Our flight was suppose to be at 11 but it's 11 now and we are still waiting in the lobby. Upsettingly a Childreach group who arrived late last night got to get on the first plane today which took off and landed in Lukla. No flight has left since. Not looking very good. There are even 2 other Childreach groups here waiting for flights as well. We are at least going somewhere today and soon we will know where and on what. Will write when I know... I lied. Soon after this excitement built and we were told that flights 2 and 3 had taken off. We were on flights 4 and 5. We all ran around grabbing last minute things and were all ready to go when we got the horrible news that flight 2 had to be diverted and flight 3 had to turn around due to zero visibility. We were told to wait still and the weather would clear up soon. Starting to think our bums will resemble the couches in the hotel lobby. It wasn't until around 5 we were finally told it was a no-go meaning that we will be going nowhere today, a blow to the whole group as we thought we would at least be starting our trek somewhere tomorrow. Pokhara, the start of the other trek, is 6 hours away and it was too late to leave.
The emotional roller-coaster has not gone well for anyone today. This is our 5th day we have waited to hear news. Every day we are up early and have to re- pack our packs for the trek. We are always dressed, ready to go, hiking boots on and expecting to begin our trek in a matter of hours, instead we have spent hours waiting hearing news that normally isn't true. All of us are dreading coming back home and having to tell people the bad news about Everest, but trying to stay positive about everything. Our project visit will be when we arrive back in Kathmandu and I can't wait to see the work Childreach is doing here and hear more about it.
Tomorrow off to Pokhara!
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