Dingboche, another Sherpa village in the Khumbu region

晚上一直下雨，還下得很大，房間冷得像雪房，吃完晚飯只是八點，已立刻鑽進睡袋不再出來。其實過了Tengboche之後連wifi 卡也用不到，tea house的網路又壞了，燈光又很昏暗，不早點休息也沒有什麼可做。

Lookout from our room

Morning glory of the Himalayas as the backdrop of Tengboche Monastery

The other side of the monastery

整夜没睡好，很早便起.來看日出，可是山區的天氣就是千變萬化，這一分鐘放晴，下一分鐘可能很大霧。其實每天早上11點左右雲層已漸厚，擋住太陽，在我們吃完午餐11點半起行已時已開始天陰帶點涼意，所以day pack內要有齊外套、雨具、手套、帽子。

Tengboche只有幾間tea house 、餐廳和一間古老的藏寺，由tea house出來行幾分鐘已到昨天入來有 way to Namche的路囗。今天目的地是Dingboche，位於海拔4,410M，landscape也和之前不同，少了樹木和植物，路也由泥路漸漸變得多了大石和沙石，沿途也少了村落，望到遠處也覺荒蕪。

離開Tengboche往下走，經過樹林，由於昨晚下一直下雨，路上濕滑也滿是泥濘。過了樹林看到一條塌橋，Joti說這吊橋是幾年前地震時倒塌，現在要繞一少段路行另一條吊橋橫過Imja Khola River。過橋後經過一個白色佛塔，沿路都有很多，塔的每一面都畫了一對智慧的眼，向著每一個方向。

Looking back to Tengboche

The terrain was still lush green near Tengboche

Collapsed bridge on Imja Khola river along the trail

The new suspension bridge that we crossed

Imja Khola River

Passed a stupa after we crossed the bridge

Joti一直提醒我們慢慢行，沿著山腰而過可以望到高聳的Ama Dablam，沒多久到了Shomare，我們在這裡吃午飯，之後再行約三個小時就到Dingboche。

過了Shomare有分支路口，去Dingboche或Pheriche，Joti說回程時我們可以經Pheriche返Tengboche。習慣了每天午飯後就是上坡，今天也不例外，由Shomare先往下走至Khumbu Khola，然後往上走去Dingboche。沿路少了樹木，遠處望到山上去很多白得似冰川的支流，其實全是白色的碎石。過了一個直升機砰，便可望到遠處一條很大的村莊，那裡就是Dingboche，我們會住2晚作5000米的高度適應。

A bit of going up after we crossed the bridge

Yaks carrying goods along the trail

Passed by a village Pangboche

Our lunch stop at Somare

Old thermal bottles

Continued to climb

We saw a school on our way to Dingboche

Yak dungs

Moss covering the dense shrubs

A group of Chinese trekkers came up to the trail by helicopter

The trail became barren

Intersection going to Pheirche

Potato farm and houses separated by stone walls

Some farms along the trail

The small white stones looked like glacier

River along our trail

Entering Dingboche

Afternoon tea with coffee and snacks in our room

Distance: 11.52KM

Elevation gain: 1,157M

Elevation loss: 325M

Max elevation: 4,308M

Min elevation: 3,426M