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It’s 11pm on Tuesday night in Malta. I’ve been to the movies and had a few glasses of wine with friends. This morning I had breakfast, went about my errands, did some work, fed and walked the dogs. I’ve checked my emails, played a few rounds of Scrabble on facebook…
(Thursday, September 3 – 4.40 p.m.) Just washed some clothes at the second day at the Everest Snow Leopard Guest House in Tingri – our last day under a roof and with access to a bathroom. It's been more than a week now that we left Malta and the mountain…
Saturday, 05 September 2009 06:39
What is said on the mountain stays on the mountain
Written by Jo Cremona
Marco and the team have made it to base camp. Tonight is the first night of many in tents. They have one each at base camp Marco had told me, but at the more advanced camps they’ll be sharing. Over the next few weeks he will get to know every…
Tuesday 1 September 22.40 Beijing Time (We have changed to Beijing time now that we're travelling in Tibet but we will revert to Nepali time when we're at Cho Oyu basecamp as that is more representative of the daytime). Today's day was centered around our first acclamatisation trek. Proper acclamatisation is critical…
Marco and the team have crossed the Nepal-Tibet border and over the next 4 days will be making their way to base camp staying at small villages along the way. Marco left his mobile in Kathmandu so from now on we will be communicating through the group sat phone (puts…
Am at an internet cafe in the first village after crossing the Nepal-Tibet border this morning. Security is very tight... no photos anywhere near the border; they stripped down our bags but they were mainly interested in BOOKS or any type of information. They scrolled through the pics on our…
(Sunday)It's an early night because the guest house we're staying it at the border town of Kodari wants lights-out in the dining area at 10 p.m.... which is rather 'earlyish' especially since I had a bit pof unplanned siesta this afternoon.We're metres away from the 'Friendship Bridge' that is the…
22:00 Thursday, 27 Aug. I’m with family and friends at Gnejna and Marco and Greg are on a plane to Kathmandu. I managed to chat online with Marco during the day. He was at an internet cafe, a 5min sweltering 37oC walk from a friend’s apartment in Dubai where they…
Ok, it's 2 p.m. and I'm writing from a dingy internet cafe in Dubai in temperatures exceeding 40 deg C and where the humidity must be in excess of 95%. (No instruments used here but the stickiness of it all says it all).We're housed at a (Maltese) friend's place who…
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