We slept in until 8:30 which meant I didn't have time to blog. We went downstairs and indulged in the great Novotel buffet, and bumped into David Bishop who was relaxing until his 6 PM flight to Sydney. Bob has a small flashlight that he really likes and has been missing for some time. He last remembered using it in our room when we were in Bangkok on April 13. He went up to Reception and asked if they had a lost and found. The very nice lady behind the counter checked her computer, and said "Yes", they had the flashlight and would deliver to to our room!
A few minutes later there was Bob's precious flashlight neatly wrapped in cellophane - what a hotel! It really is the perfect travel hotel as it' s open 24/7 and when you arrive you have your room for 24 hours - really convenient for travelers changing planes at odd hours.
We checked out and took the hotel van to the airport, checked in on EVA Air and took our coach flight to Taipei where at 7 PM we got on our EVA 777 to LAX in Premium Economy - very nice wide seats with footrests, nice menus- all you really need for a comfortable flight. We settled in, had mojitos, dinner and watched a lot of movies and TV.
We had breakfast and landed at 4:20 PM on the 5th, before we took off from Taipei- always a weird sensation. We got through immigration, picked up our luggage and reached the curb in front of the Tom Bradley Terminal in time to catch the 5:30 SB Airbus. We had intended to drive a rental car home but, considering the amount of time we spent sleeping on the bus, I'm glad we weren't driving!
We semi-unpacked, ate a snack (mushroom soup and hotdogs - our arriving home traditional supper!) and went to bed at midnight. Friday we got up at 8 AM and started the several loads of eleven day's worth of dirty clothes! At ten we drove down to the Cat House Hotel and there was Maddie up in the front window dozing on her regular perch. I entered the building and called her name - she jumped up howling and dashed around to the door and stood up to greet me! That was pretty gratifying!
Thanks for traveling with us to Bhutan! It was a great trip and wonderful to experience such a lovely paradise of a country: miles of primary forest, very friendly people and healthy, happy dogs, no plastic bag litter, and amazing plants, birds, and butterflies.
Bob's goal was to see 130 new life birds and he ended up with 140!!
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