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| The small 14-person plane that took us from Kathmandu to Lukla |
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| Getting ready to take-off |
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An example of the view from the plane Lukla Airport - quite possibly the scariest airport in the world. we saw a plan crash here 12 days later :S one end of the runway is a brick wall, the other end is a cliff.  Starbucks is everywhere! Even at the top of a mountain, 2800m high  Offically leaving Lukla and starting the trek to base camp!   Ali beside one of the smal stupas    me climbing up the steps on the way to Pakding the first day  An example of the path from Lukla to Pakding, Day #1  View from the path of the valley below  we had to cross a ton of these bridges between Pakding and Namche  Ali was too busy looking at the views and she tripped and fell the first day  Our room in Pakding - $1 CAD a night :)  The main common area in our lodge in Pakding  A typical mountain menu - prices in Nepalese Rupiah (70 rupiah = $1CAD)  Day #2 - on our way from Pakding to Namche Bazaar  Yaks constantly carry stuff up the mountain  Small villiage beside the river (Pakding to Namche)  one of the five bridges we had to cross to get from Pakding to Namche   Slowly climbing higher  Large stupa and prayer flags  Offically entering Sagarmatha (Everest) National Park!  Typical small hut    Some local Sherpa people carrying stuff up the mountain to Namche. They carry up to 120kg!!!  I high bridge is in the background, we walked over it and then began the steeper part of the ascent   about to cross the bridge! we had to wait for the yaks to cross first...  whenever you meet yaks on the path you stop and let them pass. you ALWAYS stand on the up-hill side of the mounatin so they don't push you off!  Good thing we ate vegetarian food the whole time...  Around 2:30pm day#2 we arrived in Namche Bazaar!   Namche!  During our acclimitization day we hiked up to a lookout - this was our first glimpse of everest!   The sun finally came out and we were able to see the mountains!   Mt Everest!  |
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