Peach here. Just a quick post because internet time here in Phakding is limited. We left Kathmandu at 0630 this morning and arrived in Lukla by about 7. The Runway is quite steep and at the end you have to mae a sharp right turn or else you crash into the mountain side. the pilot nailed it. We got some tea and our 3 porters were organized by our guide shyam. We began hiking at 0900. The scenery is amazing. Its so hard to describe, the nearby mountains are green and lush, and you can see some snow capped peaks not to far away. we are very lucky to have a sunny day with no haze. at 10 we stopped for a nice lemon tea break, at Chheplung. Then had lunch at Thado Koshi Gaon, vegetable fried rice all around. At this altitude it takes about an hour to cook lunch. We passed little villages all morning and generally went down hill. Not many trekkers going our way, but a lot of porters and many trekkers and yak teams going the other way. Just after lunch we hit our low point of the dayabout 2400m and had a 200m climb up to phakding (pron - pakding) we did it in about an hour. overall we hiked about 7-8 km today, everyone reports that they are feeling great, though the heart sped up and the breathing deepened with the uphills. Tomorrow we have a short day to Monjo. and then to Namche Bazaar.
about 20-25 C today. quite cool this morning in Lukla.
Namaste
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Hi Dan,
ReplyDeleteIt;s wonderful to live vicariously through your adventure. Stay well, take care and have fun!
Love,
The Orillia crew
Hello Dave, Keep up the good work. Your post are awesome. Can't wait to see pics as we live through you both here at home.
ReplyDeleteDan & Jenn
Buon giorno, lads,
ReplyDeleteGood recent posts. Keep it up whenever you can get on line. I am sure that all are enjoying reading about the trip details. It would be good to add a description of the tea/guest houses at which you are staying. Take lots of pics.
Namaste, Guido A.