Welcome to our second post! I can happily tell you that we both made it to Everest Base Camp on the 30th September and are now safely back in Kathmandu writing this post and uploading photos. So I'll carry on from our last blog on the 25th September in Namche Bazaar. After our acclimatization day in Namche, we carried on the trek and made our way to Tengboche at 3867m altitude. This involved going downhill alot at the start only to end the day with a tough 600m ...

So our first blog entry...a bit later than expected but its from Namche Bazaar, 3 days in to the Everest Trail at 3441m above sea level. We started in Kathmandu staying at Elbrus Home, a lovely hostel with such friendly owners and even a nice garden. Not what we expected after our journey there. Arriving at the airport their were people coming from all directions offering to take our bags, luckily we had a pick up so knew we didnt need to give our bags to an...