Acclimatization day at Namche Bazzar

The theory about going high altitude wise is to climb high and sleep lower and not to gain too much altitude on any given day. The risk of too rapid am ascent is fluid in the lungs or brain. Not good.

So today after breakfast we went on a seven hour hike and gained about 1200 feet and toured some of the near villages to Namche.

Saw some great temples and also had tea at the Everest view hotel which is the Himalayan equivalent of the Ritz. It was built by the Japanese a while back and basically the well off hailed ahelicopter up from Kathmandu for a night or two, see the beautiful scenery and the chopper back down. Certainly takes the fun out of a three day walk.

The first photo is of yak dung flattens into cakes and dried on the stone walls. They then dip them in kerosine and use them to heat their homes.

The next is a view of Everest ( the peak on the middle left). Super impressive even from this distance.

The next is a shot from a local temple in Kunde near Namche.

Next is a great birds eye view of the village of Namche and you can see how it's just sort of wedged into a little canyon. Cool place.

And lastly, the travel monkey returns to show is face in Nepal!


Enjoy!