My daughter had been a volunteer at an orphanage in Kathmandu, Nepal. AFter her term of service was over, she invited me to join her for the Everest Base Camp trek. We took a bus from Kathmandu to Jiri (which is a 10 hour trip), and from there the trek began. This is the "old route", which many now by-pass in favour of flying into Lukla (at 9,000 feet). We hiked from Giri, past Lukla, to Namache Bazar and then on to Gokyo. We decided to go to Gokyo Peak (18,000 feet) instead of Everest base camp because it is the "road ... (more)