Everest Base Camp Trek
Flew to Lukla to begin our (final....sniffle) trek to the Everest Base Camp. Exciting flight in a little-ittle plane onto a little-ittle runway on the side of a mountain. Grateful for the sight of a runway having emerged from a nervous few moments passing through cloud. To quote a Nepali pilot "you don't fly into cloud because in Nepal there are rocks in the clouds". Had arranged to spend a couple of days here before the start of the trek because the flights can be delayed due to weather. Not a whole lot to do in Lukla, a little village that basically exists to serve the airport and arriving tourists. Spent quite a lot of time watching planes come and go on the short and sloping runway, giving marks out of 10 for style and noting which airlines not to fly with. Interesting wee slope on the runway. Planespotter O'Neill, camera in hand. Much like launching chicks from the nest - you either take flight or fall off the edge of the mountain. Also readi