Originally Posted by macabus

I tried to fly from Kathmandu to Lukla on three different days and each flight was canceled due to the weather. So I flew to Jomsom via Pokhara instead for the Annapurna trek.

At the Pokhara airport, the co-pilot hopped out of the tiny plane before takeoff, got on a rickety old bicycle, and rode down the runway ringing a bell to shoo cows off the runway.