Lukla - Kathmandu (23 Oct 2006)

23 Oct 2006, I felt sick, sore throat and couldn’t speak. We slowly walked to airport after breakfast. I saw the landing of an airplane. The airstrip is short and at the edge of cliff. The pilots really need good skills to do the landing. The airport was crowded. We took pictures with our porters and guide before checked in. Dee’s sister and brother in law are coming to Lukla today. They booked the package from the same company as us. Co-incidentally, Man will be their trekking guide. While we were waiting at the departure hall, Dee saw her sister and brother in law got down from the plane. She immediately ran out to them. There are security guards at the door to check the boarding pass. Our flight is not yet arrived. So they wouldn’t allow us to go out. However, Dee managed to by passed the guards and went to her sister. I am not sure how she did that. :p

Our flight boarded around 9am, marked the end of our journey at Sagamartha National Park. By 9.45am, we arrived at Kathmandu. We checked in Hana Hotel at Thamel once again. After settle the payment at Hari office, we went for lunch at Momotaru Restaurant, a Japanese restaurant which recommended by Hari. Kok Ming is very generous. He contributed US 50 for the meal. So, we have higher budget for our celebration meal. We ordered as much as we can. The whole table was full of food. The food is tasty and the price is reasonable. We enjoyed the meal very much.

We shopped around Thamel area. At night, we went in a Korean Restaurant with name “More Than Kimchi” for dinner. When we stepped in the restaurant, a Korean man beckoned us to sit at a table. He speaks Mandarin fluently. He was traveled at China for quite a long period. We thought he is the owner of the restaurant. Later we found out that he is also a guest. But he is regular guest of this restaurant. He is very friendly and nice. He helped to take our orders and served the food. When he knew that I was sick, he changed the glass of cold water of mine to a glass of hot Chinese tea. We felt very comfortable here, a feeling like having dinner at home.

3 weeks ago at Kathmandu, the weather was hot. But now, the weather had changed. We have to wear jacket when walking on the street. When we back to hotel, there is no hot water supply. We had reported to the counter but they didn’t fix it. It was very cold at night. I slept without taking bath.