Amadublum, monestry suspension bridge and a long hard hike

Early morning breakfast and start. We saw our Porter's for the first time, there are seven of them and each one carries two people's duffle bag over the treturous trek. We apologise for the over load and said very sorry ( bukhi hai) .
We are heading to dueche which is only 1200 ' higher than namche Bazar but the hard part was the trek went down to the river and then up to tepoche monestry and then down to debuche. We are here for just overnight and have early start tomorrow.the lodge is nice ,room is big for this remote place and there is no heat. Luxury is to have electric blanket and attached bathroom with flush Western style toilet....these are biggest luxuries in this remote area.
We followed the mountain amadeboche most of the time. This is technically the toughest mountain to climb due to its shape. We went down to the river, had lunch in quient little town and off to the other side via a suspension bridge. After this was a constant climb all the way to debuche. The forest along the way is rodendron  forest with rodendron growing like a giant tree.
Internet is very sparse so the pictures have to wait till I am back to KTM but here are couple

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