Day 7

Hello, Day 7 was the first day of trek.  We started at 1pm however before we set off we visited the Dalai Lama’s house to give our gifts which included; a necker, Yorkshire tea, contingent badge, white scarf, Gaz’s business card, an a letter, and a stamped addressed postcard.   Hopefully he will read the letter and send us a picture of himself wearing our necker!

We then travelled up the mountain to a Buddhist Monastery where we had our very own tour guide Emily Hale.  (she knows a lot about Buddhism)  The Monastery was very interesting with different chambers, lots of statues and Buddha’s.    it also tested our acclimatization as it had lots and lots of steps!!!

So… the start of the Trek!!! We quickly realized that we needed to walk a lot slower than normal and take a lot more breaks, hopefully we will get used to this speed!  The views however were absolutely amazing and we took lots of pictures.  It was very very hot and sweaty!!!

At about 5pm we arrived at camp to find our kit bags and all our tents ready for us.  We’re had a few new experiences like washing in a bowl in the porch of the tent and pooing in a hole!!! We've all decided to sing or shine torches as a lock on the door substitute.  The stars are beautiful and the food was immense!

We have had an “awesome” day

Love Matt and Nathan (plus Sarah as scribe)