13 Dingboche

Kwangde catches sunrays; view South towards Namche from Tengboche

View as we depart Tengboche at 6:55am

At 7:30am we pass the nice village of Debuche and this Paradise-GH - where I stayed on the return journey

At 8 AM - crossed Imja-Khola over this steel-truss bridge

We reach entry arch of Pangboche at 8-30AM .... and found a trekker sitting on steps, taking a power nap!

Lower Pangbcohe houses appear - dwarfed by Ama Dablam

We pass Shomare Village at 10-30AM

Another close-up view of Ama Dablam ..... from Pangboche

Hotel Family Dingboche

We reach Dingboche pretty tired. Bhavnath takes me straight to a GH that he knows well. It's a big and nice looking "Family GH" that has pretty big double rooms, well furnished. I decide to stay here 2 nights in order to get an extra day to acclimatize at this altitude of Dingboche (4360M).

Morning view of Everest Range (C) and Ama Dablam (R) - view from the meadow opposite Tengboche Monastry

Another (zoomed) view of Everest Range at sunrise from Tengboche

We started the trek at 7:00AM after breakfast and initially the trail was going down steepish towards Debuche which we passed at 7:25AM. This stretch of the trek from Tengboche to Debuche was through some pretty nice shady forest trails, full of Birches, Conifers and Rhodendrons (pics of Debuche and this nice foresty trail see on Day-19 on Return trip). We continued on till we crossed the Steel Bridge over Imja Khola at 8:00AM. The trail now continued along the ridge on true right side all the way to Pangboche; while Ama Dablam's thumb like visage dominated the trail most of the time, till we were well past Pangboche.