everest base camp

IMPORTANT POINTS

highway 318 (friendship highway), kilometermarker 5145 --> turn off to base camp chay: guesthouse, instant noodles, hot water; beginning of ascend to pang la peruche (tashi dzom): some guesthouses, restaurants, shops chodzom: 1 guesthouse incl. shop, beginning of ascend to base camp rhongphu gompa: rooms, camping site (10 Y), 1 restaurant, shop everest base camp: camping site, beverage

information & tips

MAPS	world cart, map of asia - tibet, nepal, bhutan (1:2.000.000)
WHEN TO GO	june to mid of october
FACTS	3 month; 3300 km
IMPORTANT	the carriers should be made of steel
	waterproof bike-bags (river-crossings!!)
	recommended vaccinations: thypoid, tetanus, cholera, polio, hepatitis A and B, rabies, meningokokken-meniningitis, FSME
	don´t take unboiled meat and water
CHECKPOINTS	we had no problems crossing those points. just wave hello and don´t stop.
	after golmud
	before naqu
	before amdo
	before lhasa
KILOMETERS	xining-golmud: 830 km; golmud-lhasa: 1230 km; lhasa-kathmandu: 1250 km
	where the 4th editon (1999) of LP´s "tibet" is wrong:
	5174 --> 5176
	5184 --> 5189
	5276 --> 5273

(@ uli nullnegativ 2000)