No Luck, No Lukla

Oct 7, 2009
This morning we excitedly left for the airport at 9:00 AM to catch a 10:30 flight to Lukla, the starting point of our trek to EBC.Our vehicle had a flat on the way, which the driver changed in record time, even though he had to do it on a busy road AND remove all the baggage from the trunk to allow acces to the spare.
The scene at check-in at the domestic terminal was total mayhem - reminded Darcy of her trip to Africa. There was no semblance of a queue anywhere with everyone pushing and shoving and passing luggage over the heads of others to get to the front of the line.
The weather was rainy but flights were still doing the run back & forth to Lukla (but late), a flight of approximately 35 minutes. The flight before ours finally made it out and back but flights started getting delayed because of visibility problems and ours never got called.
We, along with about 400 unhappy trekkers, all scrambled to get refunds and rebooked for the next day.
We'll try again tomorrow. Hope we have better Lukla.