Where it all began. Only difference is we don’t smell as nice as we did 12 days ago
An early start today with Breakfast at 6.30am and on the home stretch by 7.15. Rather cold leaving this early as I’ve mentioned before the sun might rise early but these mountains don’t let it shine through until mid morning. I’ve told you before Matt likes to eat. By 9.30 he had consumed his 3rd snickers bar.
The trails are busy now with over 100 donkeys fully loaded coming towards us. The rule is you give way to them so it’s off to the side waiting for the last one to pass before continuing on. There seemed to be a lot more people on the trails heading up too. Maybe trekking season is starting earlier than normal. I hope not as the reason I love going at this time is to have most of the lodges to ourselves. When you're sharing the lodges with others you don’t get much sleep with creaking doors opening and closing all night and creaking floor boards.
Lunch was at Ghat in a dining room all glass. Two puppies one month old sat playfully wanting to be picked up. I broke the golden rule and had to pat them. They were very well looked after and only being one month old I couldn’t resist.
We arrived into Lukla after a massive 28klm walk at around 3.30pm. We all walked under the arch together. Started this journey as family and ended as family.
Recently a good friend and previous guide David has used on many trips and myself on some earlier trips passed away. A few previous treknepalwithme clients who had the pleasure of having Mingma as their guide wanted to offer some kind of financial assistance to his family. I met his wife today and through hugs and tears handed over a partial payment with the more being handed over via an international transfer in a few months time. It was a very emotional moment for both of us and Lakpa her daughter. Such a beautiful family and hopefully our donation will help with food and clothing and other necessities.
So our trek side of things is over, but we still have Lukla to get out of. Now if you don’t have grey hair, you will have by 9am tomorrow morning when it’s beautiful blue sky here but why aren’t the planes flying?? Oh of course, Kathmandu is fogged in.
Firstly a big thank you to Team EBC 2018. Where friendships are made. Congratulations to you all. Great work guys. Thanks to my guide Prakash. Another successful trip with 100% success. You contribute to this success rate. Also to his head porter Shishir. One of the best that will go a long way. And not to forget the other 3 porters who carry our bags with smiles on their faces.
Thanks to Brother David for filling in the gaps on the blog when WiFi was not possible. Thanks to the blog followers. Each night we would look forward to the comments posted.
And a big thanks to James, Brad and Liam for allowing me to do these trips and come home to a spotless home with all washing, ironing and housework up to date and a freezer full of pre-cooked meals that I can pull out and heat up on my busy nights......what am I saying, all this oxygen must be affecting me and making me think crazy things.
The trails are busy now with over 100 donkeys fully loaded coming towards us. The rule is you give way to them so it’s off to the side waiting for the last one to pass before continuing on. There seemed to be a lot more people on the trails heading up too. Maybe trekking season is starting earlier than normal. I hope not as the reason I love going at this time is to have most of the lodges to ourselves. When you're sharing the lodges with others you don’t get much sleep with creaking doors opening and closing all night and creaking floor boards.
Lunch was at Ghat in a dining room all glass. Two puppies one month old sat playfully wanting to be picked up. I broke the golden rule and had to pat them. They were very well looked after and only being one month old I couldn’t resist.
We arrived into Lukla after a massive 28klm walk at around 3.30pm. We all walked under the arch together. Started this journey as family and ended as family.
Recently a good friend and previous guide David has used on many trips and myself on some earlier trips passed away. A few previous treknepalwithme clients who had the pleasure of having Mingma as their guide wanted to offer some kind of financial assistance to his family. I met his wife today and through hugs and tears handed over a partial payment with the more being handed over via an international transfer in a few months time. It was a very emotional moment for both of us and Lakpa her daughter. Such a beautiful family and hopefully our donation will help with food and clothing and other necessities.
So our trek side of things is over, but we still have Lukla to get out of. Now if you don’t have grey hair, you will have by 9am tomorrow morning when it’s beautiful blue sky here but why aren’t the planes flying?? Oh of course, Kathmandu is fogged in.
Firstly a big thank you to Team EBC 2018. Where friendships are made. Congratulations to you all. Great work guys. Thanks to my guide Prakash. Another successful trip with 100% success. You contribute to this success rate. Also to his head porter Shishir. One of the best that will go a long way. And not to forget the other 3 porters who carry our bags with smiles on their faces.
Thanks to Brother David for filling in the gaps on the blog when WiFi was not possible. Thanks to the blog followers. Each night we would look forward to the comments posted.
And a big thanks to James, Brad and Liam for allowing me to do these trips and come home to a spotless home with all washing, ironing and housework up to date and a freezer full of pre-cooked meals that I can pull out and heat up on my busy nights......what am I saying, all this oxygen must be affecting me and making me think crazy things.
 The rule got broken. Yes, I touched one  The man behind our success. Prakash our guide |  Head porter Shishir. This dude will go a long way  I’m retiring my boots that have seen me do several trips. I dare say they will still climb the mountains but not with my feet in them |
Life long friend Ngima, Lakpa and myself. Mingma their husband and father passed away about 3 months ago
