Sunday, June 25, 2017

"Best adventures in Life" Lukla-Namche-EBC-kalapather -Kathmandu

"Best adventures in Life" Flight from Kathmandu to Lukla took awhile while the nepal guide info team guides and airline argued about weight. We finally boarded the bus to the plane and waited half an hour for it to refuel, took some picture of sunrise over the airport. The flight was pretty uneventful but lots of excitement from what we read earlier. Once we landed it was a 7 days walked from Lukla to Phakding, Namche Bazaar, Tengboche, Dingboche, Lobuche, GorakShep, up to the base camp and back to Gorakshep for the night. Kala Patthar was the highlight. After that, instead of Chola, we did a long trek to Periche, back up and after a couple of days, Gokyo. It was my first winter without heating, abide the Yak dung stove between 6 to 9 every evening at the dining halls of tea houses. Himalayan high way of paths between 3 to 6 ft on average, catering for human, yak, horse and donkey traffic both ways. dusty mud trails and trails of rocks, most of the time loose rocks. Rooms made of plywood with no insulations. Still it was a journey worth taking and a most unique view I would never forget. Thanks Nepal Guide Info Team to the guides and porters to help us make it and best organized . A memorable 15 days on the trail. What to pack, only essential plus a hot water flask. You're only allowed 10kg pack + 5 Kg day pack. Get water filters, it gets very expensive as you go higher. You need lots of it. Wear layers, especially at the start winter, you go from freezing to hot and sweater and next minute freezing again. Wet wipes, Sun screen, buff or face mask. very dusty place. Good - rating sleeping bag, thermal wear. when you see pack animal coming your way, stay on the mountain side and get out of their way. watch you step all the way, stop when you want to enjoy the scenery or take picture. Do not walk and do both. look out for wild animals in some of the trails, including long haired Tahr mountain goats. The scenery is absolutely stunning. We are definitely back to beautiful Nepal Namaste

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