Thame to KhumjungSaturday, 11th March 2012
From my bedroom window
The dish is used to heat the water in the large pan in its centre
The group assembles beside the tea house . . .
and we soon meet one of the local residents . . .
who shows no interest in us
Looking down the valley . . .
before we begin our descent, letting more locals pass us . . .
on the way down
The heli pad serves the small hydro electric station
Al beside the Dudh Kosi river . . .
which we crossed via a small bridge
Possibly Himalayan Thar . . .
but they don't have much to eat
Rose investigates what the locals are doing with the potatoes they had stored in the ground
Flag festooned Stupa
A snow plume on Everest
Check out the horns!
One of our Boys takes a rest (he really doesn't look the 19 years he claims to be)
Khumjung sits in an unusually flat area . . .
and houses the Hillary School
Ama Dablam rises above Khumjung, the long ridges on each side like the arms of a mother protecting her child. The summit is 22,349 feet
After settling into our tea house, The Ama Dablam View Lodge . . .
we headed across to the Hillary School . . .
a Secondary School for local children and those from nearby villages . . .
though it is quite deserted today
The school was originally set up by Sir Edmund Hillary . . .
but has some modern decoration
The Nepalese flag
One building is a wooden structure . . .
but most of the others are built from stone . . .
and have been sponsored by various groups
The original building
Some boys have gathered to do some revision - or to practise their English with us
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