Day 5 of our trek was spent trekking to Dingboche which was bitterly cold (just for the record). Dingboche lies at 4410m. The morning was fairly easy as it was fairly flat with some steps, we had lunch at Syomare and Ama Dablam was literally on our doorstep, believe me when I say it's a stunning mountain. After lunch we trekked for 1.5 hours and it was all uphill but thankfully gradual and we now had both Lhotse and Lhotse Shar on our doorstep. At this point Eve...

Hereon we headed off to Tengboche at 3860m. A lovely trek was had in the morning with its gradual inclines but mostly flat and downhill which suited us both. It was becoming harder to keep our breath due to the thin air. The afternoon, however was a different story - it killed us but nowhere near as bad as day 2. We gained 400m which also means 400m closer to Everest Base Camp (we gained 800m on day 2, just for comparison purposes!). We visited the local monaster...

Right, Day two of our trek. We trekked from Phakding to Namche Bazar which is a traditional Sherpa village that lies at 3440m. After a good nights sleep and a hearty breakfast we set off for Jorsale where we had lunch. We did a 3.5 hour trek both before and after lunch and I thought that the day was going to kill me as it was constantly uphill (no flat or downhill!), and every time we went up I was constantly thinking 'when is this ever going to stop?'. It was ...

Off we go to the Himalayas, Everest Base Camp (5364m) to be exact! After our bout of food poisoning we decided that the clean crisp mountain air would be the best medicine and it would have been stupid to have not gone during the 'perfect window' in terms of climate. (and because 'it's there, the biggest mountain in the world' - how could we not visit it?) This is a massive thing for us both seeing as we are feeling weak, we have done zilch training and are comp...

Here we are in Kathmandu, Nepal. There's not a lot to report apart from the fact that we thought we would only spend a night before going on a trek, but we were bedridden/room bound with food poisoning for a week. Kathmandu, while it is a shoppers/Trekkers paradise is a smog ridden city and the food is absolutely rubbish. We stayed in Thamel which is a 'traveler's ghetto,' packed with guest houses, restaurants, shops and bookstores catering for tourists from abr...