07 OCT 2011 FRI – Nepal D02 KUL / BKK / Nepal-Kathmandu

0856 thai air???
... we're supposed to take nepal air from KL to kathmandu [RA416 KUL/KTM 0845/1105 4hr35min flight]... flight cancelled... the nepal air staff at KL airport arranged for us to take thai air to BKK, then to KTM

1102

1224 hahaha i was telling st before the trip that lunch is not included on our first day in kathmandu and dinner also not included in kathmandu after our trek... so on our first day in kathmandu we gonna starve a bit then have late lunch [via nepal air... suppose to touch down nepal time 1105 which is 2hr15min behind singapore, so by the time we ready for lunch is about singapore time 3pm]... so now on thai air, delayed a bit but got free lunch hahaha...

1254 done! neat hor hahaha... i cannot tahan people ending with a mountain for the stewardess to slot into the narrow bin ;)

around 1400 (nepal time) visa upon arrival done... i can't remember what time we touched down kathmandu airport
st noted sarkee (we were under his care 5 years ago...), then saw my name on the paper he was holding... yuba was with him, waiting for us outside the arrival hall...

1445 Hotel Marshyangdi



the orchids from thai air

1530 briefing by sarkee & yuba... suggested us to buy trekking pole, waterproof pants, headlamp, raincoat,... we checked with them the price range... they said no need take diamox, the medicine for AMS [Acute Mountain Sickness] because the degree of our ascent each day is gradual with enough time to acclimatise...

sarkee did not remember us... but when we mentioned about the curfew 5 years back and he brought us to attend yoga class,... he remembered!... he said todate he had brought only us to attend yoga.... haha he said we repeating clients, will treat us dinner when we return from trekking [our package is breakfast + 1 meal when not in the mountain]... hahaha another free meal...... it's like reunion with old friends...

we shopped around thamel before dinner, i managed to get the trekking pole and waterproof pants...

at dinner we also see familiar face... the restaurant manager... we told him we were here 5 years ago and remembered him... he said he has been with hotel marshyangdi for more than 10 years already... of course he can't recognise us la... but still... warm :)

1830 starchy dinner at Hotel Marshyangdi



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