EBC Trek Day 19: Still in Lukla. Planes start flying today!
It is now the 8th day I have been stranded in Lukla, Nepal due to bad weather. The boys from the U.S flew out yesterday on Tara airlines, but my airline, Agni Air, had fewer planes so I am still here. After the airport closed for the night, I struggle at the airport ticket office to have my name put again on the flight waiting list, then head straight to the only bar in town to "celebrate" another night in Lukla with Barry and the others left behind.
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| "Celebrating" |
EBC Trek Day 20: Still in Lukla. Planes have been flying for 1 day!
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| Waiting... |
I wake up before sunrise, stuff the few things I have back into my pack and spend the morning in the airport, tired and hungover, trying to get a coveted spot on a departing plane.
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| Everyone wants onto the next flight...survival of the fittest! |
I fly out of Lukla at 12:42pm on the third Agni air flight from Lukla to Kathmandu!
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| Getting on the plane to Kathmandu! |
Email to my dad (edited): November 8, 2011
"I am in Kathmandu and showered and about to go eat a giant dinner and have some fruit and then sleep in a good bed NOT wearing everything I own...I will start looking for flights home tomorrow, am quite worn out by the day...Love, anna"
