Departure Lounges in remote airports are always interesting places. This one was no different. Many trekkers with big boots and shorts were scattered across the hall. The band "Mott the Hoople" used to have a backing group of singers called "The Thunder Thighs"......some of the women present would have qualified for this group as they insisted on wearing the shortest shorts which displayed the biggest thighs and calf muscles you would care to see at 6.15 am. An agitated Buddhist Monk sat between a group of loud Americans who were talking across him, completely obvious to his presence. As I was watching this scene three men dressed as cowboys walked into view strutting across the room like something out of a bad B movie. About every fifteen minutes a Buddha Airline employee appeared and shouted out the next flight number. The problem was he had the highest and quietest voice you could imagine and you could hardly hear what he was attempting to shout.....seemed like a nice chap though. It appears that once you are a trekker it is hard to move onto other things in life. There were many older people there dressed as if they were still in their twenties. One was a lady who must have been approaching sixty years old who had the hairiest arms I have ever seen. To quote Chris " Look at her arms its not the amount of hair its the length of it!!" Finally, just as our flight was about to be called an almighty argument broke out . A whole group of men trying to go through a departure gate started shouting and screaming at the Yeti Airlines Officials and security staff. A big crowd gathered. This went on for about ten minutes....then as suddenly as this commotion erupted it ended and they quietly moved through the gate for their plane!.......bizarre!!
At least Graham made friends with one of the cowboys!
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