Today was our last day of trekking, which is just as well really because I'm sick of all this up & down, up & down, up & down business. Trip from Pakding to Lukla was only about four hours, so it wasn't too bad, frustrating though because I just wanted to be finished with it all. Once Drew's borrowed runners were off, I assured my feet that our deal was definately on & I will not be putting them in anything but thongs (flip flops) for as long as humanly possible. Their part (my feet) of the deal is to not let my weeping blisters get infected, thus resulting in their amputation... Had a few hours to kill in the afternoon, but was unfortunately broke, so we visited the Porters Progress Association & watched a documentary
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