Mary Loosemore: Trek prep
Mary Loosemore: Everest beer - we're heading for them thar hills
Mary Loosemore: Our room at the Shangri La hotel, Kathmandu
Mary Loosemore: Hazel enjoying a cuppa at the Sukute Beach, en route to Shivalaya
Mary Loosemore: Our jeep and driver, Sukute Beach, on the journey from Kathmandu to Shivalaya
Mary Loosemore: Our first Dal Bhat, Charikot
Mary Loosemore: Hazel at the Kalo Pathar Lodge and View, Shivalaya
Mary Loosemore: Chris Lewis's Koala in my room at the Kalo Pathar Lodge and View, Shivalaya
Mary Loosemore: Chris Lewis's Koala in my room at the Kalo Pathar Lodge and View, Shivalaya
Mary Loosemore: Evening light over Shivalaya
Mary Loosemore: Tibetan bread with cheese: Breakfast at the Kalo Pathar Lodge and View, Shivalaya
Mary Loosemore: Looking back down to Shivalaya and the Khimti Khola
Mary Loosemore: Hazel and Daa Waa on one of the more horizontal stretches of the route between Shivalaya and Deurali
Mary Loosemore: Hazel on an open woodland stretch between Shivalaya and Deurali
Mary Loosemore: Thodung cheese factory farmhouse, near Deurali
Mary Loosemore: The cool room at Thodung cheese factory farmhouse, near Deurali
Mary Loosemore: A no-longer-in-the-intended-location sign to the Thodung cheese factory farmhouse, near Deurali
Mary Loosemore: The cheesemaker shows us how its done, Thodung cheese factory farmhouse, near Deurali
Mary Loosemore: The cheesemaker's children, Thodung cheese factory farmhouse, near Deurali
Mary Loosemore: The route through the woods between Thodung and Deurali
Mary Loosemore: Looking back towards Shivalaya, from the road to Deurali
Mary Loosemore: High Land Sherpa Guest House & Restaurant, our lunch stop at the Deurali pass
Mary Loosemore: Mani stone, Deurali
Mary Loosemore: Mani wall and mani circle, Deurali
Mary Loosemore: Mani wall, Deurali
Mary Loosemore: Mani wall with marigolds, Deurali
Mary Loosemore: Mani wall end, Deurali
Mary Loosemore: Mani wall end, Deurali
Mary Loosemore: Painted carved inscriptions, mani wall, Deurali
Mary Loosemore: Painted carved inscriptions, mani wall, Deurali