Day 1-2 February 16 & 17, 2024 Boise to Kathmandu
We got up at 3:00 am to catch a 5:15 am flight to Seattle. From there we flew nonstop to JFK airport. After about a four hour layover we boarded a Qatar Airlines flight to Doha Qatar where we changed to the flight to Kathmandu. We asked to upgrade to Business Class but it was full. That would have cost us $2200.00 each. Not so sure I would have paid that anyway. Can’t say I was favorably impressed with Qatar Airlines. The seats were more narrow and at least one of us had an interior seat. The temperature seemed be too hot with an occasional too cold. The food was terrible. The entertainment system was strange to operate and the headphones kept sliding off your head. Our seats didn’t recline without help from a flight attendant. The Doha airport is beautiful. All that oil money I suppose. After 22 hours of flying we arrived at the Kathmandu airport at 1:00 am local time. The aircraft parked out on the tarmac and we were bused to the terminal. We needed an on arrival visa. Instructions and assistance were not plentiful. We did eventually figure out that we needed to get in the line to pay for the visa. Luckily the paperwork Rob completed on line was good unlike some of the others. Then we waited in another line to actually get the visa and enter the country. Next came baggage claim. What a zoo that was! Three kinds of people were on the flight. Tourists who had an average amount of luggage, US military who had several large bags each and locals who had big bags and huge boxes. Luggage and packages were everywhere. Rob had air tags in our luggage. Mine showed up as with us but Rob’s showed as being in Cairo Egypt. Therefore we were expecting extra effort, but magically both bags appeared. We were so thankful because the lost luggage storage area was full of rats. Seriously, lots of rats. We collected our bags and proceeded to the exit. A guy from Gate One was waiting for us. We were the first of nine to arrive. Once we were all assembled we boarded a van and arrived at the hotel at about 2:30 am.
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