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Definitely doable. Just last week I walked from Gokyo-Namche, then Namche to Thadakhosi, just 2 hours shy of Lukla. If we'd started a bit...

Walk, horseback, or helicopter. No carts, no cars.

Just got back from a trek crossing the Kongma La and Cho La (passes) near Everest. Did it in similar shoes, but with a fairly thick, tough...

I'm wearing a very similar shoe for my trek starting next week. Have always worn boots before, but can't say I'm a great lover of boots, so...

Unless you get a reserve taxi, there are no direct taxis from Darjeeling to the Nepal border. You do it in two stages: Darjeeling to...

Kolkata strikes people differently. Personally, I don't care to spend much time there, so stay as long as you can handle it....

If flying is an option, then simply cross the border at Kakarvitta, hop in a taxi to the Bhadrapur airport about 45 minutes away and take a...

Scoodly, that was the only thing I could possibly think of. Followed again by the thought "But seriously?!"

Hi Yam - 15 minutes ahead. Seriously. I cannot even fathom WHY!...

I'd bring a couple tunics from home to wear with slacks or skirts until you can get some salwar kameezes made. I haven't seen much in the...

EBC dirty? Only insofar as the ground is made of dirt! It's lovely enough that I'm going back for a third time in a couple weeks. You may...

Chuck-ford, many AT&T phones are SIM-locked. If you bring one of those, be sure to check that you can use other SIMs in the phone.

As others have said, it's completely possible to do both in the same trip, provided you have a couple extra days. But for me, it's Gokyo...

From Darjeeling it's about a 2.5-3 hour taxi drive to the Nepal border. On the India side you go through immigration in a tiny town called...

If you plan to take the toy train, I'd stay in Kurseong. In my opinion, Mirik is the more pleasant of the two places, smaller with a scenic...