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Zhangmu Slideshow
Zhangmu
Travel Blogs from Zhangmu, China
The Shark Lady travels on
This is a top pick! From Kala Pattar we returned to Lobouche, this time staying the night in the very lovely Sherpa lodge. The day stayed clear, and sunset was spectacular, with Lhotse glowing gold like molten metal. The weather held the next day, and I have to say I have ...
The Himalayan M25
This is a top pick! We made the most of our early awakening at Tengboche and set off. Guess the direction? Yes, up! We were on the trail by 8- 9 being our usual- and soon worked out the big plus point of a slightly later start when we got caught in the Himalayan equivalent ...
Trek 2: Look at me ma! I climbed a hill!
This is a top pick! The day before we met our Everest (EBC) trek group was Holi day, a great send off. At the end we were soaked in paint and water (whatever you do, keep your mouth closed!) and had managed to retaliate quite effectively to the locals. A really cool ...
Chess on Tost
This is a top pick! After returning to Dingboche for a night, we walked up to Thukla. In the snow. We could see where we were going (useful considering the very steep drop to our left) and walked on a very wide slope, so we could stay well away from the edge and any ...
Cards at the top of the world
This is a top pick! Travelling from Luza to Gokyo, the scenery became more rocky and wild and the valley closed in. We were trekking beside streams and waterfalls of clear water, refreshingly cool to splash on my face. In places where the rock had worn away, the water ...
Stuck at the Chinese Border
This is a top pick! ... several nights. This was not how we planned to spend our 3rd wedding anniversary. Next day we are resigned to spending it in Zhangmu again but we learn about midday that our Chinese guide has managed to wade accross the river and is on his way, hiking ...
Mt Everest Flight
This is a top pick! 26.9.06 Thamel, Kathmandu, Nepal Everest flight Des, Lynn and Lou got up at 5am for their flight over Mt. Everest with Buddha Air. They were very excited about it and hoped the mist would clear enough for them to get a good view. They were ...
Farewell to China and Tibet
This is a top pick! ... its work. However, due to the African-Asian summit, it was closed the whole time I was in Beijing. I really enjoyed seeing China's cities, seeing her various landscapes, and meeting her people, but I can't imagine living under such what is to me still a ...
Surfing The Himalayas
This is a top pick! After leaving Lhasa and we continued to climb in elevation, the weather got continually colder. Over the next few days, we climbed in altitude to over 4400, then 4800, then finally to 5200 meters at Everest Base camp!!! Since my pack only ...
clouds with rocks in
This is a top pick! My flight ticket to Lukla said 'check in by 5.30'. My guide book said that the best views were to be had from the left hand side of the plane. Logic dictated that the best place to be would be in front of the wing. So I got up early, determined to be ...
Frozen Trekking and High Passes....
This is a top pick! ... trees in weeks. It also started to get hotter and at the border it was consiously easier to breath, a really weird feeling. Zhangmu is perched on a hillside with a considerable descent to the border and with lorries galour parked along the side of the ...
Heading pie-wards
This is a top pick! We finally had to tear ourselves away from the idyll that was Gokyo. Tom headed off with Jason, David and the other Americans, who promised to feed his 13 addiction as they headed over the Cho La pass. They also bandaged my foot and gave me a supply of ...
Up.... and up.... and up....
This is a top pick! Our first day of walking was a relatively easy induction. One of the limiting factors when trekking in the Himalyas is the altitude. We had to be careful how much height we gained each day, or risk altitude sickness. Oli and I both had a relatively ...
Everest Base Camp (5200m)
This is a top pick! ... , especially in the toilet department. Tibet has got to have the WORST toilets we've come across in all our travels to date. In Zhangmu, as we wandered the streets, we came upon the filthiest toilets we've ever seen. Long before we even saw it, we ...
A Grueling Journey From Lhasa To Katmandu
This is a top pick! ... glacial peaks beyond the barren mountain range, and at least Don got what he came for. The Tibetan border town of Zhangmu sits on a steep terraced hillside with one main narrow road passing through. It is an incredibly dysfunctional hub for shipments ...
Everest Expedition - Part III
This is a top pick! We headed down from Gorak Shep to Labouche. By this time I could barely walk, my cold had got much worse and my body was beginning to protest at the fact that it still had to walk, even though it had got me to Everest - I don't think it was too happy ...
Out of Everest
This is a top pick! DAY 10 Namche Bazaar (3420m) to Lukla (2800m) A good start to the day at Breakfast, pancakes. They looked and tasted like giant drop scones all soaked in honey. We walked down out of Namche for three hours and passed many porters carrying loads to ...
Entering Forbidden Lands
This is a top pick! The alarm at 5.45 was not a welcome sound. Our room was colder than ever and Mikey was feeling terrible. Our Jeep arrived on time however and our guide loaded on the bikes without a problem. We then picked up Richard and Mirinae from their hotel and set ...
Everest Expedition - Part II
This is a top pick! After a days rest in Namche and a chance to stock up on some necessary supplies we began our journey to Everest. The first day we trekked to a place called Tengboche. It took about 5 1/2 hours and we ascended 750m/2460ft. I found it very hard going as ...
Sieben Tage in Tibet
... an Baustellen) kamen wir dann in an unserem Mittagsstopp, in unserer ersten chinesischen Stadt, dem ziemlich haesslichen Grenzort Zhangmu (er reiht sich damit nahtlos in alle anderen bisherigen Grenzorte ein) an. Aus irgendeinem Grund hatten wir hier 2 ...
Here at last...
Here we go again, plane was delayed yesterday and then cancelled due to bad weather. Today plane was delayed again but now we have a small flying window so are going for it. The plane is a tiny 8 seater twin engine, apparently the largest they can land ...
Livia Jones: Missione Tibet
Oggi vi scrivo dai 2300 m. di Zhangmu, prima cittadina tibetana dopo il confine nepalese raggiunta dopo non poche vicissitudini ma che offre (potenza dei cinesi!) nuovamente connessione al mio Blackberry! Come sapete qui siamo nel pieno della ...
Our Stay Before Crossing Into Nepal
D11: Rongbuk - Shegar - Zhangmu D12: Free day in Zhangmu D13: Zhangmu - Kathmandu, ...
Acclimatization in Namche
We left Phakding on Thursday morning and had a wonderful trek to Namche Bazaar (11300 feet = 3445 meters). Crossing high suspended bridges is my favorite part. After being stuck for a little hile in a traffic jam caused mostly by yaks, we crossed the ...
Asian XL
beautiful valley on the way up, rapids, waterfalls and suspension bridges, plus a lot of climbing up the path. Yaks everywhere now. Lada is slow at the beginning, whereas I am fast in the morning, but he soon warms up and stays ahead of me the whole ...
Mt. Everest, Tibet
4 hour truck drive to Mt. Everest. And another 4 hours back the same day to Shegar ...
So Close Yet So Far
When we woke up this morning neither of us wanted to get out of bed. We had managed to keep a tiny modicum of heat under the covers and we knew it was freezing on the outside of them. But time waits for no man and we had to face the cold ...
Phakding to Namche Bazaar
Today most of the overnight guests were heading up to Namche today. We know that we will pass each other as we all trek up the mountain as we each stop for a rest of a meal. Everyone is in good spirits as we gradually all set off. As I am walking the ...