Khandbari - Tumlingtar

Before leaving our campsite the local Lhama kindly opened the Ghompa for us to view inside. Although not yet finished the walls of the Ghompa are already painted with many of the traditional wall paintings and the statues of Buddha are surrounded by candles and elaborate carvings.

We strolled through the bustling market town of Khandbari - a village we did not view on the way up. At this point many of the team opted for the bus ride down to Tumlingtar whilst a hardy few decided to walk the last few miles in the sunshine.

On the way down we saw much of the preliminary work that is ongoing in preparation for the road from Tumlingtar to Num. It is anticipated that this work will take anything up to 10 years to complete but it will alter the region significantly once it is complete.

At lunchtime we reached the Makalu Lodge in Tumlingtar - the starting point for our journey nearly 8 weeks ago. Here we received the news that we would not be flying early to Kathmandu - time to crack a beer and put the feet up.