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Published: November 28th 2010
Well as November comes to a close I thought I would reflect a bit. Firstly has anyone ever heard of an airport being closed for 5 straight days? Well it happened to us! Deepak and I sat at Kathmandu airport for 3 full days waiting for a flight to Lukla. Our day was like this; get up, pack, head to the airport, pay the departure tax, sit there all day, get a refund for departure tax, book the s...
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Amy
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Airports in Nepal
82 in Kathmandu We went to the airport. The customs guy decided my three obviously new thankas were valuable antiques and would not let us board our plane. We had to go back to Kathmandu and take our art to the museum to get a letter that it was ok to take these pieces out of the country. Of course the guy in the museum thought we were crazy. Sound like they are still screwing around with foreigners at the airport. Re: electricity I dont recall any accept in public buildings. We arrived at dusk and our first walk around Kathmandu at night with no electricity was one of the most magical and mysterious experiences of our lives. Women swathed in shawls turning prayer wheels. WhT the hell? We had no frame of reference and our brains could not process what our eyes were seeing in the dark. Re: your trek As you know we walked, not reeked but in 82 rural Nepal looked more like another century (like the 18th) than another country. I await your impressions. I look forward to trading travel stories some day.