Besant Nagar to Base Camp

We woke up to lovely views of snow-capped mountains on a clear day at Namche. At our usual departure time of 7 am, post breakfast, we left Kamal Guest House, Namche Bazar for our next destination, Debuche. The tea house had been a bustling place, and we saw a group of Westerners, returning back to Lukla, being felicitated with shawls for having completed the trek. Among them was a kid of around 7-8 years!                                                                            We set off again, up hills and down valleys, with the scenery around us gradually changing. The coniferous trees, the pines were becoming fewer, as indeed were any shrubs of reasonable height, and the land around was gradually showing glimpse...