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Sat 4th Mar. Lukla to Kathmandu - No fuss...

4/3/2017

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PictureRunning into old guide Neema.
We put in our final long day yesterday. 24km from Namche to Lukla via Mingma & Neema's house. Two hours at their house enjoying the best fried potatoes & veggies and .........yes, the inevitable glass or two ........ or three of chang..!!! Their twin boys (yes, Mingma & Mingma) and their lovely daughter Lakpa were delightful hosts. The visit to their house has always been a highlight of the trek and last night was no exception. Mingma and Neema have been just brilliant on this trek.
We arrived back under the Lukla arch (were we started 11 days earlier) around 6.30pm in the dark. Gathering together and congratulating each other, we walked back through the arch together. It was surreal to walk through Lukla in the dark. Such a great trek. Perfect weather, incredible views and so many laughs (and a few changs to help with the feelings)
We paid and tipped our wonderful porters, had the traditional sizzling chicken and a couple of beers. Couldn't have felt better.
This morning, we were sent over the the Lukla airport very early. Planes started landing before 7am which is about the earliest I can remember. We were back in Kat by 7.45am..!
Showers, coffee, clean clothes and shave and massage booked for 12.30pm. 
We will now decide who wants to go down to Pokhara. Neil may be departing back to Dubai tonight and Glenn has hinted that he wants to explore more of Kathmandu, so may be just a few of us head down.
Chatting to the team in the KGH garden this morning most are actually very sad the trek is over. They have all stated how much they loved the entire experience and how tough it was to pack the kit bag for the last time this morning..!

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Sue
4/3/2017 06:13:46 pm

I bet my story held a bit of truth. After about glass 4 you would have been looking the the two sets of twins, rubbing your eyes thinking...."I've must stop drinking, I'm seeing two sets of Quadruplets, I'm sure they're only twins"!!! How good to see Nima. Was that planned or was he waiting for business. Always tough when you run into old guides that you haven't used this trip. Envious of the potatoes. Hard to describe how good they are until you've actually had them. I've tried a couple of times to cook similar at home and just can't get it right. Maybe I'm missing the yak and donkeys crapping in the potato patch, or the mangy dog sprawled out across the crop, but our just don't taste the same.

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Brian@weeroona
4/3/2017 06:37:57 pm

Probably a different variety of potato than what we have here, Sue.
Ask David to bring home a few in his bag, I promise not to tell AQIS. : )

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Sue
4/3/2017 08:06:38 pm

Now there's a thought Brian. Will they taste good cooked in a frypan on a ceramic cooktop, or do I need to start a fire in the middle of the kitchen floor?

Tim K
4/3/2017 08:50:17 pm

Time for a shave caveman Dave.

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David G
4/3/2017 09:09:36 pm

Done mate. Shave, massage, and...............even a face scrub to remove 11 days of yak dust, lodge fire smoke, sweat and tears...!!!

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Brian@weeroona
5/3/2017 12:52:39 am

The kitchen floor would be good Sue, but you would need some Yak dung. Do you think David could get a bag past the sniffer dogs at Melbourne Airport?

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David G
5/3/2017 02:36:02 am

@weeroona. My suitcase already smells like it has 3kg of yak dubg in it..!!

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Wine link
5/3/2017 10:52:55 am

Dave, you almost look like one of those homeless drunks hanging around Melbourne streets, in the photo with Mingma and his family. Time to take up a new adventure. Good to see you had a speedy departure out of Lukla.

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David G
5/3/2017 05:09:56 pm

Yeh mate smelt like one too..! But clean and shaved now and looking as good as ever..!! Great trip, great weather.

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Lost in the Desert link
5/3/2017 06:09:44 pm

Mission Accomplished ...well done to all ....enjoy the well earned rest..before the inevitable return to reality

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    Welcome to the 2017 EBC trip blog.

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