Solukhumbu Trek - Page 3

Nunthala  - Dudh Koshi River - Kharikhola - Bupsa (Day 6)

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Above - Dawn - peaks





Above - Chuin Nee in action



Above - leaving Nunthala



Above - the Dudh Koshi



Above - mule train crossing the Dudh Koshi



Above - porter load - complete with radio, mirror and girly pictures....



Above - Chuin Nee next to some porter loads (mainly kerosene). Note their walking sticks which could be used to rest their load on. We saw plenty of these in the Solukhumbu - but none at Annapurna.



Above - Dudh Koshi Gorge



Above - lizard



Above - Stupa at Kharikhola



Above - terraces



Above - gompa at Kharikhola





Above - Kharikhola - a small Sherpa town where 50 of the locals have summited Mt Everest!



Above - Kharikhola terraces



Above - terraces





Above - porter carrying a load of chooks and a rooster on top (a very noisy rooster)



Above - our lodge at Bupsa



Above - from Bupsa - looking down at Kharikhola





Above - porters

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