have recently completed the Everest base camp trek and can say that the best advice I can give is get a guide.
The best guide I found was a gentleman called Sanjib Adhikari he is Independent trekking guide in Nepal. The link to their site is http://www.nepalguideinfo.com/ Email-sanjib-adhikari@hotmail.com
The main thing is he is a family man and very trust worthy I still keep in touch with him now
if you are doing this trek get a guide he will definitely get you through check points with no worries, give you all the history on the route, take pictures of you, tell you about all the other landmarks and mountains on the way, he’ll keep an eye on you for altitude sickness and have emergency contact for helicopter etc, and most of all know the best route for you.
Sanjib really is a great guy and I totally trusted him with myself and my belongings the whole trip,
Sanjb give the reasonable price but also the best service! I checked
