This time I had a kayak to deal with. It's only a play boat but it's still a kayak and it's still big! Getting it around the airport on the trolly people were giving a few funny looks however I didn't care! It's only a boat! Having to wheel the trolley sideways in places to get through the gaps was a fun challenge. Considering that you have to keep the silly handle pressed down for the trolly to move!!
Oh well I'm in London now enjoying. Quick drink before making my way to the departure gate. The next time I will see the boat will be Kathmandu - hopefully!! Just a eight and a half hour flight to Delhi first!
Eight and a half hours done successfully - although a lack of sleep now means it's 10:45 in Delhi and 5:15 in London and I'm a little sleepy but not at the same time! Oh well roll on 2pm and boarding for kathmandu! Let's see what happens at the airport in between!
Getting through to the departure lounge was fairly straight foreword. Although it came with the same Indian process as ever. I was sent to one line with ladies only and was stood there a little while, to then be sent to another line again ladies only. Once my boarding pass was checked by the 'helpful to me' security guard who had seemed quite uniterested with most the other passengers, bags were scanned and I was frisked and off I was through to the departure lounge. Just hope that my baggage - I mean boat ends up in kathmandu as well!!
Upon wasting some time at the airport i met a lovely Essex lad - well older gent who is called Colin. He proceeded to make conversation and make me laugh which wasted nearly an hour which I was grateful for. He called me a lovely girl and wished me all the best! He had been on an organised tour for two weeks with his wife myrtle. This made me laugh and think of moaning myrtle out of Harry potter although he made some joke reference to the plant! Again small things to amuse myself and himself so it seems! Soon it will be time again to get on the plane! I'm hoping to see some nice views! Although i am starting to feel pretty tired now!
The plane to kathmandu was fairly small but it was fairly full. We were greeted with a beer which I drank happily! After that it was a fairly quick flight. When I eventually got a glimpse of the mountains through the clouds it was amazing. Welcome back to the Himalaya! :)
So the flying was over now to get the visa and then to retrieve the kayak! The visa process was fairly straight forward fill in a form with a few details, pay some money and get it processed. 90 days job done - it might need to be extended for a little while but we will deal with that when needed!
Retrieving the boat for how big it was was more eventful. I had some guy who was helping me trying to find it which was fine. There were lots of people trying to find their baggage and they were getting in the way. After a little while the kayak was located and a small 40 Indian rupee tip was given just because I couldn't be dealing with any hassle and I was out in kathmandu! My little pappu found me and we got the boat into the car and off we went. This is the start of the adventure. We shall see what happens next!
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