Everest 3 Passes Trek Clockwise : Part – 3 EBC to Lukla and crossing Kongma La

🇳🇵 🇳🇵 🇳🇵 Day 15 - EBC to Lobuche Phase 1  EBC to Gorakshep : Staying Everest Base Camp (EBC) at 5,364 meters is a rare, raw, and physically demanding experience that trades standard lodge comfort for an unforgettable, front-row seat to the world's highest peaks. All the climbers from agency went  to climb some peaks , so the whold camp was pretty much to me . This is the first time I unpacked and used my sleeping bag . My camp was at the edge of the glacier , and throughout…

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Everest 3 Passes Trek Clockwise : Part -2 Lungden to EBC

🇳🇵 🇳🇵 🇳🇵 Day - 9 Lungden(4380M) to Gokyo(4750M) Via Renjo La Pass(5360M) : 12.95 Km 10Hr 44Min This is the first big pass to tackle . I started before dawn in sub-zero temperatures. The trail exits the quiet village of Lungden and follows the remote Bhote Koshi Valley northward. The initial terrain covers sandy alpine meadows and yak pastures before turning into a rockier, barren moraine landscape. I walked past a couple of isolated, frozen meltwater lakes, including Angladumba Tsho and Relama Tsho. The final approach to the ridge line is…

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EBC 3 Passes – Overall Statistics

🇳🇵 🇳🇵 🇳🇵 Distance  Ascent Descent Time Day 1  - Surke to Phakding  9.3KM 604M 288M 4 hr Day 2 - Phakding to Namche Bazar 16.32 KM 1211M 366M 5hr 58m Day 3 - Namche Bazar 15.01KM 792M 783M 7hr 18m Day 4 - Namche Bazar to Thame 9.19 KM 645M 299M 3hr 42 Day 5 -  Thame Monastery and Thame to Lungden 15.21KM 969M 372M 6h 46m Day 6 Lungden Day Hike 10.82KM 402M 390M 4h Day 7 - Lungden to Gokyo Via Renjo La Pass 12.95KM 1104M 683M 10hr 44m…

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Everest 3 Passes Trek Clockwise : Part -1 Kathmandu to Lungden

🇳🇵 🇳🇵 🇳🇵 It was dream for many years to embark on this epic trek, probably  the most comprehensive trek of Khumbhu Region. Day 1: Kolkata to Kathmandu: My day started with an early morning flight from Kolkata to Kathmandu. There is just one Nepali airline , Budha Air which operate a direct flight on every alternate day. It was just under 2 hrs and I was well in time to check-in my hotel and then found a nice restrurant in Thame area for a traditional Nepali Lunch. It was interesting to…

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Armenia

🇦🇲 🇦🇲 🇦🇲 Day 1 : Tbilisi to Yereven by road I decided to take a private transfer . I was picked up from my hotel around 7 in the morning .Our first stop was Sevanavank monastery, located in Lake Sevan. Lake Sevan is the pearl of the Armenian mountains. A volcanic creation of blue eyes beauty located 1900m. above sea level is the second highest sweetwater lake in the world rounded by beautiful mountains. Sevanavank monastery is one of the most beautiful monasteries in Armenia,  located on the pick of Sevan…

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Georgia

🇬🇪 🇬🇪 🇬🇪 Day 1 Batumi I flew from Baku and landed at Batumi in the afternoon . It was easy to get Uber all over Georgia, I got a Uber and reached to Orbi Aprtments , these were huge apartment blocks built in new boulevard. Though I had a booking through booking.com , my booking was not honoured and I ended up paying double price for a similar apartment with someone else. Nevertheless Batumi is very popular resort city and it is quite popular with locals. Batumi often known as "Pearl…

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Azerbaizan – Baku and countryside

🇦🇿 🇦🇿 🇦🇿 Azerbaizan is a transcontinental and land-locked country bordering between western asia and eastern europe bordering the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to the south. This was my first coutry in list of 3 countries (Azerbaizan, Armenia, Georgia)  I was covering in this trip. I arrived Baku early morning via a overnight flight from London Heathrow by Azarbaizan Airlines . Day 1 Baku : I arrived Baku at early morning . I was provided a free…

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Cappadocia: Goreme hot air balloon flight

🇹🇷 🇹🇷 🇹🇷 This is stunning, once in a lifetime experience. The offers a unique vantage point to see Cappadocia's beautiful rock formations, cave dwellings, ​fairy chimneys, and more. We were picked up around 3.30 in the morning  from Foremanson cave hotel. Pick up frrom all the hotels took time and then we were on our way to a field about 5ish where baloons are getting ready. The basket itself is splitted to small cubicle which gives some seperation though its pretty crowded . On the way we were given a light…

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Meghalaya

🇮🇳 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 Day 1 I started from Kaziranga around 12 . Today it was mostly about 300 km drive to the hotel to Shilong. On the way I stopped at Anurag dhaba . Food was amazing , it was traditional Asamia lunch. I reached Shilong in the evening . Rolling hills around Shilong reminiscent of Scotland hence it is known as "Scotland of East". I stayed overnight at Hotel Janeira Day 2 After waking up , I had a bit of morning walk and also had to get some cash out.…

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Assam: Guwahati and Kaziranga

🇮🇳 🇮🇳 🇮🇳 I flew to Guwahati and worked for few days. Guwahati is often called "City of Temples" due to the prsence on numerous ancient and revered temples. Most famous of them is Kamakhya temple . This temple, dedicated to the goddess Kamakhya, is a major Shakti Peetha and a major pilgrimage site, attracting devotees from all over the country. The ancient name of Guwahati was Pragjyotishpur, also hints at its significance as a place of ancient worship, meaning "the light of the East".  Day 1 Kamkha temple I left the…

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