as you hike up Khumbu’s many trekking trails, little do you imagine that the very footpaths you are stepping on are centuries old trading routes and herding tracks, used by countless generations of traders, pilgrims, porters, government officials and herders,
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Khumjung Gompa and its yeti scalp – #HimalayaDailyBites
set right at the very base of Khumbila (5761m), in an atmospheric small square, hemmed by a grove of peace-inducing pine trees, and with a spectacular backdrop of high snowcapped peaks, Khumjung’s Samten Choling Gompa is Khumbu’s second oldest monastery
Khumjung village – #HimalayaDailyBites
as far as your eyes can see you are met by innumerable grey stone houses with green rooftops gradually disappearing in the blurring distance. this is Khumjung village, the largest Sherpa village in Khumbu Valley, with almost 2000 inhabitants in roughly
Buddhist gompas – #HimalayaDailyBites
just as the countless rows of sky-scrapping Himalayan peaks pierce the sky, so too the brightly colored Buddhist gompas (monasteries) stand out from the otherwise monotonous architecture and color up the scenery. Khumbu Valley is dotted by a host of
Everest Basecamp – DAY 3
Dawn ushers in a new day with a feeling of timelessness taking hold of us. We’ve been trekking in the high Himalaya for 2 days by now, still it feels like we are here for weeks, like we somehow… belong