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Day 6 – Lukla to Namche Bazaar

Today we once again woke up at 4:30 for attempt number 3 to get to Lukla, this time hopefully we would actually reach the tarmac. As we repeat the steps of the previous day, we managed to get all the way to the waiting area overlooking the planes on the tarmac, there as we waited […]

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Day 5 – Attempt 2 to fly to Lukla

Today was once again an early day, we woke up at 4:30 and boarded our bus once again for another try at getting onto the plane. After our bumpy one-hour bus ride through the dark, we arrived at the airport. This time we felt lucky as we go to go inside of the airport instead […]

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Day 4 – Attempt 1 to fly to Lukla

Today we woke up at 4:30 half awake and climbed aboard our bus to bring us to the airport. Our bus drove about an hour arriving before the sun had risen. once we arrived we were dropped off outside of the gates of the airport, and waited in a little restaurant for the airport to […]

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Day 3 – Kathmandu to Ramechhap

Today in order to reach Lukla, we had to first drive to the city of Ramechhap where we would be staying overnight and taking a flight the next morning to go to Lukla. After breakfast we brought all our stuff to be weighed as we were limited to 15kg each for the whole trip due […]

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Day 2 – Kathmandu

Today we started our descent into the city of Kathmanduy surrounded by mountains and clouds hugging the hills as they rushed past our window. After landing at the airport, we were met with the best bus we have ever taken, used to make us travel 40 meters. We managed to get our visas on arrival […]

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Day 1 – Flight to Kathmandu

Today we woke up around 7:30 am and after eating some delicious crepes i had made in a previous episode (aka frozen in my freezer) we set off towards heathrow, jumping through hoops because the elizabeth line was experiencing delays. Once we did make it to Heathrow, everything went off without a hitch and we […]

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Day 28 – Chiang Mai

Today we still had a bit of road to reach Chiang Mai, so we headed off early once again. our first stop on our 4hr journey, was at the white temple which represent hell and rebirth, we visited it for a bit before getting back onto our journey. After arriving in Chiang Mai, we went […]

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Day 27 – Chiang Khong

Today was another long day on the river as we continued our journey, we got up early once again and got back on the boat where I mostly napped and watched movies until we arrived at our destination, Thailand. There we went though immigration to leave laos and reenter Thailand, crossing the bridge between the […]

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Day 26 – Pak Beng

This morning we got up early to participate in the ritual of feeding the monks. every morning the monks just after sunrise walk down the street with heir food bowl and people line the streets to offer each and every single one of them some food, any food that they might have. in our case […]

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Day 25 – Luang Prabang

Today after breakfast, we drove to a set of waterfalls nearby, where we spent most of the morning exploring and swimming in the cold cold water. as the waterfalls were near a bear rescue centre, we were also able to see some of the rescue bears. For lunch we got some sandwiches, before I decided […]

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