The morning starts well. Wim brushes his teeth with eye ointment. That’s what you get when your husband starts messing around in your toilet bag. The decor in which we are brushing our teeth, however, is beautiful. A unique experience in itself. But it will probably get even more unique today. After all, we have …
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It’s 3:15 am and Wim is already getting up. He wants to climb the Gokyo Ri and see the sunrise on top of the summit. Yesterday I had to agree with Wim that I wouldn’t go with him if I still had a headache in the morning. And you guessed it. My head is exploding… …
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Other hikers look at me with pitiful eyes, when they see me go to the primitive French toilet hut in the morning. Not because of the inadequate hygiene in that cabin – we are used to that by now – but because they heard someone coughing and throw up during the night. And throwing up …
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Wim is going out for a half day on his own, while I keep a sick day in bed. I’m somewhat jealous of him, but I feel that there is no point in even trying to get out of bed. Wim places a plate with two pieces of toast and some jam next to my …
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We give a handful of instant coffee bags to the lady of the lodge, who gave us such a sweet advice yesterday. Coffee is bad for altitude sickness, so why drag those bags along? And the poor people here are happy with it. She gives us the contact details of another lodge in Machhermo and …
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