After what felt like another short nights sleep (why do we never get to sleep in? Would it really be so bad?) we headed further back down the mountain. It was nice to be walking down hill for a while, but actually a little boring to be seeing the same things over again. We arrived back in Dinboche a little too early for lunch, and headed straight through to Chhukung. We had to gain back over 300m of elevation, but the terrain was very gentle and the going easy.
As we ate lunch at our lodge we talked with a couple of Canadians from Calgary who filled us in on the results of the Election and told us about their travels. We went and explored the village, which took all of three minutes, and waited in the dining room for 3:00 tea.
I met a few more people in the lodge and had a relaxing evening doing not much else but sitting, talking, and eating. There was another Canadian from Toronto who was climbing Island Peak and needed to rent most of his gear. He told me about some of his other climbing adventures before he headed to the next lodge to compare prices. The other person staying at the lodge (or at least, the other person staying at the lodge that wasn't Russian) was a trekker from Israel. He was by himself and was contemplating attempting some of the more dangerous passes without any guide or even all of the proper equipment.
For dinner I ordered the yak steak and fries (which, at less than a dollar more than fries alone, was a little troubling) and ended up giving most of my fries to our new Israeli friend (who was more than happy to accept free food). After dinner the four of us and three other porters all played Hello Kitty Uno. We even managed to learn the names of the four colours in Nepali. It was a simple and uneventful day; although that wasn't really a bad thing!
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