My ex-husband and I started on foot on the outskirts of Kathmandu and walked for for 4,5 weeks from Kathmandu via Helambu to Gosainkund, didn't make it across the Lauribinayak Pass (4600m) due to altitude problem, took detour around the pass by bus (2 days of bus travel) and then on from Dhunche (end of the road back then) into the Langtang Valley until the Valley Head and from there back to Dhunche and back into Kathamndu. We stayed mostly in private houses. Through a friend we had found a young porter guide who came with us for translation, but we mostly planned the trip ourselves, including the back then a lot more difficult research where to find satellite telephones in case of an emergency.
