Sunday : overcast I was coughing all night and then up at 5am for the start of our trek. The group met down in the lobby, and then left for our flight to Lukla at 6am They stepped up the security at the airport today, but we still were able to get on the plane with knives and liquids. By accident of corse. Lukla airport is suppose to be one of the most dangerous airports in the world, for landing and taking off. It's on the edge of a cliff, Kim was freaking ou...

Saturday : sunny We meet up with J&N around 8:30, and went to go get some breakfast. We had a good feed, still at the same place. Then went for a wonder around the streets stopping in at a few different shops. We bought bits and pieces for our trek, including renting jackets and sleeping bags. Then went back to an ATM to get money out. It was around 12:30 and we stopped into a shop to pickup some beers to have back at the hotel garden. We left the hote...

Friday : sunny Yes that photo is of Mt Everest, it's the peak on the left. Hopefully we don't have that many clouds when we go to view Everest. Well once the noise died down we had a pretty good sleep, still coughing badly though. It didn't seem like it would be a loud place due to it's position down a laneway. We stayed in the room for a bit and listen to some podcasts and what was going on outside. When we eventually left, and went back to the restaurant w...

Thursday : sunny We got up at 4:30 for no reason this morning. After the 7/11 breaky, and the speedy taxi driver. We did the right thing and got to the airport almost 3hrs before our flight. But the stupid checking counters didn't open till 6:15am. So we waited first in line for 1.5hours, because at 6:15 they had to checkin 4 plane loads of people using three counters, and we didn't what to rush and wait in line when the counters finally opened. We had some sort...