Namche to Thame
Still feeling flat today.....
The walk to Thame today was expected to take about 5 hours according to the itinerary. After chatting with Ram, he felt that we could tackle it in 3-4 hours. After the initial climb out of Namche, the rest of the walking is along "Nepali flats" - at least that is what is the locals call it. Not steep uphill, not steep downhill, just a few small undulations. Haven't I heard that somewhere before???
We decided to continue on, stick to the plan and walk!
We left Namche at 8.15 in very overcast weather.
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| View from our loft window |
It was fairly easy walking but poor views due to low cloud.
But Little Miss Glass Half-Full always finds a silver lining! - beautiful paintings on the rock-faces of the mountain sides - a Nepalese Street Art Gallery!
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| The "A Team" - Lakpa, our porter (l) and Ram, our guide (r) |
The other highlight of the trail today was knowing we were now on "the path less traveled".
The Everest Base Camp treks usually continue north from Namche on the Himalayan "super-highway". We were tackling the High Passes Trek, which took us away from the busy track and into the more remote areas. We were also travelling just before the high-season and with the lack of tourists in the aftermath of the April earthquake and landslides, we were lucky if we saw half a dozen other trekkers today. Good for us because it seemed we had the track to ourselves, not so good for the locals who are struggling to cope with the downturn in tourist numbers.
We arrived at Thame at 11.45. Now at 3820 metres. Very small village. Not much sight seeing to do.
Rested during the afternoon and evening, with more garlic soup for lunch and dinner. Jack found a guitar hanging on the wall of the communal dining room, so played a few tunes for Ram and Lakpa.
Chatted with Swiss and Dutch trekkers staying at the lodge.
Good stuff, looking forward to the next episode
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