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10 Days trek to Everest Base Camp (EBC) part-1

👀 Day 1: 👀 The flight was delayed for 50 minutes, due to bad weather. This is quite normal as the weather condition in Lukla changes drastically within minutes. We found ourselfes lucky that the aircraft was delayed for just an hour.  The flight took 30 minutes of airtime and best place to choose on this flight is of the left side (Port side) of the aircraft so that you can see the mountains if you are lucky with the weather. And if the weather is good, the view of the lukla valley is breath taking. Some parts of the khumbu valley can also be seen. Though the airport is renown for its tabletop short runway, the landing was quite smooth. As the runway is way shorter than normal airports, if the pilot doesnt apply the right controls at the right time, the aircraft may crash in the the wall at the end of the runway. Even scarier than that is taking off from Lukla, but more about that on the final days. However, as we checked out of the airport, couple of porters offered to carry our...