09/14--Day 7--Dingboche to Lobuche--27/9/2022
Today was the most beautiful day of the Trek. Once again we woke up to the magnificent sight of the mighty mountains ringing our picturesque tea house. Played with the doggies and with the little two-year-old. After a hearty breakfast and a complimentary cup of lemon tea, we set off again, to our destination that would take is for the first time to an elevation over 5000m. We found ponies for slower members of the team who were finding it difficult to keep pace with the rest of the group and that greatly improved the speed of the group as a whole. We trekked through beautiful rolling alpine meadows, covered with tiny flowers of every hue, giving the entire area a watercolor painting-like feel. From time to time, we could see and hear Alpine Choughs, both red-and yellow-billed. These corvid birds are found at very high altitudes, having been sighted as high as in Camp 4 of Mt Everest (27600 feet!). Though they are locally called "Chinese Crow" their call is musical and not h...