After some 30 hours of travel, we arrived in Kathmandu late on Friday evening, Oct 18. On Saturday morning we met with ABIN Nepal coordinator Parshu, along with two recent university graduates from Nepal, Sonam and Sunita, who joined our team for this trip. After our planning meeting, the rest of the day was spent organizing gear and preparing for our Sunday morning flight to Tumlingtar.
After a two-hour weather delay we arrived in Tumlingtar, cleared local passport control and had our first Dal Bhat meal of the journey. Dal Bhat is the staple meal of Nepal consisting of steamed rice and lentils, with a little fish or chicken and typically a veggie or two often pickled. I believe that we ate Dal Bhat some 12 times over the next 6 days as this was our only option!
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