My world is upside down

[underwaterrhymes]

What the hell happened?

I got on a plane.

Woke up in another country and had a HELL of a time getting to my hotel and when I got here - in desperate need of a beer or a Nest fix - I found out ML was gone... all gone.

It's 5:22 in the morning here, biitches. I've been up for two hours because my body has no idea where it is and the time zone is all weird here and I never did get a beer yesterday and you have no idea how glad I am that I found you.

I need a hug.

[CheshireGrin]

It's okay! I'm here for you!

::catches UR as she falls weeping into the arms of GBCN::

[melindafelinda]

Everything is okay now.

[margotmacomber]

I'm glad you made it safely, on both trips.

[underwaterrhymes]

*sniff*

I love you guys.

[Jermys]

Hi angel-face!!! How is the other side of the world? I'm so fucking jealous of you, jetting all over the place!

[cbwm1]

Hi lovely!! I'm so glad you made it safely! Welcome to the parallel universe. :-D

[underwaterrhymes]

*waves at cbwm and quesera*

Jermys - The other side of the world has been chaotic! They had what is called a bandh yesterday, which is basically a strike. This means that technically no buses or taxis are running (it's a lot more complicated than that, but that's the part that affected my arrival yesterday).

So my coworker couldn't come get me at the airport. The tourism bureau was supposed to be running shuttle buses, but they weren't for some reason. So I got into a taxi that was "illegally" running during the bandh. We got stopped by the police when we tried to go down a certain road because people were taking bricks and bashing in the windows of the cars that were running. My driver kept going "it's dangerous; very dangerous" and I'm freaking out because clearly H is not going to understand that I got into this taxi that might have people throw bricks at it. So the taxi drivers were like "we'll take you to ANOTHER hotel by the airport!" I was like, "Uh, but I've already paid for my other hotel that is not by the airport, which is also where my coworkers are."

We wound up stopping and putting a big sign on the front and back of the taxi that said "TOURIST ONLY!" We actually did get stopped by two large groups of people, but when they saw me looking really nervous, but trying to appear friendly and harmless in the back of the taxi, they waved us through and I made it to the hotel unscathed.

But apart from that, I really dig Kathmandu so far!

[CheshireGrin]

Wow! Talk about panic-inducing. You seriously deserve that beer.

[Jermys]

Ooooh, that sounds scary, but it's a kickass story! I can't wait to see pictures!

[underwaterrhymes]

Chesh - I'm sad I never did get it. We went out for Middle Eastern food last night and I wound up drinking a lemon soda (Which here is a squirt of lemon juice with soda water poured in. Tasty. But not beer.) I plan on making up for it today.

Jermys - LOL. It's a lot more kickass now than it was at the time. At the time, I was all huddled in the backseat trying to not look terrified and wondering if I could teleport myself out of the vehicle and into my living room at home.

[CheshireGrin]

I would totally ship beer to you if I could figure out how to do it legally. And to have it arrive before you come home again, LOL.

[underwaterrhymes]

Chesh - You are a true friend. *smooch*

They do have beer here. It just didn't make it into my hands last night. I plan on rectifying that today.

[CheshireGrin]

Zombie hugs!

Even though we don't have those anymore.

::wipes away a single wistful tear::