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Kathmandu
1317 m
- Lukla
2850 m
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3 : 20 october 2003
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| the waiting game | ||||
| totally dependent on mother nature's wrath or kindness, delays and cancellations to flights to and from Lukla is the norm rather than exception | ||||
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| touchdown | ||||
| high on the side of a mountain, the Lukla airstrip is built on a slant so that there is an elevation difference of about 60 metres between the ends of the runway; this slope slows down the landing aircraft and helps them stop before they run into the mountain side that rises from the end of the 450 metres runway. | ||||
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| first meal outdoors | ||||
| the first taste of the days to come... an al fresco lunch served out on the lawn next to the airstrip | ||||
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| exploring lukla | ||||
| stranded in Lukla as part of our luggage has yet to arrive, the team decided to explore this single street town | ||||
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| the window | ||||
| beneath the window of this guesthouse stands the tools of a mountain porter... a basket, a headstrap, and a resting stick | ||||
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| dzopkyo | ||||
| the workhorse of the mountains, the dzopkyo is the hardy but tame crossbreed between a yak and a cow | ||||
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