Tick follows tock…

…and the wait goes on. We gave up in the middle of yesterday afternoon and Rich (my room-mate) and I walked to Patan Durbar Square, one of the seven Monument Zones that make up the Kathmandu Valley World Heritage Site. The square is full of temples but seemed pretty similar to Kathmandu Durbar Square, so Rich and I adjourned to a bar overlooking the square and sampled some Nepal Ice beer.

A small group of us went out for some food in the evening, and Andy told us a few stories from previous trips he’s been on. I came away thinking that I don’t want to be one of his future horror-stories, so had better put in a good effort when we start climbing!

I think Andy is beginning to feel quite bad about the situation we’re in. He bought us all a beer last night, and keeps apologising for the fact that we haven’t flown yet. He’s pointed out several times that this is what adventure travel is like, but seems very aware that people may be getting annoyed. So far though, everyone is in good spirits and I haven’t heard any complaints.

One option Andy mentioned is to forget the flights and walk in. This would take 7 days (1 day in a bus then 6 walking), and would mean we’d definitely lose at least 1 of our 3 summits. He seems keen to switch to this option tomorrow if we haven’t flown by the end of today, but I’m not sure that makes much sense – I’d prefer to hang around here another day or two as a flight on Wednesday or Thursday would give us a lot more time than walking in.