Day 12 - Lukla
Wake up to the noise of people cheering and commenting that the sky was clear. People with tickets identifying today's date start relocating to the airport. We take a casual approach as we are in the third wave, moving across to the Lukla bakery across from the airport terminal at 9am. Turns out Kathmandu has been fogged in and aircraft grounded.
We relocate to a large bolder at the end of the airstrip and wait for the incoming planes. As it was, although clear and sunny the wind started to pick up. The sound of circling planes that we could not see. An hour later after no incoming planes we walked back up to the terminal, the word on the street that due to the wind flights had been cancelled, the airport being deserted a confirming sign.
Steer clear of Holi adherents running around with red tikka which is then smeared over or thrown at you. Because of higher number of buddhists no issue, Holi being a Hindi festival. Pity though to have missed in Kathmandu though as would have been big. As mentioned before though, Tika is not the easiest thing to get off your face, so maybe a good thing.
Chill out trying the coffee places around Lukla. Decide that bar the Bakery the other places are garbage. Turn up at the Yeti office to again check in at 3pm returning at 4pm to get further details. Confirmed that we are on flight 11 and told to turn up at 9.30am. Doesn't sound promising.
New room with a bolt that works and a double bed. Cheering.
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