A Tiring Start: Mike's Journey to Nepal

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Today I made the trip to Nepal. Actually, I started the trip yesterday and finally made it to Nepal today. Overall it was a rather uneventful trip, which is a good thing. But it sure was long. It was about 30 hours of travel time overall, with two stops: Vancouver and Guangzhou, China. Each stop was only a couple hours though, so the connections were pretty efficient. The airline that I flew was China Southern Airlines, and I was worried that the airline would be super sketch, but it really wasn't bad. They fed us a lot and the food was decent. I had a middle seat but the fellow next to me at the window asked to switch because his TV didn't work. I took him up on the offer because I brought shows on the ipad anyways. There wasn't too much to see out the window; it was cloudy over Japan, but once we got over China I could see all the winding rivers and the lush greenery. Guangzhou looks like a pretty neat city from the air. Lots of huge towers and massive infrastructure. When I got to Nepal it was dark, so I couldn't see anything out the window. Elysia picked me up at the airport so it was a really easy transition. Looking forward to seeing Nepal and the mountains tomorrow!

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Photos

Getting on the flight to Nepal!
Snapped this in Guangzhou while waiting to get on the plane

Plane pictures are boring
And that pretty much sums up the trip. Boring. But boring is good on a plane... that means no crashes!

A380 in Guangzhou
My first glimpse of this big bird. Very big indeed.