I can't believe what sort of time crunch just happened. I have been robbed of a day but I'm not too worried about that now on account of being in Nepal.
Whoa.
Let that sink in for a moment.
For the 13 hour leg of the journey, (Vancouver to Guangzhou) I sat beside a guy who was part of an adventures training program. He was knitting a headband for most of the ride. I slept, listened to music, listened to loud Chinese conversations around me. Double dose of airplane food, crossed a date line and then we landed. I'd say this layover counts as China because we actually had to cross the tarmac...thus I touched Chinese ground with my feet, breathed in muggy, lush green air. The picture is our geographic location on the airport runway, Guangzhou.
Random things: they had only hot water to refill bottles with in the Guangzhou airport...this was hilarious. It was also 13 hours and a day later in my head sooooo probably not as funny as it was. There was also a blenz coffee place. Most unexpected thing ever. I now have a red stamp from China in my passport. HOLLA.
There were lightning storms on our second leg of the journey to Katmandu, a mere 5 hour blip, most of which I stayed passed out for. Lightning storms like last year landing in Nicaragua.Flickers and bursts of light over the hum of airplane engines. I was conscious enough to catch the end of a sunrise over the continent, and the millions of stars in the sky, constellations of a different sort than home. It was beautiful.
The roads were familiarly bumpy, the street sounds, dogs, car horns, cross-the-street conversations., so far. I wonder how the light of day will change things.
I cannot promise when I will post next, but I am here and my veins are running with wonder.
keep going
-k
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