Early start that day but we caught up on sleep in the van on the way to EBC, helped a lot by the blankets provided by the hotel staff which we spread out in the back of the van. We drove across the plateau as the sun was rising, looked a lot like the surface of Mars! Thankfully we all weren't too badly affected by the altitude, only a few headaches and 10 minutes when my hands just wouldn't move! We reached EBC around 9am with amazingly clear views, Norbu told us it was only this clear around 3-5 times a year!
Me at EBC, truly amazing views of Everest!
About to tie up our prayer flags at Base Camp
Throwing up our mantra cards, make a wish!
Me and Ollie
Team photo :)
After a warm up Jasmine tea in one of the tents we did a few rituals for our families and friends back home. First we wrote their names on a string of prayer flags and strung them up in the middle of base camp, the mantras on the flags would bring good luck to them. Secondly we did the same thing but on small mantra cards. We threw them up in the air together, made a wish and the wind scattered them all over base camp. Rituals complete we took some photos before heading back to the hotel for lunch.
After lunch we drove 6 hours to the town of Shigatse, Tibet's second largest town, to stop for the night. After showers Norbu took us to a local restaurant for dinner, I ordered meat dumplings on soup (delicious!), and briefed us on the next day. This would be the start of the sightseeing part of the trip.
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