Mt. Everest Base Camp trek

Everest Base camp Trekking is without doubt one of the most renowned trekking trail in the world. This trekking is also known as Kalapathar trekking. Indeed Mt. Everest Base Camp has been popular travel destination since the first successful expeditions of Mount Everest Summit (8848 meter) on May 29th, 1953 by Sir Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgey Sherpa. This trekking reveals some of the most breathtaking scenery of the Himalayan region. On the next day of your arrival in Kathmandu airport, you fly to Lukla (1/2 hour) from where your Everest Base Camp trekking begins. On the first of trekking the foot trail follows Dudh Kosi River. Then following day it crosses forests of rhododendron and magnolia, villages and monasteries.

On the second day you reach at Namche Bazaar, a bustling bazaar, that’s a junction for trekkers. From Namche Bazaar, you trek along a high traversing path and reach at Tyangboche, an old Buddhist monastery located on a ridge top. Then following days you will be at Dingboche, Lobuche and Gorakhashep. After you arrive at Gorakshep firstly you ascend to Kala Pathar (5554 m) from where you can get stunning views of Mt. Everest and its surrounding high peaks. Then next day you trek to your major target place Mount Everest Base Camp (5364 m) at the foot of the Khumbu ice fall. After been to Everest Base Camp you trek back to Lukla airport following the same previous route with spending few days overnight at different places.

General strike in Kathmandu April 27, 2011

Today is April 27, 2011 announcing general strike in Kathmandu by indigenous group of Nepal. The strike announce by   Tamang and Newar group. For strike involving other political parties also who is demanding ethnic state.  They are demanding coming new constitution have to make ethnic group base state in Nepal. In Nepal the new constitution finishing date is May last week but still many issue are under discuss. The major political party has much different opinion.

You can see the main road is empty you can’t get any transportation. Only few rickshaw (public cycle- tow people can ride) in tourist area. The striker’s groups are shouting to shutdown the shop in Thamel.

Nepal is celebrating tourism year 2011. The major political party commitment no strike in Tourism year 2011 but it is only in paper. This is only for to attractive speech in public marsh.

Today Nepal tourism board running shuttle bus for tourist. The bus picks up the people from Thamel chock and another major hotel in Kathmandu city. The bust charge  Rs 100/- for  airport to downtown.

Electric shot in Thamel

Today around 01:23 pm in center of the Thamel electric shot   near by bamboo cottage restaurant.  The ware is start to blowing but in restaurant people are eating a Dal Vat(Nepali  food). After while on brave restaurant staff came with cloth and try to off the fire.

In that time fortunately the electricity was off automatic, may be it is time for cut the electricity because we have one day 14 hour  electric off.

The fire became smaller, the restaurant worker success to off the fire.  I give big plus to him to his brave work.

This year Monsoon is very early.

Every year climate are changing, I can feel it the impact of the global warming. Now Kathmandu is raining. The temperature of Kathmandu is now around 10 degrees Celsius. The monsoon is coming soon in Kathmandu. The Kathmandu road in monsoon every where small pound and muddy. The vehicle is splash the dirty water to foot walkers. Every day need to wash the pants.  

Please remember that in Kathmandu is very scarcity of water.

This year Monsoon is very early.

This year Monsoon is very early.

Petroleum crisis in Nepal

The Nepaloil corporation Limited only the authorize to import and sell the petroleum product in Nepal. The Nepal oil corporation limited established 10 January 1970 government of Nepal under the company act, 2021(1964). NOC can store 30,000 KL petroleum products in different development regions of Nepal.

You know that Nepal is the land lock country of the south Asia. It is depend on India for supply and distribution of petroleum product. Since two weeks the petroleum product are scarcity in Nepal. Now days for 5litter petrol we have to wait 5h in hot noon.

The NOC managing director said the petroleum product rise in world wide. We have to increase 6 rupees in petrol for make a balance in international price.

He said government commitment to give aid to NOC that’s why recently we are not increasing the price of petroleum product.

But the petroleum stand is almost empty. They are writing petrol chhaina(no petrol). Also the director said the IOC cut the quantity of the petroleum product because of credit. He said we have huge amount of credit to pay IOC.

I thing this crisis of petrol is continue this week also.