Made it today to Namche Bazaar after a 7 hour rather slow plod up to 3440m. We will spend an acclimatisation day here tomorrow - taking a walk up a few hundred metres to a first Everest viewpoint. I feel I reallly need this, having come to a fairly high altitude quite quickly. We had some rain last night, and today our last two hours of walking were through falling snow!
All this after a drought of over 6 months in this region!
I need to say here that internet connections are expensive, slow and unreliable; so I'm afraid I won't be dooing much posting of photos for a while. I'll add a brief entry when I can but don't be concerned of you don't hear from me for a while!
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I'll be doing some more travelling this year, starting with a return to Nepal in mid-March. I aim to do the Everest Base Camp trek, as well as some work on behalf of the WDT/NMV - a trust which runs a school for adult women in Kathmandu. After a couple of months in Nepal I intend to head for Lhasa in Tibet and then travel through southern China and return to VietNam. I'll update the blog from time to time, especially if there are any Yeti sightings - but don't get your hopes up too much!
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The literacy rate amongst women in Nepal is something like a pathetic 35%.For men it is 63%. The Women Development Trust (WD Trust) is a non-profit organisation whose mission is to improve this by providing educational opportunities for women of all ages
Maybe it will help buy a few books, or be a step towards the first computer or printer. Maybe it will help pay the teachers a decent wage or assist with the provision of better training for them.
Some of the women at the Namuna mahila Vidyalaya
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