Lukla, Nepal Travel Blogs

Out of Everest
May 23, 2008

DAY 10 Namche Bazaar (3420m) to Lukla (2800m) A good start to the day at Breakfast, pancakes. They looked and tasted like giant drop scones all soaked in honey. We walked down out of Namche for three hours and passed many porters carrying loads to ...

High as a kite
Jun 5, 2008 (11 photos)

... go through arrivals) and hop aboard an old Dornier to head off back in the same direction, this time under the clouds - destination Lukla. Situated two-thirds of the way down the 'greater' valley from Everest, it is the furthest one can can fly into the ...

Himalaya
Oct 4, 2006 (9 photos)

Von Kathmandu fliegen wir nach Lukla, der Ausgangspunkt fuer Trekkingtouren im Himalaya.

Everest Base Camp - day 1
Mar 29, 2006 (15 photos)

... who is on a two-week school holiday. He's working during this time to make some money for his next term. We trekked from Lukla to Phakding, our destination for the day, in couple hours. It was a leisure walk and we got our first glimpse of Thamserku ...

Day 11: The home straight
May 21, 2009

... to prove it. Crampons and ice axe here i come. p.s. I never knew but if you climb an unnamed peak you get to name it. These dudes are planning on naming one such peak the Nepal Bangladeshi friendship peak. I hope they do it. I wish you well boys.  

To the top of the world... well nearly
Feb 16, 2008 (53 photos)

... in Namche Bazaar. Walk to Phakding and had a early night as everyone was still recovering from the Khukri bashing. Day 13 - Lukla Another Khukri extravaganza - great memories. Next day we flew back to Kathmandu after waiting for more than an hour at ...

Lukla STOL port
Mar 27, 1980 (3 photos)

Some views of Lukla landing strip from ground.

Everest.......the big one.....part 1 !!
Nov 20, 2009 (18 photos)

... as we climbed up to Namche Bazaar (3440m). You will see from the photos that as we embarked upon the first day from Lukla to Phakding the weather was tremendous, with azure blue skies and almost balmy temperatures. It was a pretty short trek and not too ...

Everest....the Big One......Part 2!!!
Nov 22, 2009 (14 photos)

... enough air to sustain you up some of the steep climbs. I understand the phrase I have seen written many times since coming to Nepal! The Nepali definition of “flat” is “a little bit up and a little bit down”…….it is so ...

In the shadow of Everest
Jun 21, 2009 (76 photos)

... minutes and went for a wash in a small waterfall, which was cold but refreshing! The next day was a four hour walk back to Lukla, where our bedroom overlooked the runway just to psyche us up for the flight the next day. We had a short walk around the town ...

Day 23: Get me off this mountain
Oct 27, 2009 (1 photos)

Meters long the runway was: 100 People who cried: 2 Security consisted of: "You have gun?! You have knife?! No? Ok" IDs required to get on plane: 0 Food items stolen off hungover Ken: Coke and half a Twix People that fit in plane: 12 Doors between us and ...

The trek
Oct 11, 2006 (22 photos)

I did a 16 day trek to Gokyo Ri in the Everest region. We flew into Lukla and as you can see from the pictures, another crazy airport--this one on the side of a mountain! The first couple of days were cloudy, but once it cleared up the views ...

Mt. Everest
Nov 8, 2007 (77 photos)

... to come back the next day, hoping the weather would be better and there would be more flights.  The second night in Lukla was stayed at a nicer cheaper place (although when we got up the next morning at 5am the workers were still up playing cards... ...

Katam!
Apr 8, 2006

... up. We both felt glad that we did the trek early to avoid these type of crowds. When we were about an hour from Lukla, we stopped infront of Sherpa house for some rest. There was a little Sherpa boy about 3 years old playing outside. We tried to ...

Carrying a new mindset to Kathmandu
Jan 14, 2009 (8 photos)

... a lot of time enjoying each step, each breath, each incredible sight. Each time that my mind reminded me I will fly from Lukla in less than 24 hours there came this sinking feeling in my gut.  I get that same feeling now as I write.  ...

Tribute to the Zoksios
Nov 8, 2007 (17 photos)

Donkeys were the pack animal of choice on the Annapurna circut, and the Zoksios (yak/cow cross breed) were the animals of choice for the Everest Circut.  Donkeys I was not so fond of, however I developed a respect and liking for these Yak/ Cow ...

Back to Kathmandu
Apr 19, 2008

... other.  The heat and dust hits you as we wait for our luggage. We are met once again by the representatives of Nepal Trail Blazers trekking company and I am then taken back to the L'Annapurna Hotel. Tomorrow I am going sight seeing around the Patan ...

Evening at Lukla
Apr 18, 2008 (8 photos)

... for lunch. We can then go looking at the shops in the afternoon but first we must start our walk after breakfast to Lukla. While I was eating breakfast I took photos of the others who stayed the night. After everyone had been fed and watered I asked if ...

terminal luminant
Nov 19, 2009 (12 photos)

עת הגעתי ללוקלה המליצו לי הסוכנים על ביקור &# ...

Day 22: Celebration and tragedy
Oct 19, 2009 (4 photos)

Stats Hours of hiking- 7 Porters hired-2 Attempted gorges on Lindsey-20 Yaks trying to commit suicide-2 chinesse restraunts eaten at-1 angry couples stuck behind-1 glasses of whiskey ken consumed-12 people it took to carry ken home- 3 Things stolen with ...

the beginning
Nov 2, 2009 (19 photos)

גם טיול ארוך הנמשך כמעט עשרים יום מתחיל במש&# ...

3-week-trek in the Himalayas
Nov 6, 2009 (7 photos)

... just before Island Peak base camp. After the climb I would leave the team to keep exploring the Everest region. Nov 6: Kathmandu - Lukla - Monju (2600m) After landing in Lukla I started the trek towards Namche Bazaar. I passed a few villages and stop for ...

The trek Starts Here
Dec 25, 2008 (9 photos)

... guarantee. There was a crash there in October, you may find video related to that too--http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUQ8K1V0MQc) Lukla is at 8400 foot altitude.  There are only mountaint trails that lead to and from this point.  It is a ...

Stuck in Lukla
Nov 6, 2007

 

Lukla
Oct 26, 2007

 

Piss drunk armwrestling the UK Navy
Oct 19, 2009

... mine and how to get in.  I can DEFINITELY remember waking up the next morning to the largest alarm clock I've ever had, Lukla airport.  Our window faced the runway and was about 50 meters from the pavement.  We got our shit together and got ...

Nepal has some different sides to it
Oct 9, 2009

... of town the trail starts to drop down and SHIT, i know what that means...Everest Base Camp is definitely a lot higher than Lukla, so any altitude lost will need to be made up later.  The scenery and vistas are absolutely stunning and breathtaking. & ...

Leaving Nepal
Oct 24, 2007 (6 photos)

This is just the last update on Nepal, which seems like a decade ago.  We are already in Vietnam so this entry will be quick.  I hiked 7 hours back down to where Andy was.  His headache was better but not gone completely.  He still had ...

Everest - Day 12 - LAST DAY!
Apr 1, 2008 (25 photos)

... - Thaong - Sagarmatha National Park - Monjo 2840m - Chumoa - Benkar 2710m - TokTok - Zamphut - Phakding 2610m - Ghat 2590m - Chheplung 2660m - Lukla 2800m Our final day! Yay!  Namche to Lukla.  Way up took us 6 hrs, way down 5.  We had ...

Everest - Day 1 - Hangovers & Planes
Mar 21, 2008 (2 photos)

... to stay in touch as will be very interesting to hear how Jack finds Australia and living in Melbourne.  Definitely worlds away from Nepal. So I think we finally hauled arse back to our hotel at 1am, having to wake the gate keeper to let us in.  ...