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Todays goal: get everything to the airport by time.
But first I had to kill some time until my master plan began. I packed all my stuff so that I would have stuff to do in the 10 hours transit time in Singapore and all the restricted stuff in my luggage. I checked out of the hotel and got a free transit from the hostel to the airport offered. After some negotiation they even agreed to pass by Anil’s home first to get my packed bike which was sill stored there. The rest of the morning I spend again on the roof top of the hostel, reading and doing stuff in the internet. I have never showed the roof top:
After lunch Tomaz came back to Kathmandu and we meet up. 😀
Finally at 16:30 my master plan began: Plain leaves at 9 o’clock. I calculated 2 hours earlier + 1 hour buffer + 1 hour going there + half an hour getting my packed bike, so in total 4,5 hours from the hostel to the plain. so getting to the airport (5 km away) really took me like 1,5 h with passing by Anil’s home and all the traffic jams😂
Arrived at the airport the entrance was guarded, so that only people with a ticket could enter it, so no annoying people anymore who want money from you😀 After a first security check for all luggage everything was normal procedure:
- check-in: no extra charge for my bike😀
- immigration office: A sign told me to fill out a form, which was then thrown away by immigration officer😂
- security check: quick one
- waiting in the departure hall
- boarding (as soon as it is open)
The international airport of Kathmandu is an old one. The departure hall has no restaurants or shops expect one. There I got some food. Fried rice heated up in a microwave oven, plastic fork and no table:
So now my flight goes to Singapore (not Kuala Lumpur as mentioned in yesterday’s post). There I will have at least 10 hours (I am a little confused with time zones) at the airport before my flight goes to Siem Reap in Cambodia😀 Therefore I have my book and juggling balls on me😀
For security reasons I have my bicycle helmet in my hand luggage, in case it will be a bumpy flight. Actually there was no more space with my luggage or in the bicycle box😂