You take your breakfast in the morning anything else. Then you take a bus/jeep from Kathmandu. Your trail was from Kathmandu to Bhandar by vehicle. It takes 8/9h to reach in Bhandar from Kathmandu. When you arrival in hotel, you should rest in there that night.

Descend, at first through forest and then thrugh terraces, to Phedi, a chettri village. Cross the suspension bridge and walk along the river to Kenja, at the confluence of two rivers. Once again the village is a blusting combination of Sherpa, Newars and Chettris. There are fabric shops, a school and numerous lodges and tea shops. It is 3 hours from Chyangma.Climbing steeply from the town follow the trail through oak and rhododendron forest to Sete with its lovely hilltop monastery which can be reached in about three hours from Kenja.

The trail follows the line of the ridge, passing several houses. At a point where the ridge is marked by a mani-wall the way forks left to reach the pass. In spring time there is a mass of rhododendron. The views are limited but for those wanting to have a look at the Rolwaling peaks, the hilltop lookout north-west of the pass should be climbed, which will add about two hours. This pass marks your entry into Solukhumbu that lies ahead. From the pass, descend through a forest of mixed fir and rhododendron to Thakdor. After rounding the ridge the path descends to Junbesi. I have camped several times above the village which has marvellous views down the Junbesi Khola to the south and to Numbur to the north, and is reached in about three hours from the pass.

After crossing the river below the chorten take the left-hand fork that climbs around the Shingsere Danda. The walking here is marvellous; along the hillside, passing through forests of pine, oak and rhododendron. Walking along the trail on bright sunny days. From Ringomo climb steeply up the west flank of the Kemche Danda to the Nunthala, marked with mani and chorten. On the east side of the pass you will descend to Nunthala Gompa, which was set up around 1946 by a lama from Thyangboche.

Far below you is the valley of the Dudh Khosi, a real milestone for any mountaineer who has dreamed of climbing in the Himalaya. The river that drains from Everest is the gateway to untold adventures. Then continue down through terraces and forest, where you can often see Langur monkeys, to the suspension bridge crosssing the Dudh Khosi. This is a village of mani-walls and water-wheels, that every Wednesday has a thriving market, pedlars from which then head off to Namche in time for the Saturday morning bazar there. This is a relatively short day.

Cross the river tributaries of the Kharikhola and climb steeply to Kharte through a mixed forest of Oak, rhododendron and the fragrant Dhaphne bholua. Continue traversing the flank of the Kharte Dande high above the river to a notch in the ridges, the Kharte La. Descend north-east to the Poyan Khola which is about four hours from Kharikhola. There is good camping in the forest near the stream.The trail continues through puiyan, rising slowly on the flank of the Sebuk Danda to the Chutok La. This ridge leads eastward to the Zatrwa La, the pass giving access to the Hinku Valley. Descend nearly seven hundred meters to Surke Drangka which is merely two hours from Puiyan.

Those heading north should stay on the main trail which traverse a gorge with a waterfall before reaching Chaurikharka which is about two hours from Surke. The main trail from Lukhla joins here. The trail now descends north, with marvelous views of Nupla, to meet the main trail at Chaurikharka. Continue on the main trail northwards and cross the Kusum Drangka a tributary of the Dudh Khosi. Otherwise, continue to Phakding.

The trail now continues up the east bank, whereas before the flood it crossed the Dudh Khosi by a large suspension bridge at Jorsale where you used to enter the National Park. It then stayed on the west bank, crossing the Bhote Koshi near its confluence with the Imja before climbing steeply to Namche. Over the bridges the path makes a right turn, climbing steeply beneath rock overhangs before zig-zagging up through forest to a tea shop, where it joins the wide track leading to Namche Bazaar. Namche Bazar is the traditional trading centre for the Sherpa.

If you have just arrived in the Khumbu, having flown to Lukhla it would be advisable to spend a day or so in or around Namche, perhaps going up the hill to explore Kunde and Khumjung, the other major villages in the area.

The path forks left from the trail to the National Park centre, contouring north-east high above the Imja Khola Gorge. Where the route up the Ngozumpa Valley to Gokyo can be joined by a detour up the path towards Khumjung. The trail continues through pine and rhododendron woods, past a forestry nursery and the settlement of Trashinga to the bridge at Phunki Tenga. The path now climbs past water-driven mani-wheels, up the wooded ridge to Thyangboche Gompa, the most important monastery in the Khumbu. There are several lodges.

From Thyanboche follow the main trail down past the stream, through a haunting wood of juniper, rhododendron. The trail passes by mani-walls leading to the nuns’ settlement of Devoche and Milingo. Those interested in Lobuje Peak will also get their first view of that mountain. The path now descends and crosses the river, the Khumbu Khola. The Imja Khola, like the footpath, goes to the right towards Dingboche and the imposing Imja Glacier. In a short while the trail becomes Pheriche’s Main Street, a dusty settlement with intricate stone walls enclosing the houses and lodges.

The main trail leads up the valley over springy turf and grazing meadows carpeted with small alpine flowers to the Kharka at Phulung Karpo, where the trail begins to steepen. Cross the glacier stream and moraine to Duglha. The trail now climbs along the lateral moraine of the khumbu glacier and arrives at Lobuje, where there are lodges and camping places. In all it is about four hours walking from Pheriche. Lobuje is cold and strict- set amid huge moraines and magnificent peaks. It is the last habitation before Everest Base Camp.

Although there are no more listed trekking peaks north of Lobuje there is a very fine viewpoint above Gorak Shep called Kala Pattar. The trail from Lobuje follows the mulde, a geographer’s name for the trough at the edge of a glacier’s lateral moraine across the trail; this has to be crossed, giving a good view of Pumori.  The black hill with a small lake, rising from the sandy flat, is Kala Pattar and the flat is Gorak Shep. A trail leads to the cairned summit of the hill giving striking views of the Everest group and pumori, while Nuptse takes on its most striking profile from Kala Pattar.

The Lobuje South Ridge base camp is to the north, climbing the hillside near the stream flowing into the lake south-east of Tshola. The main trail trail now continues past the glacial Tshola Tso, to Duglha, where it meets the main Everest Base Camp trail.