Today I boarded the first of four flights to get me to Nepal. Leaving Invercargill airport @ 4:00pm to Christchurch, it was awesome to have a family gathered around praying for safe travels & protection for while I’m away.
In Christchurch I caught up briefly over a coffee with mum & Bill before leaving for Auckland.
When I got to Auckland I had to do all the normal international travelling booking in processes & I must take my hat off to both Air New Zealand & Malaysia Airlines as I had no worries with the excess luggage that I was carrying… Although getting the clearance prior to Invercargill was a different matter when it came to getting a figure on how much I was allowed from Malaysia Airlines head office – but all good on the day…
The flight from Auckland to Kuala Lumpur (KL) left @ just after midnight & was the longest flight of the four taking just about 12 hours. For much of this flight I tried to get as much sleep as I could as I would be arriving in KL first thing in the morning. Upon arriving in KL I caught the train from one side of the airport to the other which was a slight rush as I only had like 1/2 an hour, due to a slight delay leaving Auckland and longer than expected traveling time. However, the flight from KL to Kathmandu was not even boarding by the time I got to the gate, so all good!
During the flight from KL to Kathmandu I was able to be relocated to one of the exit rows which meant that I had plenty of room to spread out as I had no-one either side of me, which allowed me to re-read the Situational Reports that I’d been sent about the state of the nation, so to speak and make some notes.
Upon arriving in Kathmandu I took the following couple of photos from the plane. They don’t really give you a true picture of the devastation but they are a start.
Pretty much the first day has all been about the getting there, even though I have touched on the second day…
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