We landed in 'the deadliest airport in the world' not so scary if you ask me! it was a bit of an interesting flight though; chairs on the runway when we took off, people on the runway when we landed, Military people blowing whistles to get you into the terminal .. crazy start to the day already! nothing too exciting happened on the way to Phakding but when we were waiting for dinner ... We all sat there a little stunned for a few seconds after we saw the pole i...

We woke up early ready to go exploring. We started the day with a quick breakfast at the 'revolution cafe' where we all ate for under 10 dollars ... I love you already Nepal! And then went for a little cruise around town to check out some of the stores and get the last minute things that we needed for the trek. It is the strangest thing ... there does not seem to be footpaths anywhere, everyone walks on the road with the cars and the rules seem to go like this (...

After and epicly long trip to Aisia through Hong Kong and Dakah, where we weren't allowed off the plane for "security reasons" and were counted more than 3 times we arrived in Kathmandu Airport at about 11 at night. Might I add we were told 1 stop over in Hong Kong and that was it and the stupid travel agent didn't tell the airlines our dietary requirements ... hate you so much right now Matt!!! ok ok ... woooo saaaaaa! lets get back on track ... After a dodgy va...

not long now until we set off on our impromptu adventure. If anyone is interested in what and where we will be going check out the itinerary at http://www.geckosadventures.com/himalaya/nepal/everest-base-camp-2011/itinerary I'm so excited!!!