![Title image - BAI takes you to: Everest Basecamp](/v3_assets/images/trip_images/asia/ASEVBC_title.jpg)
Everest Base Camp Trek Dispatch
October 30, 2012 – Lukla and Kathmandu: Some Images from the Final Days of Our EBC Trek, Part II
![In Lukla, everything centers on the airstrip.](assets/18-14-busy-runway.jpg)
In Lukla, everything centers on the airstrip.
![Our lodge was along the side of the airstrip. Gerry took a seat to watch the aircraft coming and going.](assets/18-15-never-bored.jpg)
Our lodge was along the side of the airstrip. Gerry took a seat to watch the aircraft coming and going.
![All types of fixed wing aircraft came and went through the afternoon.](assets/18-16-planes.jpg)
All types of fixed wing aircraft came and went through the afternoon.
![As well as many helicopters](assets/18-17-helicopter.jpg)
As well as many helicopters
![BAI Trek Guide Phinso](assets/18-18-phinso.jpg)
BAI Trek Guide Phinso
![In the evening after dinner some of the staff began to show us both Sherpa and Nepalese dancing.](assets/18-19-dancing.jpg)
In the evening after dinner some of the staff began to show us both Sherpa and Nepalese dancing.
![Soon we were joining in.](assets/18-20-joining-in.jpg)
Soon we were joining in.
![Dance time!](assets/18-21-all-dancing.jpg)
Dance time!
![Next morning we were back in Kathmandu. Wendy and Tina strep off our plane. Back in the city!](assets/18-22-back-kathmandu.jpg)
Next morning we were back in Kathmandu. Wendy and Tina strep off our plane. Back in the city!
![We had a great dinner on our first night back in Kathmandu at Chez Caroline, one of Kathmandu’s finer restaurants.](assets/18-23-chez-caroline.jpg)
We had a great dinner on our first night back in Kathmandu at Chez Caroline, one of Kathmandu’s finer restaurants.
![A toast to a successful trip.](assets/18-24-toast.jpg)
A toast to a successful trip.
![At the Yak and Yeti famous mountaineering personalities are a common sight in the lobby. Wally enjoyed catching up with Elizabeth Hawley, who has lived in Kathmandu and chronicled international climbing expeditions since 1959.](assets/18-25-wally-liz-hawley.jpg)
At the Yak and Yeti famous mountaineering personalities are a common sight in the lobby. Wally enjoyed catching up with Elizabeth Hawley, who has lived in Kathmandu and chronicled international climbing expeditions since 1959.