Leaving Lhasa soon

I am leaving Lhasa either tomorrow (Tuesday, 10 October) or the next day to make my way down to the Nepal border. Ben King (the Kiwi guy that I went to Nam-tso with) and I are going to hitch hike down to the town of Tingri (Tibet) and hike from there to Everest Base Camp and back. On the way we will make a few stops. I think our first stop is going to be Yamdrok-tso (lake) where we will stay the night. Then we will head probably to Gyantse, Shigatse, and then probably to Tingri. We expect to take 4 days to get from Lhasa to Tingri and then a week round trip from Tingri to Everest Base Camp and back. From Tingri (4390 meters) to Everest Base Camp (5200 meters) is 75 km and usually takes 3-4 days passing over a 5250-meter pass, Nam-la. While I'm hiking there, I will try to ignore the fact that 99% of tourists take a land crusier all the way up to Base Camp and back! We will probably spend 2 nights at Everest Base Camp before hiking back to Tingri. Then we'll hitch from Tingri to the Nepal border. From the Nepal border buses run to Kathmandu. It should be fairly easy to hitch a ride as so many groups of tourists and travelers come from Lhasa to Nepal via this route. If we leave tomorrow it will be at least 2 weeks before I have access to email again.