I had a week off at the end of May- from work and children- and went trekking in Solukhumbu district with Mads and Clare. It was fantastic. It is also called the Lower Everest region so we were south of the main trekking routes leading up to Namche Bazaar and Everest Base Camp. We reached a maximum of about 3700m in altitude at a dairy and tea house at Pike Peak. High enough to see yaks and naks (female yaks) and to feel pretty tired putting one foot in front of the other. But I had loads of energy, both physical and mental, once we were back in Kathmandu at only 1500m. I really needed that break, out of the city, in the clean air, in the mountains. It is only a 25 minute flight in a Twin Otter from Phaplu back to KTM, but I felt like I was returning from a different country.
