April 30 - Christchurch
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
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Friday, April 30, 2010
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Saturday, April 24, 2010
Namche Bazaar
Made it Namche today in good time. very nice views and not much trekking taffic as the Europeans haven't got here yet because of the volcanoe. They had market day today and it is a pretty spectacular sight with just about everything you could imagine for sale. Live chickens, grains, tupperware, sides of Yak, pots, clothes and lots of stuff from Tibet. We are having a lot of laughs and enjoying the trek. Our guide Purba is going to take us up Khunde peak tomorrow and then to his home in Khunde. the valley that Khunde and Khumjum are in have an absolutley fantastic view of Ama Dablam. Weather was clear this morning except for the smoke haze. Got the first views of Mt Everest today and it looked really windy. Bumped into the wife of Mango who is climbing Everest with Peak Freaks and Lucille. Lots of neat things to buy from the merchants here. Will need another porter to haul it all back. Hope all is well at home.
Ekim Jimmah and Steve
Ekim Jimmah and Steve
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Hello from KATHMANDU
Yes we actually arrived WITH our luggage and actually only came close to missing one connection. At least that's what I figured the gal meant when she came and picked Jimmah and I up with the airport golf cart and said there are 300 people waiting for you to sit so they can leave. Who knew!!
Kathmandu is noisey and hot but certainly entertaining. From the half a pork sitting on a table in the sun to the man giving haircuts sitting cross legged on the street corner to the fellow that opened up his sandal repair shop in the middle of the side walk.
We managed to pick up a couple of Jumars today after spending a couple of hours wandering around the Thamel district seeing who had the best price. Finally landed two of them for 3500 Rp's each after starting out at 8,000 Rp's. It was a good excuse to see a fair bit of the district.
It is 3:00 AM here on the Friday the 23rd. We are being picked up at 5:00 to go to the airport to get onto a twin Otter for the flight to Lukla. The airport at Lukla is the freakiest airport I have ever landed on. The approach is a cliff face and the runway goes up very steeply which is good as it is very short. No worries about running off the end as there is a hill side protected by a concrete wall at the upper end of it.
After that we start our Trek to Monjo which is just outside the Sargamath (Everest) National park.
We have enjoyed the journey so far and look forward to getting into the hills. Will try a gabcast today if all goes well.
will post again when we get to Namche Bazaar in 2 days.
The three Musky steers
Kathmandu is noisey and hot but certainly entertaining. From the half a pork sitting on a table in the sun to the man giving haircuts sitting cross legged on the street corner to the fellow that opened up his sandal repair shop in the middle of the side walk.
We managed to pick up a couple of Jumars today after spending a couple of hours wandering around the Thamel district seeing who had the best price. Finally landed two of them for 3500 Rp's each after starting out at 8,000 Rp's. It was a good excuse to see a fair bit of the district.
It is 3:00 AM here on the Friday the 23rd. We are being picked up at 5:00 to go to the airport to get onto a twin Otter for the flight to Lukla. The airport at Lukla is the freakiest airport I have ever landed on. The approach is a cliff face and the runway goes up very steeply which is good as it is very short. No worries about running off the end as there is a hill side protected by a concrete wall at the upper end of it.
After that we start our Trek to Monjo which is just outside the Sargamath (Everest) National park.
We have enjoyed the journey so far and look forward to getting into the hills. Will try a gabcast today if all goes well.
will post again when we get to Namche Bazaar in 2 days.
The three Musky steers
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