Log No: 08-04-09
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For the morning and early afternoon, we split up to do our own shopping and sightseeing around Thamel. Kin and Agnes had a cup of tea and their favorite chapatti at a makeshift tea-place frequented by locals and not the regular tourists.
At 4.00pm, we gathered back at Equator Expeditions for our briefing with our Guide Ang Furba Sherpa (26 yrs old) and his assistant Sonam Sherpa (21 yrs old).
Our Assistant Guide Sonam and main Guide Furba
Furba is a humourous and fun-loving Guide who speaks pretty good English. Turns out, he has been a Guide for over 5years handling mainly trekkers from UK. He started off as a kitchen chef attached to trekking groups and learnt the ropes over the years to become a full-fledged guide for the Everest and Annapurna Trekking regions. During the non-trekking seasons, he is busy volunteering with some Spanish donors to repair a primary school in his hometown.
Sonam was our Assistant Guide. This would be his fourth trip understudying Furba. He was usually assigned the role as the "last man", making sure that all of us arrived at the destination safely. Unlike Furba, he spoke little English. So there weren't much conversations between us during the earlier part of the trip, other than him shouting for us in Nepali when we went off-trail or when danger laid ahead. It was only towards the later part when the ice was broken and we had more conversations. It was tough understanding him though, but we managed - okay not always.
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