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- Kathmandu
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- Nepalese Rupee (NPR)
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- 25,284,463
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Lukla
Travel Blogs from Lukla, Nepal
just keep walking, just keep walking...
like in nemo when they just keep swimming, today has been about just keeping walking! we flew from kathmandu to lukla yesterday, an amazing flight straight through the mountains onto a runway that goes up hill for landing, was a much nicer flightt han ...
Lukla and Phakding
Today we woke up for the exciting plane ride to Lukla ... was excellent! We took a bus out to Tribuvan Domestic Airport and went through a pat down security zone and got on the propellor plane -- the company we flew was ... Yeti airlines! ...
The Top of the World - Kala Pattar
... sweat, sunscreen..etc...terrific. Also, fresh clothes...brilliant. Since writing this entry, we've made our final descent back down to Lukla - the town from where we will catch a flight back to Kathmandu tomorrow and rest up for the next part of our trip ...
Making a start on the Everest trip
... consequence. I chose to sit in the kitchen of our first lodge and watch them cooking our food. This was a typical Nepal kitchen, with immaculately clean pans, crockery & cutlery. They use a range of stoves, fires and little burners to cook ...
Our first bump in the road: Altitude sickness
So We woke up at 4:30 on Nov 30 to catch our 6:00 flight from Katmandu to Lukla. All the treks in the everest region start from this little town halfway up a mountian in the Himalayas. We were planning on doing a 6 day loop( the start of the Everest ...
Kathmandu to Lukla (2800m) to Phakding (2700m)
... airport. Random...not really sure what happened there, but we will need to find ourselves another porter when we land into Lukla. As with all things in Nepal, our flight was delayed by almost 2 hours. We were meant to be on a 9.20 plane but ended ...
Salleri to Lukla
... panoramic view of the valley around us....sublime. We then continued past Bupsa to our next stopping point Sulkay, just 3 hours short of Lukla, but tiredness had kicked in. We then spent the early hours of this morning getting to Lukla, where we now ...
Water sanitiser at the ready, time to get trekking
... beyond Namche and when I was in Namche the internet was down, so I'm now completing my blog now I've returned home! Lukla to Munjo We had our first sample of chlorinated water today, followed by our forst mountain breakfast of water porridge and a ...
Two more peaks...and now to Everest Base Camp!
Hello again from Nepal, Well we have been at the climbing thing again. We climbed a smaller peak called Chhukhung Ri (5550 M / 18315 FT) yesterday on our own...it was non technical and today we climbed a peak called Nangkar Tshang which is around ...
Everest Trek Day 2: Life of a Himalayan Trekker
... big and bustling town nestled so high up in the mountains. The town has been an important trading junction between Tibet and Nepal way before Sir Edmund Hillary became the first soul to stand on the nearby roof of the world in the ...
Lukla update (Hello from the Himalayas)
Arrived in Lukla after 7 days trekking. Lukla has got an airstrip and loads of clean tourists are arriving here daily. A week ago we caught a bus from Kathmandu to Jiri (10 hours bus ride with some people sitting on the roof of the bus!), we trekked over ...
Back in Lukla
... to concur the top of the world or Sherpa's guiding there teams of Yaks along the steep and some times tricky paths. Arriving back in Lukla almost feels like the locals have come out to greet u back from you trip to the top of the world. Or maybe just out ...
Everest Base Camp Trek: Day 4-6
... rested we continued to Surke, our stop for the night. The initial plan was to head for Phakding, a village about an hour past Lukla. However the delays due to rain its 3pm before we reach Surke so we decide to stay here. It has been a wet, cold and ...
Gokyo Ri and I feel like crap
Yes, us again. Hope all is well. We got to the top and down of another 5000+ peak here...Gokyo Ri. It has turned very cold here and snowed all day. We unfortunately could not see much from the top. I felt bad and continued ...
Inclement weather - flight delayed
... ; Tomorrow morning, with a bit of luck, we will fly back to Lukla. ********************************************************************************************************************* My debut novel, Where's Unimportant, now available for sale. Visit my ...
First Day of Trek
... scene of power and creation. I feel so full of gratitude. Lukla is a high mountain village where little lodges line a rocky path. Porters with heavy loads balanced on their heads ...
Day 3
My back was still not in ideal shape this morning when i woke up but it is still improving with each morning which is good i guess. My headache was gone, i was worried that the Diamox would wear off over night and i would be feeling bad today but i ...