The next day we drove to Everest Base Camp and spent the night in a yak hair tent. The scenery along the way was pretty amazing.
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| From left to right: Mt. Makalu (8463m), Mt. Lhotse (8516m), Mt. Qomolangma aka Mt. Everest (8844m), Mt. Cho Oyu (8201m), and Mt. ZiziaBangMa (8012m) |
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| Mt. Everest |
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| Himalayas |
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| Close up of Mt. Everest |
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| I was upset I had to use the bathroom |
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| Because this is what the inside looks like (and this is a relatively clean bathroom - I can't post the photo Paul took of his bathroom) |
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| It was tough to walk up this hill |
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| Paul was running up ahead |
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| I was slowly walking up |
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| Another shot of Mt. Everest |
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| Slinky shot |
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| We made it up that hill, here's the photo we got to prove it |
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| Rocks |
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| An even closer shot of Mt. Everest |
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| Rocks and Mt. Everest |
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| The altitude did not affect Paul |
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| Another shot of stacked rocks and Mt. Everest |
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| Prayer flags |
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| Goat herd |
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| More countryside |
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| Bumpy dirt roads |
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| A different view of Mt. Everest along with a bunch of sheep |
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| Human fly at the checkpoint? |
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| He was freaking me out |
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| Rastafari Goat |
After a tremendously bumpy and dusty ride, we finally made it to EBC. Contrary to the description the tour company gave us, we were hardly "at the foot" of Mt. Everest - more like 40 kilometers from it.
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| Here we are at EBC |
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| Do you remember what country we're in? |
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| We got pretty luck it was a clear day |
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| People like to make words with rocks |
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| Looking back towards EBC (we had to take a bus to this area) |
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| Yay! We are at 5,200 meters and I wanted to puke! |
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| The "bathroom" |
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| You know, just a carcass laying around with all the other trash by the river |
We then got settled into our yak hair tent.
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| Our yak hair tent where we froze our hahus off! |
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| Inside the tent |
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| It sounded like a room full of Darth Vaders once we broke out the oxygen |
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| I was hoping for a nice sunset shot but it started to get real cloudy |
After a pretty cold and miserable night (I felt really nauseous and had a throbbing headache from the altitude), we headed to Zhangmu for one last night in Tibet before crossing over to Nepal.
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| It snowed |
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| It was cold |
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| It cleared up as we drove along |
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| I wasn't feeling well, can you tell? |
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| We got kind of lost but the scenery was really nice despite the bumpy roads |
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| Cows |
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| A door along the side of the road |
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| We stopped to get directions |
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| The countryside was really pretty |
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| We stopped again for directions and the kids swarmed around the car |
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| Warrick gave out some chocolate covered wafers |
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| The kids were very happy |
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| Still lost but after this stop, we found the highway |
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| Paul looking for a place to pee |
We finally made it to Zhangmu and spent one last night in Tibet.
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| The streets are super narrow and our driver enjoyed going about 40 MPH - I was afraid |
The next morning we headed for the border.
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| Looking towards the Nepal side |
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The Friendship Bridge - we got to walk across to Nepal after a very detailed inspection
of our bags - Andy's China Lonely Planet guide was confiscated. |
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| The locals throw their trash into the river |
