DAY 9 Dole (4090m) to Namche Bazaar (3420m) A day of walking back over old ground. We had a steep 400m ascent to start off through pine forest. Up to the Mong La pass and we entered the cloud level, walking through the clouds meant the visibility was reduced to 20m and finished any hope of a view. We walked a quick pace, helped with the obvious downward leading path, and noticed the miles were disappearing under our feet. We passed a village selling weird masks a...

DAY 3 Namche Bazaar (3420m) to Everest View Hotel (3880m) to Khumjung (3800m) and back to Namche Today was an acclimatisation day. Its easy to gain altitude too quickly on the Gokyo trek and suffer from AMS (Acute Mountain sickness), so we will walk on a side trip and return to Namche to sleep at the same altitude, which helps your body to adjust. Today, we plan to visit the Everest view Hotel and a couple of Sherpa villages. We climb up to 3800m and stop...

DAY 2 Phakding (2652m) to Namche Bazaar(3420m) Firstly the reason a boiled egg is more expensive than a room is because of the distance that egg has travelled. It would have started life in a chicken farm and been carried into this region, the egg will be carried on mules or some poor porters back. Astronomical transport costs. Today is a day of climbing with a 1000m ascent to tackle. It was a beautiful trail that followed the Dudh Kosi river. Along the ri...