Sellers Family Everest Base Camp Trek Dispatch
October 22, 2013 – The Sellers Family Adventure Begins in Kathmandu!
Keely, Alyssa and Scot arrived in Kathmandu on Thai Airlines flight 319 from Bangkok on Monday. Ang Temba met them at the airport.
The Sellers’ welcome banner at Kathmandu’s famous Yak and Yeti Hotel
Friendly monkey? The Rhesus’ Monkey, for which Swayambhu Temple in Kathmandu got its second name; Monkey Temple, stand watch over this 2500 year old holy site.
Alyssa, Keely and Scot at Swayambhu
Hundreds of butter lamps are lit inside a monastery at Swayambhu.
Keely tries out the “singing bowls.”
Later we visited Pashputi, Kathmandu’s largest and most famous Hindu temple.
Alyssa gets a “tika” blessing on her forehead from a Hindu holy man.
Hanging with the holy men
Finally we visited Boudha, Kathmandu’s largest Buddhist stupa, and one of the most important Buddhist centers in all of South Asia.
A Buddist “Wheel of Life” at Boudha
Alyssa, Keely and Scot at Boudha
Thanka painting are a characteristic art form of Tibetans and Sherpas.
We took lunch at the Hyatt Hotel near Boudhanath where we were pleased to be joined by Ang Temba’s son and daughter.