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Nepal, 30.03.25 - 18.04.25

March - April 2025
A 20-day adventure by Janine Read more

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  • TravelerNepal, 30.03.25 - 18.04.25

    DAY SEVEN.

    April 8 in Nepal ⋅ ⛅ -7 °C

    📍 Start: Dingboche, 4410 m.ü.M
    🏁 Destination: Thukla, 4620 m.ü.M
    - Lobuche, 5020 m.ü.M

    The weather was pretty good when we started our hike in Dingboche. After nearly five hours, we arrived in Lobuche. For the first time, I had a big bed and also a mirror in my room, but yep, it was still cold inside.🤭🤩

    In the afternoon, my guide asked me, if I want to go for a "short walk" around the village. I agreed, but thinking it would really be a short walk. But once again, we ended up hiking🙈, this time to a small, beautiful lake.😍
    As we walked, the weather started to change. It began to snow, and my body felt completely exhausted and cold. Fortunately, we arrived at the teahouse two hours later, and I crawled straight into bed to warm myself up.🥶

    ⏱️ Time to hike: 6.5 hours
    🥾 Hiking level: a mix of easy and hard 😅
    🌞 Weather & temperature: warm as we started, freezing by the time as we arrived in Lobuche
    🤗 Feelings: rough and ready, but quite well.😮‍💨😍    Read more

  • TravelerNepal, 30.03.25 - 18.04.25

    DAY EIGHT.

    April 9 in Nepal ⋅ ⛅ -14 °C

    📍 Start: Lobuche, 5020 m.ü.M
    🏁 Destination: Gorakshep, 5160 m.ü.M
    —> EVEREST BASE CAMP, 5364 m.ü.M 🤗🙏🏽

    Today, I realized for the first time how many tourists want to reach the base camp. Until now, the teahouses and even the hiking routes haven‘t been overcrowded.🙏🏽Lobuche is a very small village, and maybe because of this, all tourists stayed in the same teahouse and so, everyone started the day at 7am, in a beautiful, white, but also very cold landscape.🌄☃️
    The higher we went, the more difficult it became to walk and breathe. The air is quite thin, and everyone was coughing and had a cold, also in the night.🤧

    Before lunchtime, we arrived in Gorak Shep, which is the starting point for the base camp.
    It was obligatory to check the pulse and blood pressure. If the results were okay, you received the confirmation that you were allowed to hike to the base camp. ☑️🩸 Otherwise, you had to hike down.

    I felt tired and very cold, even if we were drinking tea inside. Normally, it was planned to hike to the base camp in the afternoon, but I asked my guide if we could go now because the longer I sat, the colder and more tired I felt.😴

    Finally, we started the journey to the base camp.🤩🇳🇵

    ⏱️ Time to hike: 6 hours
    🥾 Hiking level: middle-hard,
    —> way to base camp - hard, difficult
    🌞 Weather & temperature: cold, icy, breezy
    🤗 Feelings: exhausting, tired, frosty
    after base camp: extremely happy, emotionally upset, satisfied, proud that i reach my goal🙏🏽    Read more

  • TravelerNepal, 30.03.25 - 18.04.25

    FINALLY, EVEREST BASE CAMP.

    April 9 in Nepal ⋅ ☁️ -4 °C

    If you don't know which mountain is Everest, take a 100-rupee note and look for the mountain that matches the one on it. - Statement to me, from my guide. 🤑😆

  • TravelerNepal, 30.03.25 - 18.04.25

    DAY NINE, Sunrise Hike.

    April 10 in Nepal ⋅ ☁️ -17 °C

    📍 Start: Gorak shep, 5020 m.ü.M
    🏁 Destination: Kala Patthar, 5643 m.ü.M

    Another highlight | didn't want to miss was watching the sunrise from Kala Patthar.🌄
    At 4am we set off from Gorak Shep with our headlamps (mine, of course, had no battery left😆).

    I don’t know if it was the lack of coffee, the cold, the sleepless nights, or the many kilometers we had covered over the past few days, but this morning I was completely drained of energy and I really reached my limits.😖
    My guide was pushing me the whole way, and finally, we reached the top.🏔️
    It was so freezing cold, breathing was difficult, and to top it all off, my drinking water was frozen.😩

    If I had to choose again, I probably wouldn't do this trek a second time, hmmmm let's be honest, probably I would.🙈🤭

    ⏱️ Time to hike: 2.5 hours
    🥾 Hiking level: sooooo steep and hard
    🌞 Weather & temperature: sooooo cold
    🤗 Feelings: reached my limits, felt bad, energy was eempty

    The way down was much easier, and my guide and I ran the whole way. The first time that I felt good and warm, this morning. 🙏🏽
    Afterwards, we ate porridge and drank black coffee. ☕️My Energylevel was loading.🙏🏽✨
    Maybe also because I knew that in a few minutes, the long way back to Pangboche, nearly 1500 meters lower, will reward me, and it would take us more than eight hours to reach this little village.    Read more

  • TravelerNepal, 30.03.25 - 18.04.25

    THE DESCENT.

    April 10 in Nepal ⋅ ☁️ -17 °C

    Of course, after hiking up, we also had to hike back down. Almost the same route we took to reach the top was the one we had to take back down.
    I put my earphones inn, my guide as well, and we just walked, walked and walked..
    While every kind of weather said hello.🌧️☃️🌞

    Day nine:
    Gorak Shep – Lobuche (8 hours 👣)
    Feelings: 😍🤩💪🏽🙋🏻‍♀️🌞🌻🤗
    Overwhelmed, morivated, satisfied, walking felt pretty easy.

    Day ten:
    Lobuche – Namche Bazar (6 hours 👣)
    Feelings: 🤗🙋🏻‍♀️💪🏽😮‍💨🙄
    The first few hours easy, after these - exhausted, low motivation

    In Namche Bazar, I got an upgrade because my hotel was overbooked.
    So we went to another place, and there I had the chance to buy a “hot shower” for 500 rupees (ca. CHF 4🤭)
    Even the bathroom was disgusting and the water just barely sprinkled out of the shower, was it honestly the most comfortable shower that i’ve ever ghad.🤭🚿
    Sometimes less is really more.🙏🏽

    Day Eleven:
    Namche Bazar – Lukla (8 hours 👣)
    Feelings: 😊😮‍💨🙄😒🦵🔥
    It started ok, but during the last two hours I had low energy and motivation. The way was steep again and my legs burned.🔥

    14:30h we finally arrived in Lukla,
    I was soooo grateful! 🤩😍🙏🏽🌞
    Also, I was starving and in the mood for a delicious coffee, a smoothie, some chocolate, sugar, and something orher for lunch than rice. 😅☕️🍔🍟

    Tomorrow morning at 6:15am, I will fly back to Ramechap, and after four hour by jeep, I will arrive in Kathmandu.
    I can’t wait to take a shower, put on fresh clothes and to be in the warmth.🌞🌞🌞💛💛💛    Read more

  • TravelerNepal, 30.03.25 - 18.04.25

    Happy New Year 2082.✨

    April 14 in Nepal ⋅ 🌩️ 21 °C

    On April 14th, Nepali celebrate New Year. 🎉
    This year they celebrate the year 2082. It’s marking the beginning of the new year in the Bikram Sambat calendar. It’s a time of new beginnings, reflection, and hope for a happy and successful new year and its celebrated with culturals and religious activities. 🪔✨Read more

  • TravelerNepal, 30.03.25 - 18.04.25

    Lazy days, Kathmandu. 🧘🏻‍♀️☕️

    April 14 in Nepal ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    After my trekking tour, I spent the last five days in Kathmandu. The very first thing I did, besides taking a long, hot shower, was catch up on laundry.😋🧺
    Otherwhise, I didn’t really do much. I stayed in a hostel in Thamel, the area where most tourists stayed. Thamel is a well-known neighborhood, famous for the lively atmosphere, trekking preparation, vibrat nightlife and cultural vibe.🇳🇵
    I spent my days while i was walking around or relaxing in cafés, reading, planing my next destination and relaxing.🧘🏻‍♀️
    Thamel is a nice place to visit, but two days, three at most, are definitely enough to spend here.🤭    Read more

  • TravelerNepal, 30.03.25 - 18.04.25

    (Nepali) Food.🤤🍛

    April 16 in Nepal ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

    In a fancy restaurant, I ate my (not really nepali typical 🤭) breakfast, every morning. 🤩🍌
    Otherwise, for dinner, I almost always chose traditional Nepali food because I truly loved it. 🍛
    Dal Bhat (rice, vegetables, and lentil soup) or momos with vegetablesin it, were my favourite dishes. 🤤
    (About prices: breakfast, coffee, and fresh fruits/juices were "much more" expensive than dinner.
    My most expensive dinner, in a really good (thai) restaurant, cost nearly CHF 15, while the cheapest, but still fully equipped one, was about CHF. 3. 😋🍚    Read more

  • TravelerNepal, 30.03.25 - 18.04.25

    bye🇳🇵- hello 🇲🇾👯‍♂️❤️

    April 19 in Nepal ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

    This morning I took a taxi to the airport in Kathmandu. I’m honestly not sad at all to leave the city after almost six days.🤭

    The next stop and the highlight of my travel adventure is Malaysia. 👯‍♂️🌞
    @Manuela De Pizzol, I‘m looking forward to seeing you (and my sneakers and summer clothes 🤭👙) at the airport in Kuala Lumpur. 🌻🌞 👯‍♂️❤️❤️❤️    Read more

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