Rest Day in Namche Bazaar

If the weather had been clear this morning we would have left at 0530 and climbed an hour to a vantage point in the world heritage park at the high point in Namche Bazaar. As it turned out, Ramesh recconoitered and found clouds blocking the view so tomorrow we will rise early, climb to the viewing point and see if we can catch our first glimpse of Mt Everest.

After breakfast, Ramesh invited us to visit a museum. We wandered up the hill past some large prayer wheels being repainted.

We had a bird's eye view of the many hotels and guesthouses that comprise a good part of Namche.

Farther along we found a man sweeping the street in front of his shop.

Next thing that caught my eye was the community library. 

I've seen many signs of community organization for the betterment of the Nepali people. Some appear to be home grown, but many are sponsored by community organizations in other parts of the world. 

As we were coming back down from the park, we saw the Namche women's group working their way up the hill picking up trash on the trail.

We visited the free museum.  I enjoy visiting museums of all kinds. This one dealt with the flora, fauna and geology of the park with a special section on climbing. The exhibits were good but the building, as are all, was unheated. After awhile the mid- fifties temps drove me back outside where I visited the plaza dedicated to Tenzing Norgay Sherpa.

In another part of the park I found this monument to Israeli - Nepali friendship. The two rocks on the monument are from the Dead Sea, the lowest point on our world. The Nepalese sent Israel rocks from Mt Everest, the highest point

On the way back down to our hotel, we saw these dung patties drying on a wall. After they're dry, they'll be used as fuel.

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