A flight taking off at Lukla airport. Situated at an altitude of 2,850 metres, it tops National Geographic Channel's list of the world's 10 most dangerous airports. ▲
A metal suspension bridge across the Dudh Kosi river, one of the many such bridges on the route. ▲
Porters and yaks, lifelines for trekking and tourism in Nepal. ▲
A bridge named after Edmund Hillary on the Dudh Kosi river, built above an earlier disused bridge. ▲
Gateway to the Sagarmatha National Park. ▲
A view of the Ama Dablam Peak. ▲
View of Mount Everest from Namche, with a chorten in the foreground.
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Mount Everest and Lhotse, one of the many peaks clustering round the giant. ▲
A memorial to Tenzing Norgay, who scaled Mount Everest with Edmund Hillary in 1953, at Namche. ▲
A Himalayan tahr. ▲
Residents of a mountain village washing clothes in a stream. ▲
View frrom Pangboche village, which is watched over by the Ama Dablam. ▲
A colourful prayer whel in a village square on the way to the EBC.
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View of a mountain village from above.
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Tengboche monastery. It sits at a height of 3,870 m and is perhaps the world's most isolated monastery. ▲
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