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Lukla
Travel Blogs from Lukla, Nepal
The coldest Island I have ever been on...
Well well, We have been busy climbing again. This time we climbed Island Peak which is much more technical than Mera Peak, but a little lower at 6189 M / 20428 FT. It was great fun. And the pictures are great...again we promise to ...
Lukla to Gokyo,A Taste of Everest's Kumbu Region
Just a few photo's of the first half of my Nepal trek. It seems like a lot but I actually restrained from taking photo's as I had limited batteries. Again was supposed to write a blog in which case it might make more sense. The whole expereince was ...
Rientro
... . Sappiamo che da 11gg i voli di "linea" da ktm non riescono ad atterrare a causa delle cattive condizioni presenti. L'aeroporto di Lukla infatti e' accessibile solamente da aerei ad elica con volo a vista, una piccola nuvola e l'aereo non parte. A meta' ...
flight to Lukla the start of my trek
... low as Kathmandu ( first time in 62 years for snow in Kathmandu). ( Is this Global Warming here as well.) Finally we approach Lukla airport, this is a ting airport for helicopters as well as twin engine 15 seater small planes. only 5 planes can be on ...
Fog day
... . It was funny to see how clean the crowds were that were now heading up the hill (airlines got something like 20 flights into Lukla yesterday after all the bad weather). Saw one porter today hauling half a butchered pig (the front half) up the hill in a ...
Trekking in the Everest Region
... in less than an hour an air pilot was pointing out Mount Everest to us and we were arriving on the small landing strip at Lukla. It was such a wonderful change of landscape, being right in the thick of the mountains. We set off on our trek just as if ...
Descending the Mountain
It was hard for us to leave, because our hearts already felt at home in this beautiful Himalayan region. John gave us some hash for our journey. Leaving that special place it was so emotionally strange to walk into the mists and back out through the ...
Everest: Where Even the Runway is Uphill - Alex
... been on a flight where they give you cotton wool to protect your eardrums from the noise made by the turboprops either. Fun. Lukla airport is probably the most fun landing I’ve experienced too. You’re flying along admiring the mountains in the ...
Return to Lukla
... we had continued to Gokyo or had that pot of English tea with the backdrop of the roof of the world. We arrived back in Lukla in the early afternoon so we had plenty of time to look around.We looked at the shops and continued towards the airport so we ...
To Lukla!
... on! It was so small and looked rather old. But apart from a little bit of turbulence the flight went smoothly, including landing! Lukla is so pretty, with the white peaks of the mountains surrounding it. We stopped off for breakfast in a lodge, where we ...
Eight days walking from Hile to Lukla.
... , on a spare wooden bedframe (without a mattress, or course). It was invigorating to be going through this pristine part of Nepal. Only three times during the trek did I see other Westerners, and only for a moment as they passed me in the ...
The Sacred lakes of Gokyo
Hello again, So after a great rest we were off to the north to see the lakes of the Gokyo Valley. The weather closed in a bit today after we have had about 18 days or so of great beautiful sunny weather. The lakes were nice a real turquoise ...
Starting the Everest Trek
... seater plane was pretty steady seemed to handle everything well but I wasn't sure how it was going to handle the landing in Lukla! I've never seen a landing strip quite like this. Picture a hillside where you see a runway except that there is a ...
Days 15 & 16 - Namche Bazaar to Lukla
... ! Our last day is a very short walk. Even with a lengthy tea stop it only took about two and a half hours to reach Lukla. I am sure we could quite easily have walked from Namche to Lukla in one day without too much effort. Especially as we are not ...
Lukla Airport Tick
... tickets and boarded out Air Tara Flight to Lukla, The Views for the plane were amazing after about 45min our approach in to Lukla was upon u, barely even feeling our touch down our landing at the worlds most deadly air port was over. ...
The End...of THIS Adventure
... booked it down to Pheriche. The next day was a grueling descent and ascent to Namche and then a final never-ending day to Lukla. Tomorrow we fly back to Kathmandu where we plan to shower and eat ourselves into food comas. It's been an amazing ...
Still In Lukla
Lukla (2849m)Today we were up early and at the airport to day we were meant to be flying back to Kathmandu, but due to the weather, the airport was shut.So we spent most of our day at Starbucks drinking coffee, eating cheesy crust pizza and using ...
Everest Trek Day 12: Namche Bazaar to Lukla
... though during our absence they decided to put plumbing or sewage in place. In any case it made our search for guest houses in Lukla a little bit of a challenge as we tried to avoid not falling into this deep trench. The place we found for the night was ...
Everert Khumbu Gokyo BY Schwarzschild
We did at oct. 2006 photoes url : http://travel.webshots.com/album/561278844zKhHZj?vhost=travel ...
Ice Axes are very sharp...
... Will update each of these with pictures when we get to Namche Bazaar. We crossed a pass today...one of the highest in Nepal. Great fun. Thank goodness ice axes are sharp. It was very beautiful. We slept just below the ...
Next Stop Kathmandu
Just woken from a good sleep and looking out the window to a clear day when … 0630am "Australian Man", “Japan Lady”, “Australian Man”, “Japan Lady” I hop out of bed and pull some clothes on the tour leader from ...
Logistics, Altitude, Stats
We fly from Kathmandu, 1337 meters to Lukla, 2840 meters. 20 person passenger plane- Yeti Airlines...20 minute flight...shortest landing strip ever- heading straight into a mountain. Total thrill! Throughout the 14 days there are two evenings ...
Cloud Cover Halts Planes
... , stopping en route at a Buddhist stupa for some cheras. Onwards we trekked, eventually arriving by a last tough uphill stretch at Lukla. Walkng through town we met the flights coordinator who said there had not been a plane to Kathmandu for five days ...
The Descent back to Lukla
... Pool Bar (some poor porter would have had to carry it up there!) Our final day of walking was a short 'meander' from Phakding to Lukla and we arrived well before lunch. Tried to see a doctor at Lukla, but missed consulting hours by 30 mins, so taking ...
Resume of 2 weeks trek
For the busy people, the short version of my trek: Walk. Walk. Eat. Walk. Let 6 yaks pass by. Cross bridge. Step in Yak shit. Eat. Walk. Let sherpas walk by. Walk. Take picture. Step in Yak shit. Swear. Complain. Walk. Eat. ...
The most dramatic flight of our lives!
So we took this crazy flight into Lukla from Kathmandu, which involved a panoramic mountain-skimming flight for 35 mins, not far short of missing the side of a mountain to land on the runway - consequently, when there is a lot of cloud, they can't fly (or ...
The Real Everest Base Camp...
Hello again everyone. We had great weather today and had some great views of Mt Everest and environs. We got up and left Gorak Shep (which literally means 'Dead Crow' and headed to Everest Base Camp...the real one. So here is the ...
EBC, Cho La and Gokyo
... onto my chair looking terrified! A couple of times all the cargo in the front of the plane left the floor and crashed back down! Lukla airport has a small runway which is on a steep uphill and they use the hill in part to stop the plane so landing was ...