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| Trekking buddies! Adrianna, Joanna, Emma, and Me |
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| Tyangboche Monastery, 3880 m |
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| Leaving the high plateau that hosts Tyangboche Monastery, we follow a wide trail down to Debuche. |
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| Joanna says this part of the trail looks like Singapore! |
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| Success! Day 2 destination: Debuche, 3750 m |
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| Our favorite lodge: the Rivendell in Debuche. Why? First, it's named after Tolkien's elf land, but more importantly, they have the BEST peanut butter on the whole trail! |
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| The daily routine: wake up by 5:30 AM, breakfast at 6:30. We're on the trail by 7:30 and crash at our new lodge by around 2 PM. A few hours of reading and washing clothes, then an early 5:30 PM dinner and we're in bed by 7:00! |
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| Katas (prayer scarves) and prayer flags blow in the wind as we cross one of the sturdier suspension bridges on the Everest trail. |
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| Joanna and Emma step aside to let a train of yaks and mules pass by. |
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| A simple pile of stones becomes a stupa (monument) in a deserted land |
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| In the distance, low stone walls mark property lines and serve as corrals for the yaks and dri (female yaks) of steppe farmers |
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| "Hi Mom! I'm calling from the Everest trail!" She was surprised :) |
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