I am off in October, I've found the website Jon as talking about http://www.nepal-dia.de/int__England/EV_porter/ev_porter.html
It seems very good and I have contacted a couple of the guides. Personally I'm going to get a guide (a bit of self preservation and a bit of adding some money to the people who need) but mostly I think that it will make for a better trip, I am off to India after Nepal and so will not be tarvelling particularly light. Hopefully this will allow me to enjoy the views/culture rather than worry how to get rid of all the heavy stuff out of my pack :^)
None of the packing lists seem to mention this but I found my water-friendly tevas very useful in Nepal - particularly to have the odd shower/wash in dark humid bathrooms as well as to walk around in the teahouses in. Flipflops will do, but wash areas in teahouses can be slippy...
More helpful info for us n00bies! :) Helen and I were having this very discussion last night. Being a lady, Helen has some innate 6th sense and said that she thought sandals would be the best thing to pack, I was saying a pair of trainers would be better since they can also be used for hiking, at a push.
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Been thinking of doing this for a while but was going to use an organised tour.
Can some give me an idea of how much it would cost us to do the circuit if we just turned up in khatmandu and didn't hire a guide, and then how much it would cost to hire a guide?
I've did the AC in Oct 2007 and EBC in Oct 2009. EBC is supposed to be more expensive than the AC, and on EBC we spent about £13/day. I think I did the AC on about £10/day - and that included quite a lot of beer. For my four weeks in India/Nepal in Oct 2007 I spent about £380 all in. But then I am quite tight.
Don't know what a guide would cost, but it's very easy to find your way round the AC.
