Khumbu trip part 2 completed

Well, we're back in NB resting again after massive haul hogging trip over 5300m passes. It's all been so busy and we have now spent the past 3 weeks trekking, i thought I'd put together a summary of the story so far and some reflections dear Reader.
Part 1 - Jiri to Namache Bazzar Sat 9th to Thurs 19th (1 rest day in Junbesi)
Bus ride from hell.10 hours of torture. I am never getting on that bus again. Took me 46 years to discover I too can have motion sickness. Sitting on the back wheel switchbacks, pot holes and vomit!
Trek - Beautiful. Up up up and down down down to only go up again!
Rest - Junbesi - go for next holiday - reccomended
Interesting people - Met some cool folks. Arthur and Danya from Moscow who are practiving Buddhists living in Thailand!Philipe the euphoric Parisian, countless Catalans, Spanish and Basques (not to be mixed up), Greman women working on community development project.
Yoga - practice on rest days
Lots of bhattis (rest stops for locals
Contrast in wealth between farmers and lodge owners (who tend to be Sherpa stock)
No Maoists asking for donations!(as was popular in this region when I last visited)

Part 2. Namache Bazaar to Cho La to Gokyo to Renjo La to NB.
Thurs 21st to Mon 1st Nov.
As I'm not the best acclimitiser and Greg hasn't even really tested himself above 4000m, we decided to take our time on the first part of the trek as I hate banging headaches and feeling crap (who doesn't).
Good news was that we would arrive in Tengboche a the begining of the Manu Rimdu Festival at the monastery. The place was really busy, but we did manage to see the first day of the rehearsal dancing (witout masks unfortunally).
Anyhow, here are a few thoughts on this section of the trek.
Prices - have gone up dramatically.
People - too many of them (us included) and too many groups ("You can't sit there as we are in a group and are altogether" - often N European and Germanic
Too much ambition. Too many want to reach rubble field called EBC. Road rage on the trekking highway!
Italian Pyramid above Lobuche - glass science station - sci fi
Headaches at Lobuche - drugs (diamox mum) and sleep
Cho la the opp way to last time. Hurrah peace and quiet again (Hello to Nickie and Phil on similar trip to ourselves and carrying all own stuff. Go Guys!)
Gokyo - simply beautiful and Greg's first proper sighting of Cholomunga (Everest)at sunset. Would be romantic if it wasn't so bloody cold!
Renjo La - Something new for me. Tough at the end and then snow snow snow!
Porters - great laughs. "Where do you come from?"
Steripen - drinking 3 litres H2O a day. That's 126 plastic bottles not used says Greg! Reccomended.
More later on toilets, food, more on people, the ref;ective brain (as not in work), more on water and ambition!