Day 1: Kathmandu- Paro- Thimpu It was a sunny day when we took our flight towards our next destination. This time, we left with a proper plane, not the tuna can that took us to our EBC Trek. Most of the people that surrounded us were in their 50s-60s and, for the first time, we…
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Kathmandu e il guru!
Durban Square and Swayambhunath Temple Every time that we think about this city, our mind goes back to Rino Gaetano’s song: Khatmandu.For those who know this masterpiece (and if you don’t, we highly recommend you to check it up on YouTube) it’s a song that reminds you of a faraway land. Rino, with its verses,…
EBC trek: all you need to know!
The Everest Base Camp (EBC) trek is probably the most famous trek you can do while travelling in Nepal. Everyone, at least once in a lifetime, has dreamed to get as close as possible to the highest peak on earth and, since most of the common human (including us) whether are not a professional hiker,…
Cost of the EBC trek
A frequently asked question is: “How much does the EBC trek cost?” Reaching the highest mountain in the world is not priceless. We realized our tour with a friend agency called Ask the Nepal (http://www.askthenepal.com). The cost range depends on which choice you make: self-arranged or by agency. AGENCY Cost will range in between 1000…
Altitude Sickness Symptoms
When we started looking for the EBC info, the first question that rolled in our mind was: how should we prepare for the trek? We saw so many different feedback on the web, some guy trained for almost a year, another said that it was an easy trek… we actually like to go to the…
The EBC Trek
Day 1: Lukla (2800 m) – Phakding (2610 m) Finally, the long awaited day has arrived! Both of us can’t contain our excitement for this new adventure and at the same time, our worries about the weather. In the last three days, all the flight directed to Lukla have been canceled and we don’t know…
Our Nepali life
The first thing you do before starting a volunteering experience is to look up the place where you will spend at least 2 months of your life. Most of the times God Google comes to help us…not in this case! We couldn’t find neither the little village not the province so the only thing we…
What to pack?
This aspect is probably one of the key aspect of your all journey since your backpack will be your new house. The best recommendation is PACK LIGHT and BRING THE ESSENTIAL. Now let’s stop a second since the word ESSENTIAL has a completely different meaning for a man and a woman. Javi: “Essential means bringing…
Where to start?
This is the hardest decision to make! We have thought for a long time about this trip but when the moment to plan arrived it was not an easy task! The only thing we had clear was that we would have loved to do some volunteering but where, when and how? The world is so big and…
Sloth and Hippo Travel 