Mama I'm on top of the world!

Well actually at 3500 meters above sea level at a place called Namche Bazzar (Ben Nevis is 1343m - Everest is 8848m - we will be climbing to around 5500 meters), a tiny little village on the trek to Everset that used to be a major trading post between Tibet and Nepal. Amazingly though it has Internet access!

I've been stunned by the level of the accommodation we have been staying in, basic obviously but ok and really great at night when we all huddle round the furnace at night and get heartily fed by the locals (the Nepali people just don't seem to be able to do enough for us). I've been playing cards with the young Australians on the trip and Travel scrabble would you believe with an English couple from London.

The walking has been quite tough, I can really notice the altitude and though I know I'm unfit it is a struggle going up the steep pathways carved into the mountains. Still the Sherpas do it carrying three of our bags, or quite stunningly a massive TV set!

For D, I'm sorry I haven't kept you up to date with the food on trip. I really enjoyed the food in India the curries were obviously stunning and the pilou rice is fantastic its a meal unto itself not like the dyed rubbish we get in the UK. I have been eating Buff Mo Mos in Nepal which are kind of dumplings stuffed with something, in this case buffalo meat, yum. Oh and I have had quite a bit of Everest beer, which is bloody lovely. Not on the trek though we have been advised not to in case it brings on the altitude sickness.