Nepal

Country N°41 - August 2017

Day 9 – Dingboche Acclimatisation day

Today was supposed to be a more relaxing day so we can better get used to the altitude, this meant we had finally a chance to sleep in! (until 8am that is) we got up and had breakfast before meeting our guide for our morning acclimatisation hike, a short hike, only 2 hours long. We […]

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Day 8 – Tengboche to Dingboche

Today I woke up at 4 am to go take some pictures of the stars over Mount Everest in the distance. I got up and dressed in a million layers before going outside where you could faintly hear the bells of the yaows (yak and cow hybrids) sleeping just a few meters away from me, […]

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Day 7 – Namche Bazaar to Tengboche

Today we got to wake a bit later than usual, this time after the sun had risen! we first went out to buy some snacks before we started today’s hike by going to the top of Namche Bazaar to the observatory where we got to see Everest for the first time since we had entered […]

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Day 6 – Lukla to Namche Bazaar

Today we once again woke up at 4:30 for attempt number 3 to get to Lukla, this time hopefully we would actually reach the tarmac. As we repeat the steps of the previous day, we managed to get all the way to the waiting area overlooking the planes on the tarmac, there as we waited […]

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Day 5 – Attempt 2 to fly to Lukla

Today was once again an early day, we woke up at 4:30 and boarded our bus once again for another try at getting onto the plane. After our bumpy one-hour bus ride through the dark, we arrived at the airport. This time we felt lucky as we go to go inside of the airport instead […]

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Day 4 – Attempt 1 to fly to Lukla

Today we woke up at 4:30 half awake and climbed aboard our bus to bring us to the airport. Our bus drove about an hour arriving before the sun had risen. once we arrived we were dropped off outside of the gates of the airport, and waited in a little restaurant for the airport to […]

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Day 3 – Kathmandu to Ramechhap

Today in order to reach Lukla, we had to first drive to the city of Ramechhap where we would be staying overnight and taking a flight the next morning to go to Lukla. After breakfast we brought all our stuff to be weighed as we were limited to 15kg each for the whole trip due […]

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Day 2 – Kathmandu

Today we started our descent into the city of Kathmanduy surrounded by mountains and clouds hugging the hills as they rushed past our window. After landing at the airport, we were met with the best bus we have ever taken, used to make us travel 40 meters. We managed to get our visas on arrival […]

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Day 1 – Flight to Kathmandu

Today we woke up around 7:30 am and after eating some delicious crepes i had made in a previous episode (aka frozen in my freezer) we set off towards heathrow, jumping through hoops because the elizabeth line was experiencing delays. Once we did make it to Heathrow, everything went off without a hitch and we […]

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Day 21 – Kathmandu

We woke up an hour before our alarm would’ve gone off. We pack our stuff and go down for breakfast. The guide shows up and takes us on our journey, however, he left right before the first one. The driver takes us an hour and a half away from the city to the top of […]

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Day 20 – New Delhi to Kathmandu

The alarm goes off at 5 am. We have a flight to catch. I call an uber and we make our way. The first thing that happens is that we spend an hour in the check-in line, and then we get McDonald’s, some paint, a puzzle book, and brushes, and clay. The day before we […]

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