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Back to the good 'ol UK after just over a year for Em's (my sister) wedding and some Olympic action.

The Bride and Groom....and some morris dancers!Just over an hour to find somewhere to watch the Opening CeremonyLondon Bridge and the Rings

Seaweed FarmingChilled local village, seaweed farming, great diving and surfing. Fantastic!

Beach Life - Nusa LembonganShipwrecks on a small dayBeach Hut Nusa Lembongan StyleThe View From Here

Massive monitor lizards, diving, Euro2012 in Monkey beach bar and dancing in the sand!

Perhentian KecilThe Hut Pet Geckos - Martin and Martina!

Perhentian Kecil - Long BeachMonitor Lizard

Quiet Beach, Koh TaoNot all Thailand is a tourist paradise: As this guy and his 100 or so colleagues, on a train in the far SE of the country on route to Malaysia, testify.

And Koh Rong Samloem.

Koh RongRush Hour, Koh RongSeaview Khymer Restaurant

Sunrise Angkor Wat

After making our various ways to Chukhung the 8 of us - Martin, Jack, Angela, Marcus, Philipp, James, Toby and myself - had 3 relatively relaxing days while doing some ropes/ice-axes/abseiling training in preparation for Island Peak, at 6200m high a "bump" just south of Everest/Lhotse!

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A long hard "short-cut" to Chukhung this - at dawn across the Khumbu glacier and then a steep hike up to the pass, but well worth it for the stunning views of Lhotse, Ama Dablin and over to our next objective, Island Peak.

View from Kongma La PassAdmiring Ama Dablin

Tracked down Kenton while I was up at base camp yesterday, an old acquaintance and friend of my sister's from Chamonix days. He is taKenton with 1924 Olympic medal at Everest Base Campking this Olympic medal awarded to one of the British 1922 Everest Expedition (which got within 500m of the top)members at the 1924 Olympics to the summit with him next month. He's been on the summit 9 times so far which is pretty remarkable.

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Stunning hike across the Cho La Pass yesterday. Pre dawn start, a really good rock, ice n snow scramble up to the pass at 5400m and walk down over a snow covered glacier. Incredible clear views of the surrounding peaks this morning, many seeming to tower over us almost close enough to touch, on the hike into the Khumbu valley to join the masses on the upper EBC trek route. Great company from Philipp a German dentist and 3 lovely austrian girls, Carmen, Petra & Iris!

Carmen, Iris, Petra, Philipp and I in front of Cholatse/Arakam Tse 6400m