I will be traveling to the Khumbu region of Nepal at the base of Mt. Everest to volunteer in a monastery near Phakding with my 17 year old daughter from August to September 2013.  Girls are not allowed to spend the night in the monastery.  We will be living with a host family at the bottom of the steep hill that leads up to the monastery.    Each day we will hike 45 minutes up the hill to reach the young […]