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09/26/2002 Entry: "24 Sep 2002 - Bangkok (not Kathmandu)"

Got up early, went to post office in the pissing rain and posted home stuff I no longer needed with me, went to Boots for some stuff for Nepal (no diamox!!). Hurried and got the bus to the airport at 10am, got airport at 11:30, and met up with Ayala at the check-in desk. The flight was due to go at 14:10.

Informed by the airline that there was some problems with Nepal International Airport (crash was mentioned) and they could go nowhere. So did lots of hanging around, until around 1pm when they said they would bring us all to a hotel until 6pm that evening when more info would be available.

Myself, Ayala and an American called Sean (he had two kayaks with him) and a 10 Nepalese (with about 90 bags) decided to hang back in the airport. Airport had Internet and food. Bummed around until 6pm or so, met up with Darryl who was flying to Dhaka that evening on his way to Kathmandu.

I found the office of the airline when no-one showed at the desk and they sent me back with oh problems still at airport.

A helicopter had crashed on the runway closing it for international flights, internal flights used smaller planes and half the runway.

So we got transferred to a nice hotel in Bangkok at 7 or so, checked in had dinner and were told to be back up at 3am for transfer back. Went to bed and slept for a few hours.