Snaps from Cambodia
August 15th, 2010
I spent a long weekend in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia. I have visited some places in and out of the city. Here are some photographs. Hope you enjoy.
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Dark cloud of Khmer Rogue
August 15th, 2010
It’s been almost two years since I first time set my foot on Cambodian soil. I knew I will be back at some point and here I am again, landing at Phnom Penh international airport. I have only 3 days so my plan is to spend time in Phnom Penh only. I quickly go through immigration and of I go to the land of Khmer Rogue. [read more]
Day 12 – Bye Bye Himalayas
June 12th, 2010
It’s 4 am morning. I couldn’t sleep very well since I was nervous about flight to Kathmandu. I looked outside the window and all I saw it’s clouds. In this weather they simply don’t fly. But it may clear up little later. First flight should come in at about 7 am. [read more]
Day 11 – Finally back to Lukla
June 12th, 2010
Next morning I woke up about 6 am, so little later than other days but still early. I slept well since altitude is not so high here, about 2600 m which is absolutely fine when you coming down from higher altitudes. Kiwi dude had some headache but I explained to him it’s normal when going up. I had coffee and some honey porridge for breakfast and waited till Agasta gets ready so we can head of for Lukla. I am starting to worry a bit because weather is changing quickly and there are sopme rumors that there are no flights from Lukla to Kathmandu again. [read more]
Day 10 – Namche Bazar and Everest Marathon
June 12th, 2010
Next morning I realized that it’s not meant to be a lucky one for me. Once again, Everest and other mountains were covered by clouds and my sunrise picture with orange peak is not going to happen. It’s sad but I have to live with it. I had a quick breakfast, brief visit to monastery and we head of to Namche Bazar. [read more]
Day 9 – Back to Temboche
June 12th, 2010
Today we supposed to reach Temboche again. It’s more than 10 km trek up and down, starting in the mountains and finishing below tree line so in terms of altitude it is a significant drop. As I soon realized we won’t go through Dingboche as we came up but through Pangboche. I am getting little confused by the names [something]boche. I hope I got the name of the village right. [read more]
Day 8 – Rest at Lobuche
June 12th, 2010
It’s really cold this morning. Clouds are low, visibility changing from 200 to 500 m, wind is blowing and it’s also snowing. I am having a chat to Agasta. There is a difficult decision I have to make. I decided to cancel the Chola Pass and Gokyo lakes trek. There are bad weather reports in the area and also according to some locals who got through there recently it is getting difficult due lot’s of rock climbing. I am here for photography and in this weather it doesn’t make too much sense to go there if I am not gonna see anything. I am also physically exhausted. [read more]
Day 7 – Kalapathar
June 6th, 2010
Night was as cold as it gets and also sleepless. I don’t know if it’s cold or high altitude but I have trouble to close my eyes. As I try to fall asleep my breath slows down but there is brain already signaling that doesn’t have enough oxygen so I have to speed up my breathing and it goes on and on. I only fall asleep about 4am but I have to wake up at 5. Of course I cannot and Agasta is knocking on the door wakes me up instead. [read more]
Day 6 – Lobuche
June 6th, 2010
What a surprise next morning. I heard some strange noises like something is falling from the roof. I slipped out of sleeping bag and looked outside window and I saw scenery I din’t happen to see last 8 years. Everything was whine. This was first time I saw snowfall since I left Europe in 2003. Very exciting but also made me little nervous. This is end of May. There wasn’t supposed to be snow. That was not in plan. [read more]
Day 5 – Dingboche
June 6th, 2010
It was an early morning in Tengboche. I woke up to see the sunrise on Everest and Lhotze. Unfortunately the mountain range was covered in clouds. There were some other peaks to see but it was kind of disapointing. I just wanted to see sunrise on Everest. Well, hope I have opportunity later. [read more]
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