If you ever wondered where the most picturesc place on earth is, I'm pretty sure we just found ourselves in it. The Everest Base Camp trek starts at Lukla airport and in our case makes its way up to the camp in 8 days then back down again in 4.
The scenery is absolutely absolutely amazing with sheer mountain cliff faces all around and snow capped peaks off to the distance just teasing you to explore. Eagles are constantly scouring the sky above with trains of donkeys and mountain yaks weaving traditional ethnic headgear given right of way along the path.
Our path followed a mountain stream which is running down from the melting snow caps. We had come prepared with travel rods ready to catch some kind of exotic Himalayan trout but our doubts were raised when we saw how cold and fast the water was flowing, this was later confirmed when a little Nepalese man came running down to tell us there was no fish here, backed up by plenty of strange looks an snickers from the locals.
I can highly recommend this as one for the bucket list!!
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