With our last day in Nepal we felt obliged to see one last sight. The enormous Stupa was a popular attraction so we did some taxi negotiations for a lift there. On the way, the heavens opened and torrential rain ensued for the next few hours. We took shelter in a cafe for a cup of tea and waited for it to pass. The stupa was quite badly damaged in the earthquake so we couldn't get inside. We did a couple of laps of it, before deciding to call it a day and head ba...

The day stayed with a breakfast in the courtyard of at a small restaurant close to our hostel. We chatted to an old English man who used to live in Kathmandu and now spends lots of time here. Breakfast was followed by a walk into the main Thamel streets which meant passing our favourite place, OR2K so we opted for breakfast number 2. The rest of the morning as spent picking up souvenirs and wandering the narrow streets. With sore bodies from the trek, we decided ...

Bikram told us that Bom had decided to stay in Lukla overnight and that he wanted to help us take our bags to the airport and say goodbye. After breakfast, he knocked on our door with his every smiling face and slung our bags on our back as we all made our way to Lukla airport. The weather was good which was a relief, as the previous 2 days had seen cancelled flights due to mist. We made it aboard the 1970s tiny plane and took our seats at the front, and this tim...

Our guide Bikram collected us from the hostel around 5:30 as we were on the 6:30 flight out ok Kathmandu. We headed to the airport and got into the small domestic terminal. Not long after arriving we realised that bad weather (mist) in Lukla meant that our flight was delayed until the weather improved. Over the next couple of hours Bikram made a few calls to his mate in Lukla to as about the weather but the mist didn't look like lifting. We continued to wait with...

This morning we made our way to the trekking company to meet with them and discuss our base camp trek. We met with the company boss and enjoyed a chai tea as always. Within 10 minutes or so, he told us about an additional pass that you can do after base camp, called the Chorla Pass. He showed us a couple of photos of the pass and the Gokio lakes. The pass was tricky and took an extra 3-4 days but we signed up for it in seconds. We got our gear list from him and a...