London!?!

So, we're here... London, UK that is. After checking in online, getting boarding passes all the way through and getting up at 3am to get to the airport way early - we got stopped dead in our tracks. The aircraft had some problems, they had to change a part so we got delayed. Big time delayed. Delayed enough to not being nowhere near the planned arrival time in London. So when we finally got on the plane and they took us to London, it was way to late to even think about getting the connection to Bahrein. Nice thing was that the pilot actually mentioned our group in his initial speech at take off. Very cool! We were like, oh, that's us he's talking about... How cool. But we missed the opportunity to go around and collect donations from fellow passengers. Once arrived in London, we all got tucked in into some hotel somewhat close to the airport. And we will be seperated. 4 of us will fly out in the morning to Kathar (or so) with a stopover there for 6 hours and then on to Kathmandu. Arriving there in the morning on Thursday. The rest of us will get to go sightseeing in London and then leave for Delhi in the late afternoon. 6hrs stopover in Delhi and then on to Kathmandu, to arrive sometime mid-afternoon. A few
Nothing a few drinks at the bar can't fix. The adventure has begun...

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