Saturday, June 2, 2012

Saturday, June 2-Chitwan to Kathmandu Sunday, June 3-Kathmandu (Everest flight), Delhi


Confluence of the Narayani and Seti Rivers
Panorama Himalayas

Everest and Lhotse (right) taken from the cockpit of our Agni Airlines flight

The first part of our seven hour road journey took us along the spectacular river gorge that we had passed along on our way to Chitwan from Pokhara a couple of days previously. At Mugling our path took us towards Kathmandu along the Prithvi highway. Sadly, a fatal accident delayed us for nearly an hour. We finally arrived in Kathmandu at 2pm. We all met up again in the Thamel area to compare notes and share a rather expensive Thai meal.

An early morning Agni Airlines flight on Sunday took us alongside the Himalayas. We had magnificent views of Everest and many of the other higher peaks. The mountains in the early morning light above the clouds were a spectacular sight. We had a good view of the south face of Everest and Lhotse. There was even a distant view to the east of Kachenjanga. The pilot invited us each to the cockpit for better views. This is a Youtube video of another flight.

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