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Into the Everest region

A travel blog entry by coopertrooper

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... then an eight day walk up to a village called Gokyo, you then climb a view point called Gokyo Ri . DAY 1 Lukla (2800m) to Phakding (2652m) We leave the relative luxury of our Kathmandu guest house at 5:30am on Wednesday morning. Our taxi driver is, ooh ...

Flight to Lukla then to Phakding

A travel blog entry by helenseims

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... year. The fields are greener and some of the rhododendrons are in bloom. There is no signs of snow at this altitude (Lukla 9283ft) (Phakding 8701ft) as we had last year. I find it a lot harder this year ( not too good walking in the heat) and also ...

One of the most dangerous airports in the world???

A travel blog entry by amitdarji

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... /lukla-airport Our guides luggage got left at Kathmandu, so we decided to follow our guides onto our first stop in a town called Phakding. We walked under the gates of Lukla and begin our journey. The first day of trekking was pretty hard, ...

Katmandu to Phakding - The Trek Has Really Begun

A travel blog entry by occ6

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... as the gray clouds above were releasing a shower on us for a couple hours. When we arrived at the Sherpa Farm House lodge in Phakding, we were treated to a warming drink of hot Tang. (You should really try it!) The warmth of the ...

Himalayan mountains here we come...

A travel blog entry by bfayolle

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... and I haven't remembered the names of the four porters. We left as soon as the sherpas were hired and started our walk to Phakding. That was a very easy walk on trail. We went through a bunch of sherpa villages, met a lot of yaks and porters. We took a ...

Day 10: The gang goes to Paris

A travel blog entry by kickthrough

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Cast of characters: Polish Australian – skinny, spindly, wore gigantic floppy hat and ridiculously short shorts, Australian who spoke bad English, totally excited to see us every single time, Jiri to base camp in 11 days Angry Australian couple ...

Destination Everest!

A travel blog entry by mickels

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... he phones them to say we are on our way back. The mission today is a supposedly easy hike to Phakding, around 3 hours, where we will stay the night. Leaving the Sherpa Lodge, we then made the short walk through Lukla's main cobbled ...

Ab in die Berge!

A travel blog entry by oberanja

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... Gewichte nach oben schleppen, Mulis und Yaks denen wir besser Platz machen, wenn sie entgegenkommen. Wunderbar! Endlich in Phakding angekommen tun die Fuesse dann auch doch schon ordentlich weh und auch mein angeschlagener Knoechel schmerzt zunehmend. ...

Namche Bazar - Phakding: Es wird warm

A travel blog entry by hansiundcaro

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... ein spaetes Fruehstueck in die German Bakery zu gehen um nochmal ein Schwarzbrot zu essen, und dann gestaerkt die Wanderung bis nach Phakding (2610) anzugehen. So gegen 10:30 gings los die steilen Stufen die man sich am Anfang der Reise so nach Namche ...

Unraveling the trail...the end is near

A travel blog entry by danielshortell

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... We stopped back at Angie's place (International Trekkers Guesthouse - 100 Rps/night to sleep if you promise to eat there) in Phakding where we met Phurba's mother and brother. Since we would be arriving back in Lukla tomorrow, we would be arriving one ...

Kathmandu to Lukla

A travel blog entry by bethanws

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... The Lukla Airstrip was built by the late Sir Edmund Hilary and is tiny. Planes literally have to nosedive in. Trekked up to Phakding, our luggage strapped to Dzopios (cross between yak and cow). We passed several Sherpa porters carrying loads up to 70kg ...

New Sticks

A travel blog entry by michaelbolenski

... chats with some of the new sticks (hikers with there new shiny walking poles) it gets easier on the way down. Tonight's stop is Phakding. After dinner we head to one of the bars to have a celebration drink or just to support the tour leaders friends bar?? ...

Six hours trek, feeling strong.

A travel blog entry by radsolv

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... too warm. morning foggy." "Arrived 1415 in light rain. I carried the pack 3/4 hour from Ghat. Feeling good. Secret seems to be proper energy management; ie food & water intake & controlled work (climbing) rate." Spent night at Phakding ...

Day 1 - Lukla (2840m) to Phakding (2610m)

A travel blog entry by profbrainstorm

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... see at the top of the valley was cloud! (In fact, we didn't see any snowy peaks at all on Day 1.) We arrive at Phakding (pronounced 'pak-ding') at lunchtime. It has been a fairly easy first day. We spend an hour or so in the afternoon exploring ...

Everest Trek Day 1: Lukla to Phakding

A travel blog entry by matsamuel

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... what he wanted (likely money) but he never got as far to even ask for any from me. We arrived at our destination Phakding at around 4pm and the people at the first guesthouse we chose were quite welcoming. Their son Tashi and their daughter Neema were ...

Day 2 Everest Base Camp Trek

A travel blog entry by roamingsquid

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... side of the Everest range glaciers flow into this river. The first two days of our walk coincided with another festival in Nepal so the path was often blocked by children singing and dancing, who wouldn’t let you pass until you gave them a ...

Let the trek begin

A travel blog entry by danielshortell

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... . If planning to go all the way to Namche, plan on 8 plus hour and a very difficult/long first day. We stopped in Phakding since we got a late start. A couple years earlier I stayed at the International Trekkers Guest House and had a good experience, so, ...

Kathmandu to Phakding

A travel blog entry by andy-and-helen

... than 2-3 hours. It was designed to be short as there is always a good chance of air delays. There was some confusion at the Phakding lodge. It had accidentally been booked for the wrong day. This turned out to be a blessing as we used the new modern lodge ...

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