Halfway House
Monday, October 10th, 2005Hi there everyone and thanks for checking in.
I’m supposed to be in Kathmandu but I’m not.
The 9.30 flight to Doha last night was still on the tarmac at 11.30 when the engineers finally decided it wasjust too big for both of them. Flight cancelled. Qatar airlines bussed us to the Raddisson Edwardian Hotel which (amazingly and without fuss) managed to feed about 350 unexpected guests of many nationalities with a great cold buffet at 1am. It was a surreal experience sitting down for a midnight snack with a table of people comprising Dutch, Indian, Nepali and me. They all spoke English of course – I hate it when that happens!!! The chat was split between the terrible earthquake in Pakistan and concern for our checked baggage, which the airline have sent on ahead to Kathmandu !!!
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