Another day in Namche Bazzar

Today we hiked around the area to let our bodies get used to the amount of air there is here. We got some great views of Mount Everest and we were able to visit a local school.

The children of the region go to school everyday but Sunday and have a half day on Friday. They start at 10 in the morning and go till 4:00. I also learned that they don't have a summer break but they get one month off in the winter and one month off in August when they get heavy rains during the monsoon season. They also all have school uniforms to wear.

Tomorrow we head up higher to a village named Tengbouche and will be at an elevation of 12,694 feet. Almost 2.5miles high!

The first picture is of the travel monkey thy we have always taken with us on trips with Mount Everest behind and is the high peak to the left o the middle.



The next picture is of a look down on to the very cool village of Namche Bazzar. You can see all of the houses, stores and hotels.

The next picture is of drying yak dung on a rock wall (sorry teachers) but they dry it out and soak it in gas and use it to heat their homes at night so they don't have to cut down valuable trees.

The last is a the familiar coyote from Mrs Falkowski's class and little green Sliders from Mrs Dobosenski'a class's with Mount Everest behind and to the center left of the picture. The worlds tallest mountain!

Enjoy!


Listen to your teacher and be good!