after arriving in Kathmandu, we were on a bus speeding (literally) towards an airport at Ramechhap.  The four ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... Read More

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 ... Read More

Yesterday we walked down a bit from Gorak Shep (Everest Base Camp) before turning off the main trail towards Cho La.  The number of trekkers ... Read More