Originally Posted by
photojojo
I really want to cross post in the India forum but will try here first.
A friend who knows I love to travel asked me for advice on how to get from Denver to Nepal. I sat there staring blankly for a moment or two and finally went "jeepers, I have no idea to be honest".
They are top tier with DL and UA so I assume they'll fly one of those two or their code shares. But the question is, to what airport and then, what is the best way to go about getting to Nepal via China's rail system?
Regarding your bolded point, there was a trip report here around 8 months ago posted by someone who made it from Tianjian to Sri Lanka over land. Since there is no train service between Lhasa and Kathmandu, he resorted to a (really long) bus ride to make that portion of his journey happen.
Having gotten that out of the way, you should advise your friend to fly there. Whenever confronted with situations like this, I google "[airport name/code] wiki", and end up with the following:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribhuv...tional_Airport
Looking down the list, BKK, CAN, CTU, ICN, KMG, and SIN are valid *A/ST connection points. And, you can add HKG to the mix if your friend doesn't mind OneWorld.