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Month: April 2017

Gokyo, Cho La Pass, Everest Base Camp Trek – An Epic Himalayan Adventure

Gokyo, Cho La Pass, Everest Base Camp Trek – An Epic Himalayan Adventure

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When we arrived in Kathmandu we thought it would take a week or so to plan our trek to Everest Base Camp, little did we think that within 3 days of our arrival we would be on a 18 seater plane heading to Lukla to complete a 16 day loop trek including Gokyo, Cho La Pass, Everest Base Camp.  Kevin had done the EBC trek 17 years ago but had gone out and back so this time we would include…

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Sikkim – The Last Leg of India

Sikkim – The Last Leg of India

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After Darjeeling we headed on to Sikkim, our last state in India and the second smallest of the Indian states.  Originally founded in the 17th century and ruled by a Buddhist priest-king, Sikkim only recently officially joined India in 1975 after the Indian military deposed the Sikkimese monarchy. Once we got to Gangtok, the capital of the region, I tried to find the locally made millet beer like I had on our last hike, but was repeatedly told that none…

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