This morning was supposed to be a trek up to a monastery and to see the house of Apa Sherpa the Sherpa that has climbed Everest more times than anyone else - 20 times! Our Sherpa told us he is at base camp now preparing for his 21st. Unfortunately I was still feeling unwell today with altitude sickness so I decided to stay back at our lodge. Luckily for me the plan in the itinerary was to do the day trek then come back down to Namche Bazaar. Climbing high, th...

3445m It's the second day of trekking and we hit the road early at about 8am. I was told that today's trek to Namche Bazaar was a tough one (not exactly what I wanted to hear after yesterday!). There was a 2 hour section that was pretty much straight up - oh joy! The scenery started to get really beautiful with some impressive peaks. The Himalayas are a bloody big range of mountains totally picturesque with sharp jagged peaks punching into the clouds. My Sher...