Everest Base Camp Trek - April 2022 BY- SWENDRINI GUNASEKARA Day 1(April 10th) and 2(April 11th) of the Journey: Colombo, Sri Lanka(Bandaranaike International Airport)to Kathmandu, Nepal(Tribhuvan International Airport) to Lukla Domestic Airport. Flying out on our national carrier SriLankan Airlines on a most convenient flight direct to Nepal, we reached the beautiful, vibrant and colorful city of Kathmandu, Nepal in just under 4 hours. After a night at the quaint and charming Kathmandu Guest House where the likes of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay themselves as well as Robert Redford,  John. F Kennedy Jr and The Beatles among many others have set foot...we were off to board a flight to Lukla. An amazing experience itself on a  Dash 8 aircraft of Summit Airlines, we land safe and sound after a thrilling roller-coaster ride at The Tenzing-Hillary Airport Lukla, Nepal lying in the Khumbu region. This Airport has gained worldwide fame as it was rated the most dangerous airport in the world for more than 20 years by a program titled Most Extreme Airports, broadcast on The History Channel in 2010. Interestingly, "Lukla " means the place of many goats and sheep. Though few of these are to be seen now, our first sighting of Yaks..used as one of the main modes of transport in this region was seen along the streets of Lukla! After a hearty, warm meal of egg-fried rice(which was to be our main source of protein during the vegetarian diet for the next 2 weeks!)...we start our trek at an altitude of approximately 2,860m..to Phadking 2,610m. YES! the first leg of the trek is actually decent!   Day 2(April 11th) of the Journey. .. Lukla 2,860m to Phadking  2610m Following an amazing Egg Fried Rice, we were geared up and all set! The engines were fresh,