Out of the Mountains

We were booked on the first flight at 7am, but although the fog cleared here by about half 7 the airport at the other end was still lacking the visibility needed. Not somewhere to take any unnecessary risks!

We were comfortable enough waiting in the tea house literally next to the airport.

After a couple of hours the flights resumed and before long we dropped off the end of the world's shortest and most dangerous runway!

We stepped off the plane, picked up our bags off the tarmac and walked out the open gate.

The same torturous drive followed, the only difference was it was light so we could see the shocking state of the road, we had an electric minibus (which needed an hour's charge half way), and we had to deal with Kathmandu's afternoon rush hour.

We got in, showered and were delighted some of our original hiking buddies were still in town. They easily persuaded us to skip the 'cultural evening', and we had a great night catching up on a roof terrace restaurant.Läs mer