I had a great time trekking to EBC and Gokyo Lake, it was wonderful suggestion by Nepalgram. Guide Shiva was a perfect man to be around, he cared like my mom, feed me well, checked my oxygen saturation every night and asked me if i am okay with his pace. He made sure I had the best room available, served food in time provided fruit carried all the way from Kathmandu.
Trekking was nice but challenging, i would not have done the chola pass without help of Shiva. Everest base camp was unreal and the glacier of Khumbu revived me from the hardest walk from Lobuche to Gorkhshep. I would sugget anyone to take hand warmers with you, base camp day and chola pass morning will be the coldest one and you might need warmers. Do not forget to take a deck of playing card, i passed most of my tea house leisure time playing card, learned Nepali games.
Gokyo is like an art of nature, lakes like paintings, blue water on the lake and reflection of mount Pher iLapcha was stunning. At gokyo, do not miss sunrise or sunset it is unexpectedly beautiful. Shiva was informative and helpful, he was always there when i needed, and his stories of 15 years of trekking were interesting. Arun, Shiva and me had a good dinner time after the trek, these guys are helpful friendly and ever smiling people. I will be coming next year to do Manaslu trekking with these awesome guys. Thank you Arun & Shiva.