Arriving at the Yak and Yeti in Kathmandu

My wife and I left Saskatoon in the grip of yet another winter storm. The storm was so bad that when the cab driver was leaving our neighborhood he did not know which way to go.  He could not see a road because the snow had drifted across the road and was level with the surrounding snow banks, we assured him that plowing straight through was the course to take. It was.  There was a bit of a tunnel through from some previous vehicles, he hit it right and we make it out of  our neighborhood!  Lifting off we felt lucky to get out of Saskatoon and on our way.  Travelling is never fun, and we had a long haul including an over night in Bangkok, but nonetheless we were excited to arrive in Kathmandu a balmy +26 Celsius temperature. As we stepped out of our van...