Arrived in Guam at about 2.30 am. It must be a cheap flight as I can't see any other reason why someone would want to take a flight that arrives at As I was walking through the airport, I spotted my bag on the luggage conveyor so picked it up. Lucky I saw it as the Delhi girl had told me it had been checked all the way through. I guess not! Went through their immigration fine & just had to fill out an extra Guam visa application & then I check...

I slept fairly well from Delhi to HK, waited on the plane for about an hour while they did their servicing, then slept again for a fair bit of the next leg as well. Thanks sleeping tablets! Once I arrived in Seoul, I rented a mobile WiFi device (for the grand total of $4/day - so much easier than India), jumped on the airport express railway, and then hopped off the other end about an hour later in the middle of Seoul. I needed to find the bus station to cat...

It was so nice to sleep in a normal bed again, one that has a mattress that's thicker than 1cm! The only downside was a room service guy waking me up at 2 am to give me some tea ... that someone 3 floors below had ordered! Idiot! Room 404 vs 106 ... yes, I can see how you'd get those mixed up! Woke up early again as the light was coming straight in above the curtains. Not sure why they make rooms like this but I had to get up soon anyway so it wasn't a big ...

Woke up early again, around 5 am, and couldn't go back to sleep so wrote up some journal entries. It's nice to have a bit more oxygen to breathe plus some slightly warmer weather. Looked outside the tent & I was delighted to be greeted by clear, blue skies and sunshine! Everyone was in a good mood, humming, laughing and feeling very happy to finally have some nice sunshine on their skin. It was still quite cold when I first woke up but the sun warmed ...

Woke up early again today as we're planning on going to Base Camp! Woohoo! This is the main goal of the trek! The temperature must have dropped below zero last night as there was ice all over the tent and the grass now scrunches when you walk on it. Saw more ice on small puddles and the edges of narrow streams ... yes, it was definitely cold last night! It was very exciting to open the frozen tent door however and discover ... blue sky! Yes, we haven't ...