Shawna and I got a room that had its own bathroom.  It even had a western style toilet. It was the only room with a bathroom and we offered up the shower to Simon and Nicolas to freshen up.  It was the official last day of the trek and we were going to have a large dinner with all our porters and Sherpas.  It was also customary that we tip all of them at this time, so we had to sort out our cash. We decided that 50 USD per trekker per week would be fair. We put in a total of 600 USD between the four of us, and then came the hard part of deciding who get what.  There is a distinct pecking order in the group and the higher ups often get tipped more.  We as a group decided that everyone worked equally as hard and decided to tip each of our 17 people the same amount.  This may not be appreciated as much by the higher ups, but it should be appreciated by the porters carrying the heavy loads.  Once we had the money situation squared away we ambled off to a local pub that was playing western music.  We had a few Everest beers, enjoyed the tunes then had to go back to the lodge for our group dinner.  When we arrived the festivities had already begun with the staff having a few beers.  There was an odd somberness to the gathering and Dendie explained that 16 people had just been killed by an avalanche on a climbing expedition in the mountains we had just returned from.  Sitting in the corner of the room was one of the widows of one of the Sherpas killed in the avalanche.  She sat somber with her son as we finish up the night’s events. They baked a large cake in celebration of the completion of our trip.  It is pouring rain outside and the cold damp air makes us call it an early night and hope for a flight out the next day.