It started as a beautiful, sunny day, just a few clouds here and there. Helicopters were buzzing around, quite a lot of activity happening in this little village.
The sun was shining beautifully on the village monastery, just under the helipad.
After breakfast I climbed slowly, but enthusiastically, to my panorama spot. By this time (about 10 o'clock), the clouds started to gather already around the great peaks. Occasionally, I could still see the beautiful Ama-Dablam and Thamserku (if I remember correctly). The Thengboche monastery, on the ridge, just across the valley in front of me, was almost calling me to try to visit it again. I was so near to it, and yet so far...
The plateau I was standing on was very different from 14 years ago, when it was an empty space, like a photo studio with the background provided by nature. This time there is an army post with a helipad, all sorts of quirky buildings, rubbish bins, posts, dog, bull, etc. You could hardly find a spot to take a picture without any man-made object in it.
The wind started to blow and I left the place quite disappointed. But still with the hope that one of these days we'll be able to take a similar picture to the one we've taken all those years ago.
On the way back to the lodge, there was a lot of activity in the school playground. Children were walking home (I guess) and ladies in their traditional Sherpa dresses were leaving the playground too.
After lunch the valley filled quickly with clouds and then the rain started. Hopefully tomorrow we'll have another bright morning.
1 comments:
Lovely pictures. Glad everythings not too bad!
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