Thursday, April 29, 2010

Train ride from Trivendrun to Gorakpur..

60 hr train ride became 78hrs.... of no shower..buriyani... lots of sweaty guys ..chaiwala's..
Bus ridre from Gorakpur to Katmandu became 14 hrs... the driver locked the keys insde...luckily we had locksmiths among us...who saved us!!!


 Crossing the border to Nepal... India immigration was worse than the Indian trains...
The drive to Katmandu was cozy.. .. 9 in a small 4 wheel...

2 days of preparation in Katmandu...



Took a flight to Lukla (2642m)..on 27th April...where the trekking starts...

Arrival to Lukla..

Began our trekking to Phakding.... with 13 to 16 kilos on our backs... took us about 4 hrs to reach.

Next day was the hardest...the steepest and the most challenging days of our lives!! ..took us about 9 hrs to reach Namchey....(3444m)


The view was amazing... was worth the effort!!


walk back from Syngabouche to Namche.... 3880m - acclimatizing  for  the next journey to Tembouche (3860m) - will saty overnight.

Sorry for the delay in updates as we did not have much access and time for internet.....all the delays with the train and the bus and the flight to Lukla messed up a bit!

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Trivananthapuram....

Arrived at 10:40hrs - very hot and humid....sweating like a pig!!
Took quite a long time to find a hotel.... staying at "Seahoue guest house'..
Walked the whole day - discovering and exploring Trivananthapuram..

Taking the 5:30 morning train tomorrow to Gorakpur - will take 60hrs to reach the destination. - will arrive on 23rd evening at Gorakpur.

We will eat...sleep and drink ...on the train...NO SHOWERS!!

Will update as soon as we reach Gorakpur... until then wish us luck..

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Hiking to Mt.Everest Base Camp 2010

Our group planned to hike the Himalayas, this idea came to us from watching our friend AL's latest video http://althenomad.blogspot.com of his trip to everest base camp. After seeing his video we decided to take this challenge. With months of intense training we are ready to embark on a journey of a life time, we will be departing on the 20th of April.