Katmandu Visit dec 2009
The pleasant surprise of holidays to celebrate UAE national days was also a challenge to spend the time usefully away from the hustle and bustle of Dubai. In view of short time to arrange visa for elsewhere, Nepal became our obvious choice and we booked our tickets through Airarabia. Day 1-2nd Dec Despite protest, vatchmate Salim got up early morning took us to Sharjah airport. It was him who enlightened us about the indifferent Sharjah not celebrating "UAE" national day for several years. Contrasting to the festive scenes in Dubai, Sharjah roads gave a deserted look with no national colours or flags....................... It was a perfect touch down on Nepali land with no bumps and right on time.Our hotel representative Dhruba was at the airport. How aptly he is called Dhruba meaning direction I didn't ask him whether he changed his name to suit his profession ! He had hired a dumb Nepali boy who was holding a placard with our name printed which to our joy popped