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Nepal - Trekking in Annapurna and Everest region

My five star Hotel room in Dwarika's*****

Hotels in Kathmandu

The Dwarika's*****, furnished in traditional nepali style, is a oasis of quietness in the fast-paced, busy Kathmandu, which leaves nothing to be desired.

Five star Hotel Dwarika's***** in Kathmandu
Artful teakwood carvings trom the 16th century ornament the inner courtyard of the hotel.
Luckily the Dwarikas heritage is located outside the citycenter of Kathmandu (near the airport), so we don't have to suffer from the chaotic traffic jam and the enormous polution in the megacity Kathmandu. The Yak and Yeti hotel in the citycenter is a ugly concrete building against Dwarikas.		Artful teakwood carvings in Dwarika's***** hotel

Lodges on Annapurna Trekking

The american Lodge-chain Ker & Downey Nepal runs these 4 very beautiful located and comfortabel furnished Lodges for a easygo Annapurna-Trekking:
  • Sanctuary Lodge, Birethanti
  • Himalaya Lodge, Ghandruk
  • Gurung Lodge, Majgaun
  • Basanta Lodge, Dhampus
dining area of the Basanta Lodge in Dhampus 		Bungalow in the Gurung Lodge near Majgaun
All Lodges are perfect equiped with down jacket, sleeping bag and flip-flops. The well furnished rooms have private bathroom with hot shower from Solar energy and toilet.
In the evening we sit comfortable around the warming open fire. Between 18 and 19 o'clock is "Happy Hour", that means all drinks are free of charge. Breakfast and das three-start evening meal tastes excellent good in all Lodges.

Hotels in Pokhara

The picturesque Fishtail Lodge is located on a hook direct to Lake Phewa. The from Lake Phewa far away located Shangrila Village Hotel (ugly concrete building with partially smelly, noisy rooms) is not recommended.

Lodges on Everest Trekking

  • Yeti Mountain Home, Phakding
  • Everest Summit Lodge or Monjo Lodge, Monjo
  • Yeti Mountain Home Namche Bazar, above Namche Bazar (3450 m)
  • Everest View Hotel (3850 m)
  • Everest Summit Lodge, upon Tashinga (3500 m)
  • Everest Summit Lodge, Pangboche (3985 m)
To avoid mountain sickness you have to plan one ore two days off for acclimatisation and relaxing in Namche Bazar, Khunde or Khumjung.		 Blick aus meinem Zimmerfenster im Yeti Mountain Home Namche Bazar
Because in Khumbu region it can get very cold in November or Dezember, the luxury Lodges are equipped with electrical heater in the room and sometimes also electric blankets in the bed.
View into the Cockpit of Yeti Air

Lukla, the most dangerous airport in the world

The 2860 m high Tensing-Hillary-Airport is the bottleneck to Everest region. Often flights are canceled due to fog or bad weather conditions. The runway on a high plateau is only 20 Meter wide and 550 Meter long. The airport Lukla is a so called STOL-Airport: Short Take Off and Landing.
Bei einem fehlgeschlagenen Landeanflug hat der Pilot keine Chance mehr, noch einmal durchzustarten. Eine Felswand bildet das Ende der Landebahn. Die Startbahn ist abschüssig - Reason: Landungen in Lukla erfolgen "bergauf" und Starts zum Beschleunigen "bergab".
Luckily the strong Yak on the meadow waits with the crossing of the runway until our aircraft has taken off. Otherwise it would give mincemeat :o))

Syangboche

The big untarred gravel runway and the recently crashed airplane of Yeti (Tara) Air remember, that in Syanboche should be build a second Lukla in 3800 m elevation. The dangerous landing approach and mass occurrence of mountain sickness of the passengers stopped the overambitious project. Now sometimes Yak cows are grazing on the lonesome runway.

Tip: Who wants to preserve his knies and don't wants to hike back the whole trip over Namche Bazar down to Lukla , kann sich von Syangboche mit dem Flugzeug oder noch besser von Pangboche mit dem helicopter abholen lassen.

Für den Flug nach Lukla werden Propellermaschinen vom Typ Twin Otter und Dornier 228 eingesetzt, nach Syangboche Pilatus Porter oder Hubschrauber. Im Hinterkopf sollte man jedoch stets behalten, daß bei anhaltend schlechtem Wetter die gesamte Strecke in einem Gewalt­marsch von 1 bis 2 Tagen zurückgelaufen werden muß. A helicopter needs for the flight from Syangboche to Lukla only 7 minutes.

Tip: On the panorama flight from Kathmandu to Pokhara due to the grandios lookout to the Himalaya range it is recommendet to sit on the right side in flight direction !		Lukla, the most dangerous airport in the world
crashed aircraft of the Yeti (Tara) Air laying on the runway in Syangboche
during the panorama flight from Kathmandu to Pokhara it is recommended to sit on the right side !

Drinking water

In the Lodges you get multiple filtrated drinking water for filling up. So the waste of plastic bottles is avoided. Da es im Khumbu auch tagsüber sehr kalt sein kann (großer Temperaturunterschied zwischen Sonne und Schatten), habe ich heißes Wasser oder Tee in einer Thermosflasche als Tagesration mitgenommen. Ohne Thermosflasche würde das Trinkwasser im Verlauf des Tages eisig kalt und das ist ungesund.

Sherpas, Yaks the "trucks of the mountains", luggage

One sherpa in Annapurna region carries the luggage of two tourists. The weight of a trekking bag should be no more then 15 kg, according to the domestique flights with small aircrafts. Meine Trekking Tasche wog etwas mehr (knapp 20 kg) und zum Glück hat dies niemand gestört. Das Ge­päck wurde ja auch nur insgesamt für unsere Gruppe gewogen.
Alles was man zum Trekking nicht braucht, läßt man im Hotel in Kath­mandu zurück.
The "Trucks of the mountains" below the altitude 4000 m are no real Yaks, they are crossings of Yaks and cows - named Dschok-Pa's. In Everest region our luggage was carried by three Dschok-Pa's.		Gepäckabvertigung der Yeti Air in Kathmandu

Telephone

Telephoning in a Call-Shop from Nepal to Germany is sensational cheap, 3 Cent per Minute.
Die Netzabdeckung for Mobilfunk ist auch beim Trekking sehr hoch. Die Nepalesen sind Handy verliebt und telefonieren ständig. Nepalesische prepayed SIM-Cards sind sehr preisgünstig.
Everest Beer, the power fuel for the Trekking

Money change

You can change money in Hotels, Banks or currency exchange offices. Für einen Euro erhält man etwas mehr als 100 Rupis. Während des Trekkings besteht nicht immer die Möglichkeit, Geld zu wechseln. Geldautomaten gibt es nur in Kathmandu und Pokhara.

Security

The rooms in the hotels (even in 5 Star Dwarika's hotel) and Lodges können mit einem kleinen Vorhängeschloß gesichert werden. Da erweist es sich als sehr praktisch, wenn man zwei eigene Vorhängeschlösser dabei hat, ein kleines für die Trekking-Tasche und ein etwas größeres für die Zimmertür.

Everest Beer

The man on the Everest beer label is definitely not the Yeti, he is Nima Gombu Sherpa, who defeats Mount Everest 12 times.
Cool Nepali boys in Kathmandu
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