Waking up this morning, I felt like I was completely spent. Packing last night, I could barely hold my eyes open, and walking makes my achilles feel like its about to tear. Still though, feeling good from the whole ride.
3 riders are going to make the trip 30k down into Kathmandu (reaping the benefits of our brutal climb last night), since they dont fly out right away. Im definitely jealous, but what can you do?
Its the tour company's fault that we can't all make the entire trip, since they changed our China flight and told us about it with a week before arriving in Nepal.
A quick breakfast and some pics before heading onto the bus with Pema Sherpa. I couldnt even box my bike up (Makalu brought out a water soaked box from the 30's, I refused to use it). In the airport I tried to get a snickers and water (Im addicted to Snickers now, thanks Dr.Nick), but didnt have enough Rupees left.
The flight to Bangkok was fairly painless, and once again Thai Airways didnt charge any extra for my bike, so huge thanks to them for being one of the last 'bike friendly' airlines.
Bangkok hasn't changed a whole lot in the past 5 yrs since I first came here. Im staying in Sukhumvit area. Pretty much, its a white/western world transported into "Asia", this city. Everything and anything you want you can find. For some travellers that may be enough and just what they need actually, for others though its best to escape. By the way, the massive hamburger I had tonight was my first in a month and went down in less than 1 minute.
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