Stop me if you have heard this one…….. An Aussie, a Nepali, two Brits, and a rather large American get into a taxi to go to see Everest:

Yes we (Ryan, Rich, Nige, the taxi driver and myself) finally made it to see Everest from high atop a vantage point in a village on the outskirts of Kathmandu Valley named Nargakot. It was a long, cramped, bumpy ride on a very narrow, windy road…..Point being, it was a less than comfortable ride, but worth every second once we made it to see Everest. From our vantage point high above the Kathmandu Valley we sat and watched Everest and its companion mountains go from white, to pink, then to a dark purple as the sun quickly escaped behind the mountains making up the horizon on the opposite side of the valley. It was Rich and Nige’s last night in Nepal, so we went together along with Ryan who is leaving Nepal today to see that highest point on earth. It was very deceiving as Everest from that vantage point was far smaller and far less impressive that the mountains around it. But after much help from a few of the local who were their selling pictures and maps of the mountains, we were able to figure it out. I will post some pictures when I have some time.