Lukla to Namche

I am here in Namche. I arrived yesterday morning at 11am after 3 hours of serious walking (day 1 was 6 hours). At certain points I had to stop to catch my breath every ten steps. Not kidding. I'm actually going to load a few pictures here to give you an idea of where I am. There are so many more pictures I'd like to load, but the Internet here is quite expensive. I am planning to upload millions of photos once I get to India. I have little reason to doubt that it's both much cheaper and quicker out there. Sorry it's got to be a little all at once, but that's how it goes.

So, I don't know how long I've walked in the past two days. Some say 40k, but I have no clue. The point is it's all up and down. Oh yea, and it rained the first two days as well.

Waiting for the plane in Kathmandu:

The plane:

This is the airport in Lukla. Note the downward slant:

Typical trail (the very beginning...all too easy but never boring):

One of many bridges over the glacial river:


I really like this girl. She just finished drinking from the hose when I caught her:

Day 2 walking. Just passed a group of monks when I came upon this twin waterfall. I stopped to catch my breath and admire just how beautiful it was:

A view:

Beautiful:

A view of Namche from the top:

As you can tell I'm doing this a bit quickly. I just want to give you some idea of where I am before I bounce up to EBC.