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