Everest Mountain flight

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The first part of time in Nepal mostly involved visiting Katmandu’s Thamel (the touristic 'shopping district' of the city). But we also booked a sight seeing flight (through GVI) along the Himalayas to Mount Everest and a few sister mountains. We got up before 06:00 as our taxi would be waiting for us. GVI had told us that the taxi would pick us up, bring us to the airport, wait for us there and bring us back after the flight. And all that for just 700 Nepaless Rupees (that’s EUR 7,-) unbelievable! We went there and the flight was delayed (not really unexpected). But the scenic flight was worth doing! It’s beautiful to see the mountain range up there in an airplane and boy is that mountain high! We saw it at a bit of a distance but even then it looked amazing. Even more fantastically, we were able to get a view of the mountains from the cockpit of the plane. Megan being the last person to visit the cockpit got to see Mount Everest up close and personal!. After landing we saw that our taxi driver had had to wait an extra two hours (in the sun on a parking lot) so at return at the hotel we paid him some extra.

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Photos

The Himalayas
View of the Himalayas

Himalayas
Close up of the Himalayas

Himalayas from the cockpit
Very fortunate to view the Himalayas from the cockpit of the plane!

Comments

[Michelle]

Plane photos
How unbelievably beautiful.Wish I was there too!!