Travel Blog Photos from Phakding (49)
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... 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, ...
... 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 ...
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 ...
... 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 – ...
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Everest Base Camp Trek????
Posted on Nov 13, 2008, 01:26:42
... time of the year would be recommended for this trip. thanks Brandon Day 1 - 30 minutes Fly to Lukla trek to Phakding 4 hrs Day 2 - Phakding to Namche Bazaar (3446m) 6 hrs Day 3 - Acclimatization day in Namche Day 4 - Namche to Tengbuche (3870m) 5 ...
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Nepal Trekking and expedition
Posted on Aug 10, 2009, 11:01:50
... Period for Mt. Everest (route map) 01 June 2010 Day 61: Base Camp - Thyanboche (3800m) 02 June 2010 Day 62: Thyanboche - Phakding (2600m) 03 June 2010 Day 63: Phakding - Lukla (2800m) 04 June 2010 Day 64: Lukla - Kathmandu 05 June 2010 Day 65: ...
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