We went from Pangboche to Namche today. Jen had a rough go of it, evidently because I snored all night last night. We're both getting sick and it's freezing in Namche.
On the way down to Namche we passed back through Thengboche, and this time I got a picture of the monastery there:
This monastery was commissioned by the Abbot of Rongbuk, which long-time readers will recognize as the monastery near Everest base camp on the Tibetan side of Everest. In addition to the monastery, I also saw a guy wearing an outfit that I can only describe as shocking. It was a matching set of bright red shorts and a short-sleeved t-shirt, knitted out of yarn. He had the shorts pulled up roughly to his nipples - it was not a pretty sight. (No picture, out of mercy).
In Namche, we met an American couple from Alaska who spent the last year living in Jakarta. They're doing a more strenuous itinerary, and actually summited Mera Peak with a group, before they started the Everest base camp trek. They're also the ones who told us about the crash at Lukla.
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Chuychanga with deluxe tomatillo sauce?
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