Acclimatization Day at Namche Bazaar ( 7 Oct 2006)

7 Oct is Saturday. Looking out from the room’s window, I saw the mountains, the valley and the houses that built at different layer. It was so beautiful. Photo on left is Mt. Thamserku.
This was the day for acclimatization and excursion around the places. There is weekly morning market on Saturday. Traders came to this town and selling goods to Sherpas, as well as visitors. The market starts around 6am and ended around 12pm. We visited the market before trekked up to Syangboche.

Syangboche is on a hill overlooking Namche Bazaar. The day was pleasant and relaxing. We trekked slowly. We lay down, looked at the sky and mountains, took photos, and ran with open arms as we were flying.

In the afternoon, we went to the museum at the headquarters of Sagamartha National Park. It was located at Mendephu Hill above Namche. There is an army checkpoint where we need to write down our details. The place was surrounded by large amount of barbed wire. We are not allowed to take the pictures. The museum is small but it does provide information on the history, plants, animals and culture of this region.

Namche Bazaar is considered as “town” in Khumbu region. So, almost everything can be found at Namche, eg: lodges, shops, bank, internet café, telephone service etc. This place is in middle of nowhere. I felt strange, like this place suppose to exist only in the fantasy, not in the reality.