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Page 35
... Cookie called them all horses . The Ponyman had a terrible hacking cough . Each morning his whooping bark echoing around the mountains , together with Cookie calling ' Tea Sahib ! ' outside the tent as he pushed two mugs of tchai ...
... Cookie called them all horses . The Ponyman had a terrible hacking cough . Each morning his whooping bark echoing around the mountains , together with Cookie calling ' Tea Sahib ! ' outside the tent as he pushed two mugs of tchai ...
Page 37
... Cookie put his lamp on the floor and squatted down beside it . ' We very good lucky , ' said Cookie . ' After today is finish joeli . ' Behind us the leather - faced man and the young boy had crossed to the opposite bank and were ...
... Cookie put his lamp on the floor and squatted down beside it . ' We very good lucky , ' said Cookie . ' After today is finish joeli . ' Behind us the leather - faced man and the young boy had crossed to the opposite bank and were ...
Page 54
... Cookie slept , complaining of bad guts and a headache , rubbing his belly and pulling faces to show how bad he felt . I knew the feeling . It was a hangover , a result of his going on the rant last night in the local ' hotel ' , that is ...
... Cookie slept , complaining of bad guts and a headache , rubbing his belly and pulling faces to show how bad he felt . I knew the feeling . It was a hangover , a result of his going on the rant last night in the local ' hotel ' , that is ...
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afternoon ahead airport arrived asked beautiful called camp carrying chang clear climbed closed clouds cold coming cook Cookie crossed dark drink dropped English Everest face feeling feet fields fire followed forest four going gompa hand happened head hill Himalaya hundred Indian John Kathmandu Khumbu Ladakh lake land later leaving light live loaded lodge looking lorries miles monastery monks morning mountains moved Namche Nepal never night pass past peaks Phurba plane porters problem river road rolled round running seemed seen Sherpas Shingo shouting side smiling snow sort standing stone stopped streets temple tent things thousand Tibetan told took trail trees trek trekkers trying turned valley village waiting walked wall watched young Zanskar