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Lukla Airport

Lukla Airport – One of the most dangerous Airport’s in the World Lukla Airport is the small airport in the town of Lukla in Khumbu, in the Sagarmatha zone of Nepal. This is the only airport if the travelers or mountaineers desire to go to Mount Everest or till the base camp of Mount Everest. The airport is quite popular as Lukla is the place where most people start their trek to climb Mount Everest. Lukla Airport, Nepal (IATA: LUA, ICAO: VNLK) is considered as one of the dangerous airports in the world. The runway of the Lukla Airport is 527 m of bitumen and the width is 20 m. The runway has a slope of 12%. The apron has 4 stands and there is one heli-pad located 150 m below the TWR (air traffic control tower). No landing aids are available and Air Traffic Service is limited to AFIS (Aerodrome Flight Information Service) only. Lukla Airport Yeti airlines is one of the few commercial airlines from which you can go to Lukla Airport. Nepal Lukla Weather : There are frequent...

lower Solukhumbu Trekking in Nepal

Destination: Lower Solukhumbu is a beautiful agricultural mountainous district lying in the north-eastern part of the country beyond Mt.Everest mountain range. Solukhumbu has many cast of peoples their have own different culture, dress up and languages. Major moutain of lower Solukhumbu Numbur himal, major occupation are agriculture and business, major rivers Dhudh Koshi, Solu Khola and Hungu River, major city Salleri district zone, major monostaries are Thupten Chholing gomba,Chiwang gomba, Taksindo gumba and Chyalsa gomba ( Chayalsa is Tibetan refugees camp ) major vestival are Lhosar, Dumji, Dasain and Tihar. Numbur Himalayan range and Dudhkundo Pokhari are another important distination in the district having all religious and natural significance. Ratnangee danda is another attraction of lower Solukhumbu which is view point of Mt.Everest, Makalu and Numbur Himalayan range and sunrise and sunset. It is view point situated near from the Faplu airport its elevation about 3100...

Traditional costume of Nepal

Traditional costume of Nepal Talking about traditional costume of Nepal it would be right to say not "costume" but "costumes" because though Nepal is a small country there are many ethnic groups living here and each group has their unique traditional dress. I will tell about a few that I find most interesting. The Newars . This ethnic group has many different styles of dress among themselves but there is one common thing - they prefer combinations of black and red colours. The most common seen Newar woman's dress is the hakku potashi , a black sari with red borders. Young girls wear it knee level, but older women prefer to completely cover their legs. The sari is complimented by a white patuka wrapped aroud the waist and a cotton shawl wrapped diagonally over the blouse. Men wear a double-breasted shirt ( daura ) with flaps fastened by ties diagonally across the chest, and tight trousers called suruwal . The costume c...

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