Blogs from Lukla, Nepal, Asia - page 4

16 day hike, been to Everest Base Camp, Kalipatar, Cholo Pass, Gokyo Lake, Gokyo Ri...check check check. Longest hike I’ve done yet but definitely the most amazing. You haven't hiked until you've hiked the Himalayas. The hike was done through a local tourist agency we found through our hostel here in Nepal. Turns out we got one of the best trips for the best price. I was really impressed. The trip starts when you leave Kathmandu and take the twin prop plane to Lukla. This was one of the most interesting plane rides of my life and wasn't for the faint hearted. We were the first plane to leave in the morning. We take a bus out to the plane- which is very worn out on the inside but seems to operate ok. We all get ... read more

START OF EVEREST TREK 27/6/10: Up at 5:00am to catch a taxi to the airport. All unnecessary baggage was left at Pilgrims Guesthouse. We went through airport security and somehow Jacinta managed to get a Swiss army knife through; oops. It was time to weight the bags, Jacinta’s came up to 15kg and mine came up to a massive 23kg due to all the food. It turned out we had 14.5kg of food for our trek which consisted of more than 60 packets of noodles, 2 packets chocolate éclairs, 2 packs of cookies, packs of dried fruit, 2 boxes muesli bars, 1kg of carrots and 30 hard boiled eggs that I boiled with a hot wand water element, costing around 2400NRS. The weight added up to a surprising amount and I was way off when I ... read more

So part two.... (apologies its rather a long one! but far too much to say!) Day 9 - Lukla to Pakding, 2610m So started from Lukla, through the white gateway down into the valley below. Really cool walk, and nice and easy with lots of painted mani walls and stones along the way. Still feeling really dodgy though even though we'd both taken the same antibiotics. So after a couple of hours walking called it a day. It was getting late anyway so walked to the furthest part of Phakding and found a bargain of a room, running hot shower and everything! Day 10 - Pakding to Namche Bazaar, 3420m Still feeling awful but decided to carry on up to Namche Bazaar, much bigger place and thinking it may be time to consult somebody in the ... read more

Namaste all. I'm going to split the tale of our trek to Everest base camp over several blogs because it is too long for a single entry - better than squashing it all into one. I'll try and keep it brief as we did do a lot over the 13 days, but if anyone would like more detail then please post a comment and I'll get back to you. The journey really let us get a look at the real Nepal as a mountain country and let us see the more simple side of life that the rural Nepalese lead. We experienced a great deal, including: -altitude in excess of 5500m -temperature lower than -20 Celsius - a new definition of cold -a range of traditional Nepalese and Tibetan foods including Dal Bhat, Mo-Mos and even ... read more

Im Sagarmatha-Nationalpark steht - Ueberraschung! - der Mt. Everest, zu dessen Base Camp wir uns nach entspannenden und verfressenen Tagen in Pokhara vorkaempfen wollten. Die Wanderung beginnt entweder in Jiri (einige Busstunden von Kathmandu entfernt) oder in Lukla auf 2800 Metern; da wir wochenlangen subtropischen Todesmaerschen eher abgeneigt sind, entschlossen wir uns fuer den abenteuerlichen Flug nach Lukla. Abenteuerlich, da die Landebahn extrem kurz und steil (und folglich gefaehrlich) ist; auf ihr koennen nur Kleinflugzeuge wie beispielsweise von Dornier oder Pilatus landen. Da die Landung auf Sicht erfolgt, kann der von Bergen umschlossene "Flughafen" nur bei gutem Wetter angeflogen werden, was waehrend des Monsun eher selten vorkommt. Wir buchten zwei Sitze bei Yeti-Airlines. Die Airline hatte unser Vertrauen gewonnen, da sie letztes Jahr keinen toedlichen Unfall zu verzeic... read more