The final day of our trek started early because we had quite a long hard day ahead of us. Today we would walk the final 10km which may not seem a lot except it was “Nepali flat” with 2 rather long sections of up hill climbs. So it was in fact quite a long difficult day which was probably made worse because we were tired and just wanted to get back to Lukla for a hot shower and a beer or 2... as well as being one day closer to a steak! By this stage of the trek, as sad as it is, most of our spare time was spent thinking about something other than noodles with tomato sauce, fried rice, dahl baht, and chapati (Nepalese flat bread), something like a rather large piece of meat!!
We reached Lukla at about 15.30 and were overcome with relief. Our legs certainly started hurting by the time we reached our hotel.
Whilst waiting for our porters (we needed our gear to be able to have a shower), we enjoyed our well deserved beer.
Our final night in the mountains was celebrated with a communal dinner with our porters, sherpa, and guide. All through the trek our porters stayed separately, and our sherpa and guide always ate after us with the other Nepalese people at whichever lodge we were at.
We enjoyed a traditional Nepalese style banquet and ate with our hands. The food was great and the experience was fun. Carrie and Brii polished off a bottle of Spanish red wine and Jack enjoyed a beer or 2 (plus some wine). Dinner was followed by much dancing and laughter. It was a great way to end the trek.
Altitude: 3445m to 2800m.
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