Everest Base Camp : Day 5 - Tengboche to Dingboche

 beautiful Ama Dablam

surrounding peaks

But it was too cold, I couldn’t be out for long. Went back inside the teahouse for toast and honey, and hot chocolate.



By 8am, Dinesh and I was ready to start our trekking for the day. From Tengboche, it is a long down hill through the woods, past a collapsed bridge, before crossing the river. 

collapsed bridge


I lost count of the suspension bridge


crossing the river again

Crossing a river means it’s time to climb up again. Oh yeahhh! Up and down.. up and down. But it’s a good day cos the weather was spectacular. Clear blue sky. 

Passing through the village of Pangboche, the trek now runs along mountain slope parallel to the river providing beautiful vistas of the valley. Soon I catched up with Debbie and Ken, and their porter Amin. The view was amazing. We were high over the river valley and off in the distance, Lhotse and Ama Dablam makes a perfect background.

how not to love this

my fellow countrymen, Debbie and Ken

fried potato, vege and eggs, hot chocolate for lunch

After lunch break at Somare (4,010 metres), our climb to Dingboche continued. Elevation gain for today is 535 metres and at this altitude, it was getting really exhausting.

approaching Dingboche

Dingboche, we are here! Debbie, Ken and I stayed at the same teahouse tonight. 

As it was still early, I walked around the village taking photos and checking out shops. There’s a few shops here but unless it’s necessary, better get your things at Namche Bazaar cos remember, things are more expensive the higher you are. 

dhal bhat and garlic soup for dinner

For the first time on the trek, I ordered dhal bhat for dinner. I thought I won’t like it but it was delicious so happily, I ordered refill. Yesss.. the best thing about this traditional Nepalese meal is that it’s refillable. You can have unlimited refills of the dhal bhat. 

Tengboche to Dingboche map