Mera top of the world take 2

September - October 2023

Journey to the top of Mera Peak in Nepal Read more

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- Sep 23, 2023, 1:31pm
- ⛅ 34 °C
- Altitude: 34 m
- Australia Northern Territory Darwin Eaton Darwin International Airport -12.408242, 130.877712°24’30” S 130°52’40” E
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Leaving Darwin
September 23, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C
ALLE and I are checked in and ready to fly to Singapore.
Traveler Bet ALLE was very excited - I think it is the first time on an airplane for ALLE.
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- Sep 23, 2023, 8:05pm
- ☁️ 29 °C
- Altitude: 19 m
- Singapore Central Singapore Community Development Council 1.299422, 103.8532781°17’58” N 103°51’12” E
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Day 1
Singapore stopover
September 23, 2023 in Singapore ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
ALLE and I got in to Singapore and stayed at a nice hotel.
ALLE was pretty tired so he had a rest while I went out to have a wander around. When I got back I found an empty Oreo wrapper and ALLE fast asleep.

We are just out at a cafe now so I can have a much needed coffee before we go to Din Thai Fung for lunch. I’ll be introducing ALLE to yummy dumplingsRead more
Traveler Oh my goodness. ALLE is being sneaky!
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What is alle doing. [Mikael]
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Naughty alle😂😂😂 [Gabe]
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- Sep 24, 2023, 12:15pm
- 🌧 27 °C
- Altitude: 45 m
- Singapore Central Singapore Community Development Council Bugis Bras Basah 1.293555, 103.856951°17’37” N 103°51’25” E
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Eating in Singapore
September 24, 2023 in Singapore ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
ALLE and I ate dumplings at DinThaiFung and they were delicious. A little boy thought ALLE was a dinosaur so I had to show him a website about frill necked lizards.
That food looks so good [Kayden]
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That looks very yummy [Theodore]
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- Sep 25, 2023, 7:44pm
- ⛅ 22 °C
- Altitude: 1,307 m
- Nepal Central Region Kathmandu Narayanhiti Royal Palace 27.719003, 85.32026827°43’8” N 85°19’13” E
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Day 3
Kathmandu
September 25, 2023 in Nepal ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Arrived in Kathmandu late last night.
We met up with Maree and Russell and had a great 2 hour catch up over breakfast.
We then had our trip briefing out in the gardens of our beautiful hotel. Hotel Shanker was formerly a palace and has been converted. It’s very grand.
ALLE needed a big sleep while I went shopping and had lunch so he stayed in the room and did some of the puzzle book.
In the afternoon ALLE and I went out by the pool and made some new friends before heading into the Black Olive for momos for dinner.Read more
Looks yummy [Lily.benson]
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- Sep 27, 2023, 6:31am
- ☁️ 20 °C
- Altitude: 1,307 m
- Nepal Central Region Kathmandu Narayanhiti Royal Palace 27.718983, 85.32027527°43’8” N 85°19’13” E
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Cancelled Flight
September 27, 2023 in Nepal ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Alle and I were excited to go to the airport today to fly to Lukla. We met our guide Sandesh and our Sherpa Tendi. Our bags were all packed and we drove to the airport after breakfast.
When we had been there a little while, it was clear that flights had been delayed. The weather in the mountains around Lukla can change quickly and flights are often delayed and cancelled.
After many hours, the flight was unfortunately cancelled. Sandesh spent a long time on the phone organising for us to drive to another airport where we have flights for tomorrow.
We are staying in a little town a few hours from our new airport so will have to be up very early to get there.
Let’s hope we get to Lukla tomorrow.Read more
Is it real gold? [Jaxon]
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- Sep 28, 2023, 5:39am
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Altitude: 488 m
- Nepal Central Region Manthali Gadwari Ramechhap Airport 27.39352, 86.06165327°23’37” N 86°3’42” E
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Airport fun
September 28, 2023 in Nepal ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
This morning we got up mega early to drive to Ramechhap airport for our flight.
When we got there many people from the Kathmandu airport who couldn’t get flights were there.
After waiting for a while, the dreaded sign went up to say that flights were delayed due to weather- again!!
Luckily we had some entertainment while hanging around. It was international tourist day and we had music and dancing and the tikka and scarfs being given out. ALLE made sure he didn’t miss out on one.
Later in the afternoon there was much excitement when we realised the planes were coming in.
We finally boarded the flight to Lukla and headed up through the clouds and into the mountains.
We are staying a 2 hour walk out of Lukla at the teahouse. Early night for us tonightRead more
Good night Ali [tarik]
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Zzzzzzzz😴😴 [Gabe]
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- Sep 29, 2023, 6:10pm
- ⛅ 12 °C
- Altitude: 2,640 m
- Nepal Province 1 Gumbāḍā̃ḍā 27.6146, 86.72468727°36’53” N 86°43’29” E
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Day 7
Rain rain rain
September 29, 2023 in Nepal ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
The past few days have been lots of walking and plenty of rain. ALLE wasn’t keen on this weather so he spent quite a bit of time in the backpack keeping dry.
The rain causes lots of little waterfalls and the track can be quite slippery. Not our favourite terrain. Yesterday along with the mud and sludge we also discovered leeches! Maree had about four and Sandesh had a few. I thought I had gotten away with it but found one on my leg and a huge one on my stomach. The stomach one kept bleeding and bleeding and finally stopped about 5 hours later - yukky things.
Today we are staying at a pretty lodge up on a hill at Kharte with beautiful views.
ALLE made friends with the local kitty.
Hopefully no rain tomorrow!Read more
Hi nice to meat you mister cat [Mercy]
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peekaboo🙈🙈 [Gabe]
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Nice vuo [tarik]
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The cat is so cute [Felicity]
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- Oct 1, 2023, 7:46am
- ☁️ 12 °C
- Altitude: 2,801 m
- Nepal Eastern Region Baku Sibuje 27.583217, 86.76955327°34’60” N 86°46’10” E
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Day 9
Up down up down
October 1, 2023 in Nepal ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Wow today was another big day of walking. We left the tea house and headed off down the track. It looked like it was going to rain so we all bought big sheets of blue plastic to cover everything. We were hoping it would be a good omen and the rain would stay away.
We did a big downhill walk followed by a huuuge uphill that took us to a place we stayed last time in 2020 where it snowed.
We had some lunch there - Aloo Dum, then headed off for a huuuge downhill walk. I fell over but luckily neither ALLE or I were hurt.
After our down we had a steep uphill for about an hour til we came to our lovely lodge where we are staying. It is perched on top of a hill with amazing views.
ALLE and I are having fried rice for dinner yum yum.Read more
🤩 Wow soo good I love it so much I love soooooooooo much 😀❄️💧 [Harrison]
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That is a very small hotel [Anthony]
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- Oct 2, 2023, 6:45am
- ☁️ 10 °C
- Altitude: 2,991 m
- Nepal Province 1 Sotang Cherem Chaṅbu Kholā 27.618767, 86.79184727°37’8” N 86°47’31” E
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Day 10
Bridges and rocks
October 2, 2023 in Nepal ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
After a nice cozy sleep, ALLE and I had rice pudding with honey for Brekky which was very filling.
Today was challenging. A slightly shorter day but a very big and strenuous walk. There was lots of rain overnight which again left the track slippery but luckily the rain held off.
The one part of the track we had all been dreading was today- up and over a big rock formation, lucky they had put in a chain to help. We also had lots of waterfall crossings today and needed lots of help from Sherpa Tendi as they were slippery and flowing fast.
We arrived at our destination at Toktou where we had visited for lunch in 2020. It was so nice to stop by lunch and have some relax time.
ALLE and I shared a bowl of soup which we ate by the fire.Read more
Traveler Sounds like a tough and dangerous climb - lucky you are being careful and have some help when needed.
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That amazing! [Jett]
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Walking in clouds is amzing! [Kayden]
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Is it blurry? [tarik]
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- Oct 2, 2023, 7:25pm
- ☁️ 7 °C
- Altitude: 3,593 m
- Nepal Province 1 Sānu Kholā 27.664078, 86.81438427°39’51” N 86°48’52” E
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Day 10
Alle and Sandesh scaring the cook
October 2, 2023 in Nepal ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Tonight while we were waiting for dinner, Sandesh and ALLE

decided to scare the lady cooking the food!
Cheeky!
So funny [Beth]
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That’s funny 😂 [Gem]
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That was a good [Jaxonr]
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