We left Phakding at 8am with our puppy dog in tow, god knows where he spent the night and I knew it was going to be a hard day of walking uphill as I remember the first day of hiking was all downhill. Had a big bowl of porridge to get me started but it didn't help as I think my knees have had it now. It started out a lovely day with blue skies and warm sunshine but it didn't last as we headed up to Lukla it started to snow and it didn't stop. Got into Lukla at lunchtime and when we were shown our room in a little courtyard we nearly fainted, it had an en-suite shower room. We stayed at Paradise Lodge at 2840 meters in Lukla. We had gone from no water or frozen water to water so hot you couldn't stand under it, but we showered and it felt soooooooooo good. After lunch went for a walk around the little town and settled for a coffee and biscuit to waste some time. Still snowing we are now concerned about if our flight will leave tomorrow. Nemo our porter couldn't get a flight to his village so he had a 2 day walk to get home. It was a long day hanging around, in the evening we watch the King Kong film along with people we had seen at various times during the past 2 weeks. Kadi our guide was hassling us for a tip that evening but we were not giving in as the more he hassled the more we ignored him, shame as it had been a good trip and he was a good guide, we tipped Nemo our porter as he was excellent.
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