Route to lukla

At the trail junction by the Mani wall, bear right and go up some steps. These lead to a clear path that climbs steeply, goes throughout rhododendron forest, and then climb in loops up the hillside to reach another building at the entrance to a fairly level stretch of farmland. There’s an insignificant looking trail junction at this point. Find a narrow path climbing steeply to the right among shrubbery. It soon joins a more substantial trail that leads directly to kukla 2860m: 9383ft about 1 hr 15 min from the Mani wall junction above surkhe.