Day 14: Tengboche to Pangboche.

Continuing on with the theme that we had lots of time, and wanted to be careful with altitude, we decided to only head as far as Pangboche today. That and the fact that Sara's throat was still giving her trouble - the Strepsils and Chinese Vicks are really getting a workout. This of course meant that we were in no hurry, giving us time to go to the monastery, make another trip to the German Bakery, and in general just take it easy.

The weather conditions the last few days have been quite predictable. In the morning we have a few early clouds (which can provide some nice effects for photography) which burn off quickly to be replaced by beautiful blue sky. Then around 12 the clouds start to roll in and by 2 or 3 you can't see anything at all.

One of the joys of this area is seeing Ama Dablam up close. Of all the mountains that we have seen, I don't think any are as beautiful as Ama Dablam. Sure Everest is higher, but it is not by any stretch a "pretty" mountain. Ama Dablam though is magnificent.

Pangboche (3,930m) definitely has the better selection of places to stay (compared to Tengboche), but at least on this day they did not seem spoiled for customers. There was not much traffic on the trail, and what there was was mostly heading back down.