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Sat, 31 May 2014 | By timhughes55 | Views [2866]
We woke to a view of Numbur peak like a shark's tooth overlooking the Junbesi valley, at 6,950 m, the highest Himalayan peak we'd seen thus far.
The furthest but not the longest day, 9 hours with lunch, starting with a very pleasant walk through the ... Read more >
Tags: everest base camp trek, junbesi, nunthala
Sat, 31 May 2014 | By timhughes55 | Views [1343]
A Walk in the Primordial Forest
Early start today since we had several obstacles ahead: a cold, cloudy day, a 1,000 metre climb followed by a 500 metres drop to Junbesi. We started upward immediately on a rough trail. Again the mountainside was ... Read more >
Tags: everest base camp trek, junbesi., sete
Sat, 31 May 2014 | By timhughes55 | Views [964]
This really is No Country for Old Men!
I was too exhausted to write this yesterday. Trying now, though with another exhausting day behind me.
Overnight the rain had cleared and given us a dazzling day, having dissolved the shrouding smoke haze.... Read more >
Tags: bhanda, everest base camp, sete, trek
Sat, 31 May 2014 | By timhughes55 | Views [2261]
Today, trekking of the one-foot-in-front-of-the-other variety started in earnest. We woke surprisingly unscathed from our bus ordeal the day before and after breakfast the porters Ram and Nima divided our belongings, leaving us with our lightweight day ... Read more >
Tags: bhanda, everest base camp trek, shivalaya
Sat, 31 May 2014 | By timhughes55 | Views [5404] | Comments [1]
On the map the road to Shivalaya winds east and north from Kathmandu approximately 220 km. Look closely and you'll see hairpins and switchbacks, but these gross changes of direction only hint at the true nature of the road. It should also be marked ... Read more >
Tags: bus to jiri, everest base camp, kathmandu, shivalaya
Fri, 30 May 2014 | By timhughes55 | Views [568]
Summary:
In April 2014, three 66+ year-old men made the long trek from Shivalaya to Everest Base Camp, using the first 7 days to acclimatize at lower altitude and get into better physical condition before tackling the arduous high altitude stages.... Read more >
Tags: everest base camp, lukla, shivalaya, trek
Mon, 19 May 2014 | By magnificent_glow | Views [355]
Nepal has a population of 26 million, the currency is the Nepalese rupee, and the capital is Kathmandu and it is where we start a journey of which takes us in a horse shoe shaped adventure that starts in the Nepalese capital and goes around to china, ... Read more >
Tags: everest, himalayas, trekking
Thu, 15 May 2014 | By jhyaunkiri | Views [593] | Scholarship Entry
We had just reached Ghorepani, a village in northern-central Nepal after eight hours of unpredictably adventurous trek when I and my friends first experienced it. Our very first snow-fall in twenty one years of life! Sure, we had seen snow, but we had ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Thu, 15 May 2014 | By journalin | Views [227] | Scholarship Entry
Black bird was flying to a leafless tree. Colorful flags tied to the monastery, flew people pray to nirvana. White peaks surrounded the tenements. Even the coldest wind did not stop the old lady from weaving yak’s yarn in the yard. The temperature was ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Thu, 15 May 2014 | By rubyd | Views [214] | Scholarship Entry
Everest is the world’s highest peak and I was looking right at it, watching the sun slowly rising over the Himalayas. Travelling with a school group, I had spent the past five days trekking from Lukla to Thyangboche, a small village sitting at 3,867 metres ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Thu, 15 May 2014 | By chaz | Views [371] | Scholarship Entry
Over the Bagmati, the breeze carries mumbled prayers and chanting, chiming bells - and the smell of burning bodies. If I shut my eyes, I can see it all again. Downstream a Holy-man de-robes and washes himself in the life-giving waters. Closer to the ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Thu, 15 May 2014 | By mangobag | Views [224] | Scholarship Entry
The stone walls of the temple have eroded with memory, and salt from the river that divides it. In the crevices the lost souls of the burning dead from the ghats have settled, waiting for redemption. Their half charred bodies go floating by draped in ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Thu, 15 May 2014 | By maloobaloo | Views [226] | Scholarship Entry
I overlooked Phewa Tal in Pokhara while holding a stranger's hand, the lake that seemingly flowed into infinity was, now, an abyss of black as the night reflected it's darkness onto it. My mind was confused, the difference between the recent past to this ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Thu, 15 May 2014 | By colorful_carbon | Views [1363] | Scholarship Entry
My torch is brighter than the moon, I think to myself. The stone paved street of Kirtipur reflects the white light with a sense of shining gratitude. In every two minutes walking distance, there is a local hole-in-the-wall bar with candles lit up inside.... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Thu, 15 May 2014 | By thebarefoot | Views [596] | Scholarship Entry
If a place was a person, Patan Durbar Square, for me, would be a healer. When you meet with this beautifully built history dating back at least to the 1600s, during daytime, you share it with elderly locals who while away their time basking under the ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
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