We finally felt like we were on the way as we touched down at Lukla airport this morning after an exhilarating flight in the tiniest aeroplane ever - but we were still impressed with the service in the form of a glamorous air stewardess offering us boiled sweets and cotton wool to stuff in our ears to drown out the engines.
Time for a quick team photo and a turn of the Buddhist prayer wheels before setting off. We trekked for several hours on quite a busy trail with a constant stream of yaks and heavily laden sherpas - one even had a wardrobe on his back complete with full length mirror.
We have reached our first stop at Phakding and settled into our tea house - warm and cosy by the fire, but sub-zero everywhere else. Head torches are firmly in action as are down jackets (bit like wearing a duvet!)
Sorry, no photos - they aren't loading properly, but we'll try again at our next stop...Namche Bazaar tomorrow night.
Amazing to find another blog today and even better to know that one of the "scary" flights is over! Is Blackberry working or internet in Tea House?!
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