Day 12 - Finally a Shower !

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Please go to Day 1 (below) to read these in order. They are posted from back to front.
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Day 12 - April 7 - evening:

Am : "Woke up feeling slightly better this morning. The Lodge was packed last night. Maybe 50-60 people of all nationalities in the cafe. You can easily tell those who are going up, from those who are going down, by the color of their noses. Deep red/black sunburn means they are heading back down."

Left by 8:30AM. Arrived in Namche at 1pm. We had a nice reunion with Lloyd and Christiana. They had been resting, shopping, and reading for 8 days. I teased Christina that she would need to hire another porter to haul her additional gifts and souvenirs.
Our lodge was great. We all took, long anticipated hot showers. It was heavenly. We were pretty sticky and dusty at that point.
We went down to the main street. I realized that I really hadn't missed the hard sell vendors hawking their knock off mountain gear there. "Buy now", "best price."

We stayed at the Shangri La Lodge. I almost bought a soft shell jacket for 1,000 rp ($14) but it fit strange. Asian cut. Bought some soft shell pants later. Every pair was cut different, so I just kept on trying them on until I found one that fit. "Feeling much better today finally." Alison celebrated the grand descent with an Everest beer. Too swill for me. Even here.