We are resting in Namche for the day, just a short 3 h hike around town and up into the foot hills. Namche Bazaar is the largest Sherpa settlement in the Khumbu region, several traditional trade routes meet here, and for market day, people come to town from the villages throughout the Khumbu region, and as far as Tibet. It is amazing what variety of food and other items are available, just about everything people need for their daily lives. And, of course everything is brought in on foot, sometimes days away from Namche. So, it is really important to get the bread AND the milk, because it’ll be a very long way back to the “store”, in case one forgets something…
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