Sorry it's been a while, but as you can imagine, Nepal is not exactly a technology forward place.
We survived the flight to Lukla airport which is 9100 ft in the Himalayas. We knew this airport was on the top 10 list of most dangerous airports in the world, but shortly after landing we found out that it is actually #1 most dangerous!
We immediately started our trek upon landing by hiking down 200 m in elevation to a town called Padkhing. The hike wasn't too tough because it was mostly down hill. When we got there we sampled some of the local fair by eating some "daal" and "momos". The second day was much tougher, we gained about 800 m in elevation to a town called Namche Bazar. Namche is one of the biggest towns up here and we spent an additional day here acclimatizing. Today we hiked up to the highest hotel in the world but failed to see a view of Everest due to the cloud cover. We also visited the highest airport in the world!
The Himalayas are an amazing place of contrasts, everything is lush and green with tons of waterfalls everywhere. Then in the distance you will see monstrous snow capped mountains that don't appear to harbor any life. Contrast.
The people here are amazing, we see porters transporting wood, rocks, and everything else needed to sustain a town up here. Some of the porters are carrying upwards of 275 lbs. Then we walk by and I am carrying my 8 lb bag and I'm breathing so hard it feels like my heart is going to pop out of my chest. Contrast.
Anyway, we head out tomorrow to Tengboche which will be another tough day...Rebecca is doing just fine, as expected...Brian is just making it...as expected.
Don't know when we will be able to update again, but don't worry about us...if it comes down to it I am going to hire a porter or a yak to carry my ass up the hill.
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