roughly halfway to Everest Base Camp, after an arduous push up a steep spur covered with picturesque pine and rhododendron trees, you will eventually be greeted by an exquisitely decorated

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a celibate monk monastery, Tengboche Gompa has strong links to its mother monastery Rongbuk Gompa, laying in Tibet just across the Himalayan ridge on the northern side of Mt.Everest. frequently visited by tourists on their way to Everest Base Camp for the unique cultural experience the gompa provides, it’s most religious visitors are probably Mt.Everest


laying on a spur flung high above the roaring confluence of Dudh Koshi and Imja Khola rivers, Tengboche has a unique perspective over a dazzling array of snowcapped Himalayan mountains from Kondge Ri (6187m) now far behind shaping the horizon towards Namche Bazaar, Thamserku (6623m) and Kantega (6782m), with its characteristic horse saddle shaped hanging glacier, soaring right above Tengboche, Khumbila (5761m) and Taboche (6542m) rising just across the valley, and Ama Dablam (6812m), Nuptse (7861m), Everest (8848m) and Lhotse (8516m) dominating the sky towards Everest Base Camp. mornings in Tengboche are especially scenic with Mt.Everest glowing in the rising sun, a magnificent view you can admire over breakfast directly from the warmth of your teahouse dining room.

apparently Tengboche’s most famous inhabitant was Tenzing Norgay, who together with Edmund Hillary were the first men to summit Mt.Everest in 1953, who was sent to Tengboche Gompa to become a monk, but destiny had other more illustrious plans in store for him 🙂 and he soon left monastic life in search for mountaineering work in Darjeeling.
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