From the moment we touched down at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu to the rest of the trip, we had our many firsts in Nepal. Having to walk a short distance to the Domestic Airport to catch our flight to Pokhara, it was where we had our first Nepali experience – the respect of gender. There were designated lanes for Males and Females for security scanning and the entry to the Departure Hall, where the respective security personnels will do an inspection on everyone, with their hands (I felt quite molested) and according to our guide, it is a demonstration for the respect of genders and it’s a culture in Nepal.
As we prepared for check-in, we were met with the first heavyweight weighing machine where we stagged our backpacks on top of each other. Nothing like what we’ve since before, especially from where we come from, all of us were very intrigued by the functionality and the look of the weighing machines.
After the weighing was done, there was no belts for the backpacks to be transferred to the baggage loading, but there was a man who does it the manual way – the cart. All these by far, were nothing like we’ve seen before, as long as they work, be it the automatic way or manually, it doesn’t matter at all.
Lastly, before we head in to the departure hall, we met with the handwritten boarding pass for the domestic flight to Pokhara. You don’t see any seat number, all you’ve got is the flight number and the destination that you are heading to.
This is all for now, there will be records of our first experience on a 14-seater jet, where all of us got the aisle seat and the setting and landing experience included.
