Kathmandu airport is a place where travel dreams come to an abrupt end. Every now and then, a fortunate traveller will discover somewhere wonderful. Inevitably, though, you have to leave and return to real life. And for many people who discover the joy of high-altitude life in Nepal, that rude reawakening happens when you join the endless, straggling queues at the capital’s inadequate airport. But at least you can meet fellow travellers.
David and Noah, young men from Salzburg, have been working furiously for three years so that they can treat themselves to two years of endless travel. They were due to meet up with family from Austria somewhere in southeast Asia for Christmas. No doubt that rendezvous worked out, because they have thought a lot about the trip of their lifetimes.
