Nepal - hiking adventure

A van arrived at the hotel this morning to collect our bags and then we made the 10 minute walk back to the airport. Found an ATM that liked my card so managed to get some rupees. Checkin for U4605 KTM-PKR (Pokhara) on Air Buddha was fairly seamless and I didn’t even have to drop the old DYKWIA because they allocated me seat 1C! It’s an ATR72 accordingly to Flighty and it’s on time performance isn’t anything to brag about. Scheduled departure was 0855 and we’re currently in the departure area staring at the screens. Most airports are closed due to weather (including PKR!). There’s some movement now for other destinations so finally some free seats available. I think we will be here for a while, but gives me a chance to catchup on my TR!

As a side note, I’m using an eSIM for the first time. Telstra doesn’t offer day pack roaming here so it become necessary. A friend recommended Airalo and after entering the promo code EXPLORE15 it knocked 15% off the $AUD130 for unlimited data on a 10 day package.
 

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