I’m sending this to you from Meilixue Tavern at Fei Lai Si, Deqing
County, right at the border between Yunnan and Tibet. The average
temp is a relatively warm -7 deg C. This is a Tibetan “teahouse”
managed by a man from Guangxi. I call him Qin lao ban - a descendant
of Qin Shi Huang, perhaps.
To be honest, [...]

Below (in green) is the “raw” news sent out from Namche Bazaar. This was Day 2 of the trek. I started off from Lukla nearly 4 hours late due to a combination of delayed flight and a local porter who suddenly decided to have lunch when we were about to move off.
My original plan was [...]