October 21:  We woke up this morning at 5am.  I was a bit hungover from drinking beer last night with a very friendly Pakistani Man.  My brother struck up a conversation with him after dinner and it was a very good time.  He invited us to his house in Pakistan but we may wait a few year to take him up on his offer.  We left the Hotel for the airport at 5:45am to catch our Mountain Flight to see Everest at 6:30am.    The flight was beautiful.  It is good to finally say that I have seen the tallest peak on planet earth!  All of the surrounding mountains or monstrous.  With Everest just winning out by 1,000 feet or so.  I felt pretty sick on the plain and was happy to finally land.  The driver brought us back to the hotel by 9am.  We ate a quick breakfast and went right back to sleep.  When I woke up (around 1pm) I was told one of my brothers lost his wallet.  We searched all the luggage, tore the room apart, and still did not find it.  In total a little over $400.00 is missing. 

We left hotel encounter about 3pm.  An hour later than planned.  We had two things to do.  One: Go visit the Airevetic Doctor (Local Nepal Doctor Guy) for my dad.  Two: Drive to Nagarkot to Hotel View Point and stay the night.

     The car we rode in was horrible.  Before we even got on the road the driver was putting water in the radiator.  That should have been a red flag.  We finally packed all of our bags in the car which was not easy.  My two brothers and I were jammed together like sardines in the back seat.  Our dad rode some what comfortable up front.  The drive was supposed to be about an hour to Nagarkot.  We stopped at the airevetic clinic first.  Even though we had  a set appointment the wait was a long time.  By the time we left for Nagarkot it was 5pm.  Now remember it has already felt like a very long day.  We saw Mount Everest, lost a wallet with $400.00 and spent two hours at a Doctors office.

     So it’s 5pm and off we go to Hotel View Point in Nagarkot.  The traffic is horrible.  India and Nepal have the worst car pollution imaginable.  No joke.  It took at least an hour to get out of Kathmandu.  The drive was only supposed to be an hour.  Nagarkot is 7,200FT above sea level.  The road is very winding with two way traffic on a one lane road.  About half way up the mother loving car stalls because it has overheated!  Did I mention the driver cannot speak English?  So the car stalls on a steep hill on a sharp curve and we are stuck.  He had a few water bottles that he poured in the radiator and that did nothing.  We are stranded literally in the middle of no where.  I have travelled quite a few places but this was the first time I took my money and stuffed it down my boots.   At one point the driver left us (remember, no communication) and then came back ten minutes later with water from a stream I think.  All in all the ordeal took thirty or so minutes and then the car finally started again.  We were all beyond happy.  Next we stop at a hotel and our driver motions for us to go in.  It is about 7:30pm now.   We walk up a huge flight of stairs to a beautiful resort.  The food smells amazing and the days problems started melting away.  Only one problem.  It turns out that our Hero driver dropped us off at the wrong hotel!  I almost snapped.  I could my dad and brothers were at that point too.  We all manged to laugh it off.  We packed our bags BACK into the car and drove a few more miles up the mountain.  As we get to the hill where Hotel View Point is located the car almost stalls again and does not have the power to make it up the hill.  My brothers and I hop out and have to push the car the remaining distance up the hill.  We arrived to our destination at 8pm.  Pissed off and tired does not explain how I feel right now but it is close.  We had dinner shortly after arriving and I am now sitting in my room with no hotel water (which they said there would be), full belly of rice and complete silence except for a certain brother of mine that snores.

     I bet this place is beautiful during the day.  It is “supposed” to have full views of the mountain, even Everest.  We have not decided what we will be doing tomorrow.  My vote is NOTHING.  We all hit our breaking point today and need to recover.  I am counting on the morning views to put us back in good spirits.  Lord knows we need some mother nature and sunshine right about now.  One thing about my family that I am very proud of is that we always find humor to get us through things.  I have a feeling this day will bring many laughs around the dinner table in days to come.

I am a little behind is posting my blog.  The next post will contain the rest of the trip.  If I can manage some decent Internet it could happen in a few days.