vrijdag 4 september 2009

short trip to bhutan

Indeed, we left on the first of September, why do I write only today?

Internet is slow, and there is no computer...? nope, plenty of computers, yes internet is slow... but, european airlines are grrr that is why my first blog post is only today.

What if the flight from brussels to london is delayed?
What if, because of this delay you miss the connecting flight to kolkatta?
And what if, because of the missed flight you miss the connection to paro (bhutan)?
Than you can call yourself an unlucky traveller like maarten and me.

But we are strong, innovative and creative, so no problem ;-)
We cancelled the Air India flight, and changed it for a Lufthansa flight.
This means that instead of leaving from london at 9.30pm, we left for frankfurt at 7.15am (the next day), and we slept in an over-romantic Ibis hotel paid by BMI. ;-)

At 5am we ran from terminal 1 to terminal 3 and back for a new mission; finding our luggage! And yes, in London heathrow you can call it a mission! 6.30, still in the same clothes, smelly but alive with luggage, we take out the famous VISA for our new saving ticket.
6.45am, we find ourselves in front of the check-in desk in direction of frankfurt with lufthansa.

7.15, we leave london. finally!

9.45 am (local time) we land in frankfurt, ready for a race to gate B61, where our flight to kolkatta from 10.45 is waiting for us.
10.45, we are sitting next to X our new indian friend

....and internet crashed...

and back :-)

23.30pm local time, you can find us in a euphoric condition in front of our luggage, Bhutan is coming really close!!!
together with our second new friend 'Dan the American', we rent a little room in kolkatta, for one night. 4 hours later we pull ourselves out of bed, into the taxi heading to the airport of kolkatta.
you may not have noticed it, but during our trip the airport became the enemy!
So arriving at the 'enemy', we are informed that the flight to Paro is delayed (5hours). It is now 5am, still in the same clothes, we have slept 7 hours in 2 days, but we are going to Bhutan!! So we do not care about the enemy, we stay calm, eat terrible things, watch strange movies and wait.

12.10, flight to Paro is ready for boarding!! We rush to the left side of the airplane, in the hope of seeing the Everest, unfortunately.
13.30, 3th of September, local time, we finally arrive in Paro, the city of your dreams! And I would do it all over again!

This was the worse trip ever, but this will probably be the most beautiful country I have ever visited! I let you know.

2 opmerkingen:

  1. wat een avontuur! probeer er nu eindelijk maar van te genieten! : )

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  2. J'espère qu'après le rush extrême du voyage la sérénité du boudhisme t'a déjà submergé et emporté loin de nous et de notre monde ADHD
    Axel m'a dit que vous avez été bien accueilli et qu'un lit vous attendait....quelle chance
    Profites en et donnes nous des nouvelles quand tu peux ........ mams

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