November 15, 2012
Posted by Ramon Fadli in Budget, Hiking, Humid Subtropical, Montane Savannas & Grasslands, Mountains, Nepal, Pradesh 1, Solo Hike
EBC Day 08 – Tengbouche to Dingbouche
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Tengbouche Monastery
Debouche Nunnery
I left Tengbouche (elevation : 3867 m) and made my way downhill towards the small Debouche nunnery . The actual name for the nunnery is 'Pema Choling Buddhist women’s convent'. It was built in 1928 and apparently has had minimal maintenance done to it since. I found it a little disheartening that the Tengbouche monastery (for the male monks) located at the top of the hill that I had just come from was thriving, whereas the Debouche nunnery (their sister-monastery) at the bottom of the hill was falling into disrepair. Sigh, 'tis a patriarchal world that we live in... A couple of kilometres before Pangboche (elevation : 3985 m), I crossed the old rope bridge that is the subject of some of the paintings that are sold in the art shops around Thamel. The rope bridge was still there, but a larger and longer metal bridge was built right over it. The new bridge was quite an eyesore but definitely looked a lot sturdier and safer than the older one! Pangboche itself was a sprawling town that lay at the foothills of Ama Dablam, a town primarily made up of fields and the meandering walls that divided them. I ended up stopping there for lunch at the 'Om Kailash Hotel' for some buff fried rice and lemon tea (NPR485).
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