Visa who needs a visa......

 After having breakfast, and not eating much we decided to restart our day. We had many things to go before coming back to pack for leaving on Tuesday.

Our first stop was the Thai air office to get our new tickets, we were give a piece of paper and told to go to the Cathay Pacific Office because the second part of the trip was on Cathay through Hong Kong.

So we walk there and stood in line. The nice lady told us that she would gladly change our tickets but we would need a chinese transit visa for Sujina. WHAT????? This is the first we had heard of this from anyone. So we say can we
 get 
it in one day? Knowing that the answer would be NO, and sure enought it was a laugh and a NO!

We were to pick up Sujina travel documents from the US Embassy at 3 and we could not do anything, travel wise, until then, so we decided to go see Hira and Shree and pay them for our hotel in Dhulikhel. They were very happy to see us, but were worried about our perdicument.

We then went on our way, we had to pick up our laundry, purchase something for the boys and my mom. We were feeling pressed for time becasue if we had to go to the Chinese Embassy before we could buy the ticket for Sujina and everyhing closed at 5 we had little time.

So Paul went to pick up Sujinas travel doc. and he spoke to the Embassy about the transit visa, of course they didn't know and were pretty much "Good luck with that!"

So we decided to go get the ticket from Thai air and then to the Chinese Embassy. The Thai lady said we needed to go to the travel agent just down the street and pick up both tickets from Thai and Cathay Pacific. Paul and I thought well if they are going to issue them both them maybe the lady at CP was wrong. We got to the travel agent and handed them Sujina's travel Document. They started the process and then came out and said, you will need a Chinese transit visa for her. We said but we will not leave the airport, we are just changing planes. He said I am sorry but I can not issue you her ticket with out it.

UGH.............. so we say okay is the Chinese Embassy open now? He said yes and it is close. So we are irrationally thinking that we can march down to the Chinese Embassy and aske them to give us a visa for our daughter in less than 24 hours! ( take me to Gate 3 please!!) Why we thought that was a great idea, would they just take a look at us and say oh yes 
you are a sweet couple and isn't she precious, we will curb our policy for you!

HELL NO!!!! They would not even let us in the gate! Visa application hours are MWF from 8-11am and then you can pick them up at 4-5pm. Well we had missed it for Monday and even if we came on Wed we would miss our flight picking the visa up! We were totally screwed! Paul was more than a little mad. Take a lot to make him mad but he was boiling over. I told him to go back to the room, I would go to the travel agent and I would get back with him. Sujina was asleep on his shoulder again. Poor thing.

So I walked back in the travel agency, they said " did you get the visa?" Knowing full well that I could not get it. I said no and almost started to cry, but I didn't. We talked about what to do. The nice man looked at my ticket and said we could get a refund from the old tickets and he could sell us new tickets going straight from KTM to LA via Bangkok. So I jumped at the chance, earlier the Thai lady was telling people that all the flight out of KTM to Bangkok were full for a few weeks.

So I bought us all new tickets, we leave on Wed. The catch was that he could only get us to LA! After speaking to Eric and emailing our travel agent in the USA I bought us tickets for LA to Tulsa for $77 each. They were $360 each from LA to XNA!

So that is where we stand now. I feel good because we are going to be able to go home on Wed. but I am really bummed that there was a misunderstanding with visa's and we are having to pay for it.

It will be laughable after a while but right now it stings a little.