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

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:August 15, 2026
Post category:Asia 🌏Nepal 🇳🇵travel Trek

🇳🇵 🇳🇵 🇳🇵 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…

EBC 3 Passes – Overall Statistics

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:August 9, 2026
Post category:Asia 🌏Nepal 🇳🇵travel Trek

🇳🇵 🇳🇵 🇳🇵 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…

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

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:August 8, 2026
Post category:Asia 🌏Nepal 🇳🇵travel Trek

🇳🇵 🇳🇵 🇳🇵 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…

London to Brighton BHF Cycling

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:August 2, 2026
Post category:Europe 🌍travel UK 🇬🇧

🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 Pedalling from London to Brighton is a classic 55-mile journey that takes you from Clapham Common down quiet country lanes, up the steep Ditchend Hill, and straight to the vibrant Brighton seafront. Journey starts from rolling away from Clapham Common through south London suburbs. Then cruising past green fields in Surrey and Sussex before stopping to catch your breath on the massive climb at Ditchling Beacon. After that its coasting down the final hill into Brighton and finishing right by the beach. …

Trekking in Salento Area

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:February 22, 2026
Post category:Colombia 🇨🇴South America 🌎travel Trek

🇨🇴 🇨🇴 🇨🇴 Day 1 Valle de Cocora to Finca La Argentina Length: 9.9km Alt. start: 2,400m Alt. end: 3,400m Departure: 8am Lunch: El Bosque I met my guide at Salento around 8:00 am to be ready to leave by 8:30 am and hop on a Willys Jeep for the 12km drive to Valle de Cocora where our Trek starts. Valle de Cocora is a natural cloud forest and home of the Colombian national tree Palma de Cera. This giant wax palm tree, the tallest in the world growing up to 65 meters, was near extinction…

Bogota

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:February 17, 2026
Post category:Colombia 🇨🇴South America 🌎travel

🇨🇴 🇨🇴 🇨🇴 Day 1 Bogota was my last stop in Columbia before flying out. My flight from Santa Marta arrived mid morning . I had to pay little extra for early check in . Latter in the afternoon I booked a city tour to cycle around Bogota and learl some of the fascinating history. We rode bike to traditional food markets, a coffee factory, the bullfighting stadium, the Central Cemetery, the historical center and through Bogota's many plazas, parks, and neighborhoods. …

Medellin & Guatape

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:February 16, 2026
Post category:City Colombia 🇨🇴South America 🌎travel

🇨🇴 🇨🇴 🇨🇴 Day 1 I arrived Medelline pretty late in the evening . The hotel was modest but comfortable . Took a taxi and reached at the hotel and went to sleep. Next morning I had booked the trip to Guatape. Guatape is one of those post card perfect place which is hard to miss. We stopped at a small town enroute and had our breakfast then we were dropped at El Penol with some free time and option to climb the rock. It has 740 steps and $6 ticket per…

Lost City Trek – LA CIUDAD PERDIDA

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:February 6, 2026
Post category:Colombia 🇨🇴South America 🌎travel Trek

🇨🇴 🇨🇴 🇨🇴 Day 1 I was picked up from my hotel and was driven to the company office to pay up the dues and after that it was long and bumpy ride to starting point of El Mamey town . This drive took about 3.5 hours. We then had our lunch at El Mamey. From El Mamey hiking starts , it was about 4 - 5 hour hiking to Adam Camp . The evening was spent in chit-chatting with group . There was a good dinner in the evening and…

Yorkshire 3 Peak Challenge

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:October 2, 2025
Post category:Europe 🌍travel Trek UK 🇬🇧

🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge takes on the peaks of Pen-y-Ghent (694 metres), Whernside (736 metres) and Ingleborough (723 metres), usually in this order, and in under 12 hours. These hills form part of the Pennine range, and encircle the head of the valley of the River Ribble, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. I drove to YHA Hawes on the previous day and stayed for 2 nights . Very early morning on the next day I left for 3 peak challenge . I drove to the starting point…

Cornwall

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:July 23, 2025
Post category:Europe 🌍travel UK 🇬🇧

🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 We started on Friday after an early lunch from home around 12 . Drive itself should take 5 to 6 hours but due to notorious M25 traffic it was over 7 hours with some breaks till we reach our overnight accomodation at YHA Boswinger where we stayed for 2 nights. Day 1 Our day started fresh and early after we had our breakfast at YHA .We walked down to Hemmick beach which was completely destered at that time in the morning .Hemmick is a small and attractive sandy beach…