This day I decided to skip the trip to base camp after I had another night with breathing problems. I wandered around and took some photos and took a nice nap in the afternoon, ahhhh…
Oh, did I already mention that getting power for batteries, phones and laptops/iPads becomes harder the higher you get? If possible at all you have to pay for it since the power comes from solar power or generators. Here is a typical charging station:

Also what I like to mention is that washing hands is really essential since it reduces the likelyhood to get one of those nasty bugs in your stomach or intestials. The availability of soap is also not always given. Here is a picture of our outside handwash station – it even had sometimes warm water in it.

The common rooms of the lodges in this region are packed with stickers, flags and t-shirts from people and groups who made it up to Kala Patthar, base camp or even the summit of Mt. Everest:

In the evening we had unusually good weather without clouds so I could get a nice shot of the tip of Mt. Everest which was nicely lit in the evening sun. Later I trid to do some star shots (you might need to click on the night shot to actually see the stars in a bigger view)