5/5 Raj S. 1 year ago on Google
The
greatest
trip
I
could
have
imagined
all
thanks
to
Mr.
Simkhada
and
Prakash
(our
lead
guide)
We
originally
reached
out
to
Mr.
Simkhada
to
plan
our
trip
to
Everest
Base
Camp
and
boy
was
it
planned
to
the
last
detail
-
every
single
aspect
of
it
was
planned
out
from
the
moment
we
got
off
the
plane
in
Kathmandu
to
the
moment
we
took
off
to
return
home.
Unfortunately,
the
one
detail
that
can't
be
planned
around
is
weather
and
weather
derailed
that
trip
completely
-
instead
of
flying
a
helicopter
to
Lukla,
we
had
to
pivot
to
a
different
plan.
Let
me
set
the
stage
because
pivoting
to
a
different
plan
doesn't
sound
like
a
big
deal,
but
it
was
MASSIVE.
People
were
stuck
trying
to
go
to
Lukla
and
getting
out
of
Lukla
for
about
5
days
-
that
means
that
100s
of
1000s
of
people
were
looking
to
change
their
plans.
Additionally,
Annapurna
Circuit
Trek
had
a
lot
of
natural
disasters
(landslides
and
avalanches)
and
so
the
only
option
for
all
these
people
was
Annapurna
Base
Camp.
Within
2
hours
of
us
telling
Mr.
Simkhada
and
Prakash
that
we
would
switch
our
plan
from
EBC
to
ABC
they
had
EVERYTHING
planned
out
and
not
just
for
a
group
of
4
or
5
people,
no
18
PEOPLE!
We
had
tickets
to
Pokhara
from
Kathmandu,
buses
were
ready
to
pick
us
up,
porters
were
put
in
place
and
local
assistant
guides
were
identified
and
hired.
All
the
tea
houses,
lunches,
dinners,
everything
was
planned.
To
be
honest,
we
didn't
realize
the
enormity
of
their
planning
excellence
until
we
were
literally
on
the
trek
running
into
groups
that
had
to
also
re-plan
their
treks
to
not
only
find
out
that
6
to
7
people
were
sharing
rooms,
being
turned
away
from
teahouses
due
to
full
capacity,
or
having
to
set
up
tents
to
sleep
outside.
Outside
of
planning
we
also
loved
the
team
they
put
together
for
us.
Prakash
is
excellent
-
professional
but
fun
and
extremely
detail
oriented.
By
day
one,
he
had
integrated
himself
into
our
group
so
well
that
he
was
endearingly
calling
my
mom,
"mom."
The
assistant
guides
Urkin,
Manoj,
and
Sitaram
were
also
fantastic
-
very
loving,
and
made
sure
we
had
the
absolute
best
time.
Finally,
the
porters,
the
9
porters,
we
never
saw
anything
but
a
smile
on
their
faces.
Really
hats
off
to
this
company.
We
could
have
had
a
disaster
trip
and
no
one
would
have
been
at
fault
because
you
can't
control
the
weather,
but
despite
difficult
conditions
-
they
put
together
a
trip
of
a
lifetime.