15 March. Sunday. Kathmandu
Woke up at around 08.00, which is becoming a good habit.
Downstairs for breakfast and a walk through Thamel.
Got my last pictures printed, I can collect them around 16.00.
Around 13.30 to H.E. With Dil on his bike to his home.
It is a beautiful house, a bit in a quiet area of Kathmandu.
His sons are beautiful and happy with my small gifts: for the little one 3 cuddles on a string, for the bigger one a Nepali colourfull truck made of wood. I bought them in Pilgrims Bookhouse.
I could spend days in this shop: two floors with the most amazing books.
When I asked one of the staff members about my name Rita Sanghita he and his collegue started to sing! Seems there is a Nepali about Rita as well as about Sanghita!
He explained to me that Sanghit(a) is the Goddess of Music-Art. She is connected with the Goddess Saraswati: Goddess of Art, graceful aesthetics, intellectual pursuits, eloquent speech, beauty, music and creativity. Makes me even more proud and happy with this name given by the children.
Could not resist to buy again two books (they will just fit in my handluggage!) and had to run out of this shop, could go bankrupt here, could buy every single book there.
We ate a very taste Dal Bath at Dil's house, when Dil got a phonecall from the office: we had to go to the office of Gulf Air, because there was still a problem with my ticket.
After waiting a while, it was my turn. It came down to it that they wanted me to pay 65 Euro, because that is the fee for changing your ticket. I insisted on the fact that NOT my travelagent (George, Plora Travel) changed the ticket, but Gulf Air!!!
We had to go upstairs, I explained again and finally they found out what had happened.
Gulf Air DID cancel my flight: not Kathmandu-Bahrain,, but Bahrain-Athens! (I told you!!!)
Apologies over and over and over again.
My ticket was issued in seconds, more apologies and finally we left with my ticket, without extra payment.
Everything thik-cha now!
Back to my room to get my laptop and then sitting down at the New Orleans Cafe. I succeeded in starting to write the 8th of March, but then it was time to go back to the H.E. office to meet Toni for our dinnerdate.
Finally at 20.00 we could get away from the office, back to the New Orleans Cafe for a lovely dinner, listening to fantastic live music.
Around 22.00 back to the office, where Dil and some of the guides were waiting for me. We were supposed to go for a last evening drink somewhere, but my stomach was blown up like an elephant belly. (probably from all the emotions of the last two days, literally swallowing the tears AND the fact that I had two big meals short after each other).
I could NOT join them, no matter how much I wanted to, I dragged myself back up to my room, going many times to the toilet, trying to get warm, laying in bed with Kayshani's pashmina around me (Thank you sweety).
Finally I started to feel a bit better, also with the help of the Sagar-exercise and fell asleep.
Woke up around 02.00 with all the lights on, but the only thing I wanted to do is having a 'healing' sleep, forget about working on the computer, so: switching the lights off as well as my brain and a good sleep, before I start travelling tomorrow for about 24 hours to get home.
Suba Rathri!!!!
Downstairs for breakfast and a walk through Thamel.
Got my last pictures printed, I can collect them around 16.00.
Around 13.30 to H.E. With Dil on his bike to his home.
It is a beautiful house, a bit in a quiet area of Kathmandu.
His sons are beautiful and happy with my small gifts: for the little one 3 cuddles on a string, for the bigger one a Nepali colourfull truck made of wood. I bought them in Pilgrims Bookhouse.
I could spend days in this shop: two floors with the most amazing books.
When I asked one of the staff members about my name Rita Sanghita he and his collegue started to sing! Seems there is a Nepali about Rita as well as about Sanghita!
He explained to me that Sanghit(a) is the Goddess of Music-Art. She is connected with the Goddess Saraswati: Goddess of Art, graceful aesthetics, intellectual pursuits, eloquent speech, beauty, music and creativity. Makes me even more proud and happy with this name given by the children.
Could not resist to buy again two books (they will just fit in my handluggage!) and had to run out of this shop, could go bankrupt here, could buy every single book there.
We ate a very taste Dal Bath at Dil's house, when Dil got a phonecall from the office: we had to go to the office of Gulf Air, because there was still a problem with my ticket.
After waiting a while, it was my turn. It came down to it that they wanted me to pay 65 Euro, because that is the fee for changing your ticket. I insisted on the fact that NOT my travelagent (George, Plora Travel) changed the ticket, but Gulf Air!!!
We had to go upstairs, I explained again and finally they found out what had happened.
Gulf Air DID cancel my flight: not Kathmandu-Bahrain,, but Bahrain-Athens! (I told you!!!)
Apologies over and over and over again.
My ticket was issued in seconds, more apologies and finally we left with my ticket, without extra payment.
Everything thik-cha now!
Back to my room to get my laptop and then sitting down at the New Orleans Cafe. I succeeded in starting to write the 8th of March, but then it was time to go back to the H.E. office to meet Toni for our dinnerdate.
Finally at 20.00 we could get away from the office, back to the New Orleans Cafe for a lovely dinner, listening to fantastic live music.
Around 22.00 back to the office, where Dil and some of the guides were waiting for me. We were supposed to go for a last evening drink somewhere, but my stomach was blown up like an elephant belly. (probably from all the emotions of the last two days, literally swallowing the tears AND the fact that I had two big meals short after each other).
I could NOT join them, no matter how much I wanted to, I dragged myself back up to my room, going many times to the toilet, trying to get warm, laying in bed with Kayshani's pashmina around me (Thank you sweety).
Finally I started to feel a bit better, also with the help of the Sagar-exercise and fell asleep.
Woke up around 02.00 with all the lights on, but the only thing I wanted to do is having a 'healing' sleep, forget about working on the computer, so: switching the lights off as well as my brain and a good sleep, before I start travelling tomorrow for about 24 hours to get home.
Suba Rathri!!!!
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