I'll note that I did not have the experience TurboCharger did in Kathmandu.
Somehow managed to pick up a "helper" at the cargo offices when the taxi driver didn't know where to go, I had told him to go straight to the cargo terminal but the driver didn't understand. The helper told him where to go.
Then the helper recruited some others he knew at the actual cargo terminal too. At no point did they offer to tell me what it cost, I had to ask how much the storage fees might be (expecting 2000r) but they said 8000r, i laughed, expecting to see the receipts later.
All up it cost me 7500r to get the bike out (they held on to the little yellow slip to get out until i payed). They eventually showed me the receipts they had which added up to about 1700r for 4 days storage, but they wouldn't drop lower and hand me that bit of paper. And be warned, everyone who was standing around the bike will ask for money too. When I argued about the costs too they stopped speaking English, which they could do perfectly before.
Still not too much in the grand scheme of things, but way more than the actual costs.
What a horrible place
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