Today we woke up to another beautiful morning!
The lodge owner and his family were outside, on the little terrace, getting on with the daily activities around the lodge. The cute little girl gave me the right opportunity to bring out my camera and take a few pictures.
After that I decided it was time to take a stroll on the village "promenade", a.k.a. the "killing steps". Walking down is not bad at all!
Most shops specialise in trekking equipment, but there are several grocery stores as well. They mostly have canned or dry food though, but all sorts of cosmetics, second-hand books, medicines and even alcohol can be found.
There are stalls with hand-made woollen hats, gloves, jumpers. Some have fine pashmina scarfs, nicely embroidered handbags and numerous jewelleries.
I also found some Tibetan antique items.
There are a few bakeries, coffee shops, several restaurants, money exchangers and even a massage parlour!
Now, after all this sightseeing - going back to where I came from! Slowly, with a few stops and without anything to carry, apart from my camera, I got back to the lodge, quite pleased.
We went to the dining room for lunch, and guess what, we met a couple we befriended more than a week ago, when we arrived here for the first time. They just returned from Everest Base Camp. They said it was cold and very demanding, but they had a good time. They also showed me the pictures they took and promised to keep in touch.
After lunch we had a phone call from Eugen; he was just returning from Gokyo. It was a hard day for him: a lot to climb up and now he came back down to Dole. He thinks he might be here tomorrow after lunch.
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