Namche Bazaar

Just arrived at Namche Bazaar where I am supposed to, and will, have a rest day to acclimatize better at the higher altitudes where I am going after.

I was sad to see that my favourite guest house, Thawa Lodge, is now closed because Mr Thawa has just died. The house is full of Tibetan monks chanting and reading from The Tibetan book of The Dead. In the evening there was a lot of blowing of long horns from the terrace and banging of drums, as well as chanting.

It took me a while to walk in from Jiri, longer than at any time before. But I do have the time and stopped when I was getting tired rather than pushing on. Plus I was rained in one day at Chaurikharka. It actually stopped raining around 10 or 11, but by then I had all my laundry soaking in a bucket.