Despite trying to be rational, law of averages, etc it’s hard not to anxious flying in to an airport that had a major crash just over two weeks ago! Safely on the ground, we walk in to the arrivals lounge, to do battle with the visa machine. Recently introduced, impossible to fill in online, a nice chap helps us, once at the head of the line. Basically, he ignores most of the requested details, once completed we go to pay. Their payment system is down so, it...

Nothing is ever easy; we meet our guide to be told our flight to Nepal was rescheduled at midnight and was leaving at 08.40! As it's 8.30 and we are an hour from the airport, we are toast! It's not unusual for flight alterations, however, this one has slipped through the agent's fingers. The only alternative is to head to the airport to establish our options of getting to Nepal, and when? En route, it turns out, another flight to Kathmandu has materialised, we a...