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Everest Base Camp : Day 2 - Monjo to Namche Bazaar

Monday, July 8, 2019 19:51

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Rara is an engineer by profession, a traveler by heart, a marathon runner by dreams and a certified scuba diver. She also blogs at http://muncity.blogspot.com

Day 1 | Day 2

Woke up feeling good. It was cold last night but I slept comfortably in my -20 Celcius sleeping bag.

Had pancake with honey, and hot lemon for breakfast.

breakfast

Filled in my water bottle, settled my bill and off I started my hike around 9am.

Walking past the teahouses, it wasn’t far before I reached the Sagarmatha National Park check point.

A permit is needed to hike from this check point onward. I got my permit done here for Rs 3000. The permit can also be obtained at Kathmandu Tourism office for the same price.

While getting my permit done, I saw this.

Wow!! So many people trekking!

Continuing my journey, the trek was rather empty. This is the advantage of staying in Monjo. Most trekking agency with large group stay at Phakding, which is about 2 hours away. Means I am way ahead of them and the trek is not that busy.

Today would be a tough day, though easy in the beginning. Going to Namche Bazaar at 3,440 metres means I’d be gaining a whopping 585 metres in elevation. It’s a steep climb to Namche Bazaar, and also crossing a very high suspension bridge.

Trekking alongside Dudh Kosi river, I only came across trekkers who just went down from Namche Bazaar. In the distance, I could see two high suspension bridges.

OMG! It was soooo high! *nervous* Apparently, the higher bridge will save me 30 minutes of trekking compared to using the lower one. So yeah… let’s climb up to it.

do you dare to look down?

And this is not the end. Most of the 585 metres elevation that I would be gaining today comes after this bridge.

Bistari.. bistari. I adhere strictly to this golden rule, going really slow on the zigzag trek by taking a stop every 15 minutes or so. Halfway through the climb, reaching Topdanda at 3,140 metres, I got my reward. Were reunited with Abu and his client. He pointed me a spot and told me, you can see Everest from there.

Everest as seen from Topdanda

My very first sighting of the Everest. Ahhh so near, yet so far.

Continued trekking through the woods until I reached another check point at Meshilung.

Meshilung check point

Need to show the National Park permit here so keep it somewhere easy to access on your backpack. Not far beyond the check point is the entrance to the village of Namche Bazaar.

memorial to Pemba Doma Sherpa, a famous Nepalese female climber and resident of Namche

Yeayyy…trekking for the day is doneeeee.

Or so I thought. I still had to climb lots of steps, some big some small, finding a tea house to sleep. I wanted to stay at Khumbu Lodge since I read good reviews of it. Abu, being a nice guy he is, recommended me to stay at Camp De Base. I went to Camp De Base first and checked the available room. Single rooms were full so I was left with double room and it was quite pricey.

So I retraced my steps to the centre of Namche Bazaar and went to Khumbu Lodge. Luck was on my side cos they still have single room for me.

single room in Khumbu Lodge

Checked in, and went out to explore the town. It really amazed me, seeing a town at 3,440 metres.

There are banks, ATM machine, school, clinic, pharmacy.. even a North Face shop!

Tea break at Namche Bakery is the best cos apart from their delicious cakes, pastries and bread, they offer free charging and free Wifi. God bless you!!

among the selections at Namche Bakery

Chocolate Danish and Peach Tea

Enjoyed my time here and went back after dark. And I was late for dinner! I didn’t know dinner is early here, generally people have dinner at 6pm and I was back at 7.45pm hahaha. Luckily, they still entertained my order.

fried noodle with vege & egg

Monjo to Namche Bazaar map

Elevation at Monjo: 2,855 m

Elevation at Namche Bazaar: 3,440 m

Elevation Change: +585 m

Distance: 6 km

Duration: 4 1/2 hours

Amount spent:
Breakfast – Rs 410
Tea break – Rs 600
Dinner – Rs 440
Night stay at Khumbu Lodge, single bedroom – Rs 300
Sagarmatha National Park fee – Rs 3000
Total = Rs 4750

Source: http://muncity.blogspot.com/2019/07/everest-base-camp-day-2-monjo-to-namche.html

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