Castle in the snow

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Today, as if we were being treated to some meteorological April Fool, we woke to a fresh fall of snow. A trip up to the castle on top of the town was already planned so it was a good opportunity to grab the camera and capture the town looking moody. By early evening we had beautiful spring sunshine; we were out at the lakes by then and they were looking lovely. However the camera stayed in its bag, so this April 1st will go down on (video) record as a gray and snowy one.

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Unknown said…
The Everest Base Camp trek has been the most popular attraction in the Khumbu region, north east of Kathmandu since the peak was conquered in 1953. Its scenery is amongst the most dramatic in the Nepal Himalaya and takes you closer to the ice covered giants than many other trails.

It is not an easy trek and requires a fair level of fitness and stamina as the trail begins at 2780m with your 35 minute Mountain flight to Lukla and after the first day is mainly above 3000m. Mountain Mart’s adventure team has designed this trek to minimise the risk of AMS (mountain sickness) by including two rest days and keeping the hours walked and the daily rise in altitude to a minimum.
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19 April 2013 at 01:16
hikingnepal said…
Everest Base Camp Trek is an incredible trip to reach close to the highest peak of the world- the Mt. Everest. This trek highlights to the visit the world highest Sherpa peoples and their richest culture, Tibetan Buddhist monasteries, and incredible panorama of highest mountain in the world!
Everest’s overwhelming summit towers so close to the sky that even the Everest Base Camp Trek 5357m demands abundant courage to undertake this high degree adventurous feat
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25 August 2019 at 01:27
Everest Base Camp said…
Very beautiful post. Thank you for sharing this with us.
29 April 2022 at 03:56
Team Himalaya said…
Everest Base Camp Trek is, unquestionably, a lifetime adventure experience for the trekkers. This is the most perused trekking trail among various trails in Nepal. Research shows that 80 % of the total tourists who come to Nepal have a dream to go to Everest Base Camp and they want to witness the top of the world, Mt. Everest along with another world's highest mountains above 8 thousand meters. Since every traveler’s dream is to witness Mt. Everest from Everest Base Camp, they start with other easy and moderate treks and ultimately they do Everest Base Camp. The trekking trail, Everest Base Camp Trek having been located at the highest altitude in the world offers a wide variety of Himalayan insights as an entire insight of Nepal Himalaya. The trail you use to go to Everest Base Camp is the legendary trekking trail used by two legendary climbers, Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Edmund Hillary who successfully scaled the top of the world, Mt. Everest.
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