We drove to Rongbuk Monastery, the highest (I bet it is, Panama Red) monastery in the world. We got there towards dusk, and hustled our way up to Everest base camp on the Tibetan side. It was too dark to get any good pictures.
It's really cold up here, so much so that I broke out the balaclava:
I bet Snake Eyes doesn't have a problem with his goggles fogging up
Rongbuk actually isn't as bad as I expected. Sure there's no electricity and the heat (and cooking) are done over yak dung fires but there weren't any yaks in the lavatories. Of course when I say lavatories, this is what I mean:
Yeah, each is a two-holer. More than one person decided to hold it overnight rather than risk the trip.
As for the accomodation, well it's 4 to a room, each with a bunk. Because of the altitude I didn't sleep a wink, and nobody slept very well. Here's a shot of our room:
All in all, quite the adventure.
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