Nearing the end of the hiking!
Shelly is now back and almost entirely recovered from her trek to the Himalayan foothills! She traveled to Nepal with Deb Hall for a 13 day adventure which included six days on the trail heading towards Everest Base camp!
At Singapore Airport.
They endured a 19 hour flight to Singapore, followed by an 8 hour layover there. Then on to Kathmandu via SilkAir.
Shelly and Deb arrived in Nepal two days earlier than the rest of the group in order to get a few extra days in Kathmandu. hey spent that time acclimating and strolling around taking in some of the sights.
The hotel in Kathmandu.
Kathmandu is crowded and, well, not exactly a 1rst world city. Many sights unusual to our western eyes...
The view from the hotel.
Buddhist shrine, a stupa.
Street scene! This is a crowded town.
Street scene: dogs and monkeys are revered and fed on the street!
Soon the group had assembled and Shelly and Deb joined in the scheduled siteseeing, etc. visiting the monasteries and squares and shops around town. It was now time to begin the trek:
The plane for Lukla Airport.
The group took the flight to Lukla Airport. Shelly discovered later that the airport at Lukla has quite a reputation. In fact, the History Channel has named it the most dangerous airport in the world! There is an interesting video on YouTube about it! Link to a video of Lukla airport
Our next post will focus on the hike!
