Dashain and the goats on the roof!

It’s October and, as usual, all the shops are closed in Kathmandu due to one of the ten thousand festival that Nepali people celebrate. As we have mentioned in previous articles, Nepalis love parties (and everything that is connected to singing, dancing, not working), but Dashain can be defined as THE PARTY. This festival usually…

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…

What to pack for the EBC?

This section will vary depending if you are doing a self-arranged trek or a helper will bring your backpack. For our trek we had a backpack for two that weighted more or less 14 kg, plus two little day backpacks with the most important things. The list presented here is a reduced version of what…

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…