Kathmandu 1337m - Lukla 2860m - Phakding 2640m
Our flight is at 6AM, so we have to reach the airport at around 5AM. I went to the hotel to meet my group at 4:50AM then drove to the airport. When we made it there, the airport was still closed and a group of people were standing in front of the doors, so we kept following them. FInally, the airport luggage entry door opened at 5:42AM. I just hope there will be better communication between airlines and airport officials before making flight schedules next time.
We entered the airport and checked our baggage. You can only fly with a bag weighing 10 kg or less, and 5kg or less for carry-ons, which totals to 15 kg to fly to Lukla and back to Kathmandu. We are boarding as soon as we get our boarding passes. Then we ride a bus for a while to get to the plane. THe flight leaves soon, and the weather doesn't seem too bad. IT was a really exciting flight for me as always. I always love to fly over clouds and see the ocean of clouds below me. Our flight was a mere thirty minutes, and we landed in Lukla.
When I came off the plane, a police officer came and grabbed me, as well as my group, and took us to baggage check. I noticed people with khadas in their hands, and I assumed a VIP was coming. After a while, a foreign Asian female arrived. Everyone welcomed her with khada. I made a guess that she was Junko Tabei, the first female who managed to climb Mt. Everest 1975
I took a video of her from the window within the baggage claim. Afterwards, we took our luggage and went out for breakfast in the khumbu resort while porters arranged our baggage. There is currently lots of news on the Nepal trekking area, including the khumbu trail. I hope to write a trip report to shed some light on the trail for others.
We left Lukla at around 9 AM. Most of the hotels in Lukla are the same as those before, and I saw no problems with it. There were some homes that were broken and cracked, that were in the process of being rebuilt. We continued on to phakding. Many of the restaurants and lodges were standing tall as usual, with very welcoming people. We passed through chheplung, Thade koshi, and ghat. Chheplung looked alright, but there are a few lodges that have problems in thade koshi, however they've already started to rebuild them. There weren't any problems on the trail, it is just like the previous year. We reached phakding and stayed there over night.
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