it has been a long break since i last write on this weblog. Actually i had written 2 important posts after the jakarta-bandung trip, one is regarding the trip and the other is regarding asean contries local newspaper links.
but unfortunately those 2 posts have been lost. my hosting provider didnt even know that his main hosting company has changed their dns server ip again. And the best part is, my hosting provider website is no longer accessible. This is the price to pay for you to trust your friend who is very keen in getting rich quick. i hate him. personally and for eternity.
anyway, i managed to get the dns problem solved. fortunately the domain was registered by myself. due to the dns changing exercise, the 2 posts was not backed up. im going to try to get those posts up later.
anyway, i stumbled upon this news from bbc website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7658258.stm
‘Tourists die’ in Nepal air crash
Twelve German tourists were among 18 people killed when a passenger plane crashed in Nepal’s Everest region.
A total of 14 foreigners are believed to have died, airport officials said.
Only one Nepalese passenger survived as the Yeti Airlines plane crashed during landing at Tenzing-Hillary airport in the eastern town of Lukla, they said.
Nestling on a mountainside at 9,380ft (2,860m), the airport is popular with mountaineers and trekkers heading for expeditions in the Himalayas.
The plane reportedly caught fire after crash-landing and hitting the perimeter boundary at the airstrip.
“Twelve German and two Swiss people were on the passenger manifest,” airport official Mohan Adhikari told AFP.
In fine weather, there are daily flights between Lukla and the Nepalese capital Kathmandu.
Lukla’s runway is just 20m wide and is set on a slope, with a steep 700m drop at one end.
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hope the news above will not deteriorate our determination to climb the Annapurna Base Camp in the next 5 years. 