I had trouble sleeping last night because of my leg aches and back ache. Although the pain on legs went away after some time the back pain caused by carrying a bag stayed on and I could only sleep after midnight though I was dead tired. I had to use the relaxation cream on my back and legs in the morning.
Morning was cool and, unluckily for us, foggy. After breakfast, we climbed up to Syanboche, the highest altitude airport that no longer operates for aircrafts, and Hotel Everest View, the world’s highest altitude hotel at 3880m that offers view to Mt. Everest and other peaks from everywhere (dinning hall, lobby, room and even bathrooms). Sadly for us all we could see was pictures of what is offered.
We slowly walked up and down the hill as it was too foggy and visibility was very poor but nevertheless we lost our way and came down through the way which was closed.
Namche will be without light for four days as Khumjung Bijuli Company is closed for maintenance. Khumbhu Cyber Café opened for a few hours on generator but the fluctuating electricity broke down the modem used to connect to Hong Kong via satellite thus we couldn’t use 128 kpbs internet. Its amazing to find really fast internet here at this place.
It was a foggy cool day and unlucky for us as we were deprived of majestic views of mountains that surrounded Namche, the gateway to Mt. Everest. It was an informative day but nothing that made me feel I was at Namche.
Highlights of the tour so far have been Todd’s sleep (he decided to sleep instead of joining us for trek), Bhaswor’s walk (he would the be the fastest to walk in beginning, slowest after some time, quickest to rest and slipping every now and then) and Bikash’s phone (he talked to someone for more than 60 mins today that costed Rs. 600) and the phone boy was saying ‘he should have stayed back in Kathmandu’ and asked me if he had been recently married.
