Front row, right on the half-way line. That's where our tickets were for the Australia v Canada clash in the Women's Football World Cup. That's right - Claire & I had timed our city and date to perfection (a complete fluke) so that our last night in China coincided with the soccer - we got our tickets a week ago and have had World Cup Fever ever since.
A typhoon in Shanghai prevented the corresponding group fixture occurring, and hence a delay in the Australia match for 24 hours - about 7 hours after we land in Kathmandu. Reluctantly we gave our prime tickets to some other patrons that could afford the delay and trudged away from stadium.
The third disappointment caused by weather - the closure Tiger Leaping Gorge and lack of views from Mt Emei Shan's summit - completed the triumvirate, and hopefully accords us a clear run in Nepal.
We fly to Kathmandu tomorrow for a very different month to the time we've spent in Asia.
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