Mountain flight over Kathmandu valley to Mt. Everest

Before leaving Nepal, we did an early morning mountain flight to get "a closer look" at Mt. Everest from Nepal. We did have our doubts though, as the air seemed to be very misty at 5a.m. However, as the small turboprop rose above Kathmandu we suddenly got above the layer of smog into clear blue skies.

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We got the most fantastic views of a load of snow-capped mountains as we flew east towards the Everest.

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One at a time, we were allowed to go into the cockpit to see the panorama from the front as we were approaching Mt. Everest. We could clearly see it's very distinctive triangular shape as we got nearer to it, though we weren't close enough to spot anyone waving from the top :D

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The plane then flew back past everything again, but a lot nearer this time, with spectacular views of  the Himalayan mountain range underneath us. These mountains were truly majestic, and not only the Mt Everest which happens to be the tallest amongst other, 7-8,000m summits.

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