5 days in to our trek

 Sofie blog 

We are now on day five of our adventure. After spending the night in a little village near the river we arrived in Tengbuche. I  reached the top of the valley where the village is first so I scoped out a place to stay. The village was a lot smaller than I imagined. There was really only three tea houses to stay in. One of them was a luxury hotel which was more than $100 a night for each person. In comparison the other places we stayed in before were only about two fifty to five dollars for one room a night but most don’t include wifi or charging. When everyone else arrived we picked a tea house which costed $10 per room and included wifi and charging. We noticed that the farther into the mountains we get the more expensive everything became. After we settled in we laid in the sun and made friends with the local horse which acts like a guard dog. While we laid in the sun we enjoyed the view. The great peaks of the Himalayas loomed over the village like giants teeth. It was our closest view of the tallest mountains in the world so far. We ate a huge lunch of pizza, Sherpa soup and as always Sara ordered chow main. We relaxed for a little bit before being called outside. We watched in awe as the orange and pink sunset was projected onto the mountains including Ama damblam, Nupste and Everest. After the sun went down we sat inside the warm dining area and made friends with the owner of the tea house. He gave me batteries for my digital camera which has died which made me really happy.