Day 1: Lukla to Namche BazaarTristan2014-10-27T08:17:07-06:00
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These photos are supplemental to the ones found in my book Everest Pilgrim: A Solo Trek to Nepal’s Everest Base Camp and Beyond.

Looking out the window on the flight from Kathmandu to Lukla

The cockpit right before landing in Lukla

A beautiful pyramid-shaped peak above Lukla

A plane taking off from Lukla

The beautiful pyramid-shaped peak

A small temple built into a cliff face

A suspension bridge

One of the villages down at the bottom of the valley

A village at the bottom of the valley

Looking down from one of the suspension bridges

A waterfall along the trail

A few buildings in one of the villages between Lukla and Namche

A chorten festooned with prayer flags

A ribbon-like waterfall across the valley

The suspensions bridges at the base of the hill up to Namche Bazaar

Looking down a side valley

A suspension bridge

A suspension bridge

The outskirts of Namche

Looking down the valley that the trail from Lukla to Namche goes up
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