Nepal Trip 2007: Day 11: Chaunrikharka 22 October 2007 1:15 pm
Posted by Tracy in : nepal, travel , trackbackAnother trekking day, and one that might take us to Lukla airport instead of Chaunrikharka, but I’m rooting for the latter because I know we’re flying out of Lukla later on in the trip anyway. Apparently things get a little touristy outside Lukla, what with it being the place lots of people fly into on their way to Everest base camp. One of our guidebooks had a hilarious description of how you can always spot the trekkers starting their trip at Lukla on account of their being ridiculously overdressed — sure it’s high up, but you probably don’t need to be wearing your snow goggles yet. Stuff like that. Anyway, Chaunrikharka is another place that shows up in guidebooks but not my map, which is making me wonder what’s going on here linguistically. The name apparently means “pastures for yak-cow cross-breeds,” but my guidebook doesn’t specify what language it has that meaning in. Sigh.
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This post was written and scheduled for automagical posting in the week before I left on this crazy adventure. I hope to write many more posts about the trip — you know, with more actual details and pictures and stuff — but for now this is all we’ve got while my intergoogle access is all kinds of sporadic during my travels from October 9 until November 6.
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Now it is a pasture for over-dressed-goggle encrusted tourist cross-breeds.
Tracy, We got your card today. I want to be where you are! Trek on and I’ll keep reading about it. Thanks for your postings. Have fun!!! Gail
Gail! Great to hear from you! I have so much more to tell about this trip than I can tell on very expensive internet at Namche Bazar, but you’ll hear about it in all kinds of detail next month.