Everest Base Camp Trek - April 2022 BY- SWENDRINI GUNASEKARA Day 1(April 10th) and 2(April 11th) of the Journey: Colombo, Sri Lanka(Bandaranaike International Airport)to Kathmandu, Nepal(Tribhuvan International Airport) to Lukla Domestic Airport. Flying out on our national carrier SriLankan Airlines on a most convenient flight direct to Nepal, we reached the beautiful, vibrant and colorful city of Kathmandu, Nepal in just under 4 hours. After a night at the quaint and charming Kathmandu Guest House where the likes of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay themselves as well as Robert Redford, John. F Kennedy Jr and The Beatles among many others have set foot...we were off to board a flight to Lukla. An amazing experience itself on a Dash 8 aircraft of Summit Airlines, we land safe and sound after a thrilling roller-coaster ride at The Tenzing-Hillary Airport Lukla, Nepal lying in the Khumbu region. This Airport has gained worldwide fame as it was rated the most dangerous airport in the world for more than 20 years by a program titled Most Extreme Airports, broadcast on The History Channel in 2010. Interestingly, "Lukla " means the place of many goats and sheep. Though few of these are to be seen now, our first sighting of Yaks..used as one of the main modes of transport in this region was seen along the streets of Lukla! After a hearty, warm meal of egg-fried rice(which was to be our main source of protein during the vegetarian diet for the next 2 weeks!)...we start our trek at an altitude of approximately 2,860m..to Phadking 2,610m. YES! the first leg of the trek is actually decent! Day 2(April 11th) of the Journey. .. Lukla 2,860m to Phadking 2610m Following an amazing Egg Fried Rice, we were geared up and all set! The engines were fresh,
Everest Base Camp Trek – April 2022
BY- SWENDRINI GUNASEKARA
Day 1(April 10th) and 2(April 11th) of the Journey:
Colombo, Sri Lanka(Bandaranaike International Airport)to Kathmandu, Nepal(Tribhuvan International Airport) to Lukla Domestic Airport.
Flying out on our national carrier SriLankan Airlines on a most convenient flight direct to Nepal, we reached the beautiful, vibrant and colorful city of Kathmandu, Nepal in just under 4 hours.
7 Days Everest View Trek By: Pravesh Pradhan It had been a long time since I last traveled out of Kathmandu valley. My earlier trip was back in December 2019, when there was no trace of Covid, at least in our part of the world. My friend Roshan invited me for a trek to Namche (scheduled for March 2020), a place near the region of Mount Everest and the other Himalayas. I had never trekked for more than a day nor at an altitude of more than 3000 meters and this was supposed to be a grueling one-week trek, as compared to the earlier short hikes. I then prepared myself for the trek by exercising, cycling/walking for the next few weeks. As was the case for most of the people during that time, I immensely wanted a break. Due to Covid, most of us had been strictly confined to our homes during the lockdown. When there was no lockdown, we still were scared and were always cautious enough by taking necessary safety measures. Our travel plan was in one of the breaks of Covid waves. We had already passed by the second round of lockdown and it had been some time since the Covid cases were in a sharp decline. That was the reason I could convince myself and my family to go for the trek. After all the preparations with stamina building, clothes, and other necessary things packed, we met in the early morning at the Koteshwor bus stop area on the first day of the journey. Since we could not find a flight ticket to Lukla on our planned day, we had decided to travel by road. The driver included, we shared a vehicle with three other passengers. At five in the morning, we embarked on our
7 Days Everest View Trek
By: Pravesh Pradhan
It had been a long time since I last traveled out of Kathmandu valley. My earlier trip was back in December 2019, when there was no trace of Covid, at least in our part of the world. My friend Roshan invited me for a trek to Namche (scheduled for March 2020), a place near the region of Mount Everest and the other Himalayas. I had never trekked for more than a day nor at an altitude of more than 3000 meters and this was supposed to be a grueling one-week trek, as compared to the earlier short hikes. I then prepared myself for the trek by exercising, cycling/walking for the next few weeks.