Blogs from Pheriche, Nepal, Asia

The plane ride into Lukla from Kathmandu was anything but your typical flight. We got onto the smallest plane I have ever been on that held maybe 12 people. Alex and I were the first ones on the flight and were lucky to get the left side of the plane. The left side means you are able to have a bird’s eye view of the Himalayas for the entire flight! It was pretty unbelievable. The mountains were higher than the plane and the clouds lingered a few hundred meters from the mountain’s peaks. However, the most unbelievable thing was the landing strip. We were flying and slowly getting closer and closer to the ground, nearly hitting the trees and there was still no landing strip in sight! It wasn’t until we felt the plane hit the ... read more