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Wednesday, 26 October 2011

Things we've learnt today

A yak lives for 40 years

The Nepali name for Everest is Sagarmartha and the Tibetan name is Chomolungma which means Mother Earth

A female yak is called a Nak, so really we are drinking Nak milk and eating Nak cheese

Yaks can cross suspension bridges quicker than us


Prawn crackers actually come in fluorescent pink


Sherpa children like to break-dance

Nepalese diwali dancing celebrations unleashed previously unknown dancing talent in Debs,Pauline and Hermione *


We need to drink 4 litres of chlorinated "swimming pool" water a day and pee out 5 litres in bushes!


*photographic evidence available in exchange for a large donation...

P.S We also walked up a BIG hill

1 comment:

  1. Hello trekkers. Please let Jackie know that I am receiving her texts and have replied to them all, but for some unknown reason the replies are not reaching her phone. (This is probably due to her 'anti-technology field'.) Good luck getting up that BIG hill!

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