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13. november 2011
We are here! Lasse Munk Madsen and I have arrived in Thimphu, Bhutan - it was a long flight. We started the journey at Tirstrup Airport, went to Copenhagen, had some coffee and continued on the 10 and a half hours' long flight to Bangkok, Thailand.
It was a huge aircraft, take off went smoothly, and we had started to relax and settle in when suddenly we heard a voice in the loudspeaker: "We are having a problem and have to reset the aircraft. We are sorry for the inconvenience." We just looked at each other and Lasse said: "Well, it doesn't help to worry about it." We expected the engines to stop and (hopefully) start again - and hoped for the best - but luckily it was only the screens in the aircraft that were turned off and then on again J
Before departure we were told that it was very cold in Thimphu and I had put on leggings and pants, a woolen shirt, a sweater and a jacket and not to forget boots. On board the plane it was a little cold so I was fine but when we landed in Bangkok and got out of the airplane the heat hit us - it was 25 degrees Celcius (app. 77 degrees Fahrenheit) and I was extremely HOT. We were in a hurry to get the luggage, go through passport control, fill out a lot of forms, find the right place to check in again (we couldn't check through all the way and had to check in again with Druk Air to Thimphu) - after going through a new passport control and a new security check. And we had less than 2 hours to do it all. So we had to run a little and my cheeks looked like 2 red tomatoes and I was sweating all over.
When we finally got to the check in counter I was so tired and warm and confused that I left my purse with 700 Euros, 200 Dollars and 3 credit cards at the counter! Luckily I felt the missing handle on my arm after just a few 100 meters and before passing through security! And a sweet young Thai man stood waiting for me to return and handed it to me. I was extremely happy and grateful!
Flying on the wings of the thunder dragon through the Himalayas was amazing - we saw the tops of the mountains above the clouds and got a rollercoaster ride in between them with the aircraft. I never saw mountains that close to me out of an airplane window before!
Now we are here - going out to eat soon and then to bed - we missed a night's sleep and will try to catch up for it right away.
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Marianne Würtz Som at være der selv! næsten:-)
Suzanna Elsker, at det faktisk hedder "Druk Air" :)
Lau Wauw, det lyder fantastisk! Hvad laver du helt derovre? Vandren ind til det indre?
Adrian Sounds wonderful Anni, keep us all updated on your adventures, take care my friend..
Camii Nov17nooblet224 ive had mine for about a week now along with my new phone i got the aqua one and the back is already coevred in scratches from regular wear and tear i try to take good care of it but it protects the phone nicely