.First of all, I am surprised about your problem. Just yesterday, I googled "flight to Kathmandu" and found a link to Himalayan Travels. I think they are in California. I immediately called the number, and the person on the line gave me a quote of $1800 in a matter of few minutes. In addition, he was even ready to reserve a ticket for me. But, I was only trying to find out how much the tickets cost these days. I was only inquiring because I am planning to go back to Nepal around April/May. By the way, he even told me what the route was going to be. It would be through the pacific. So, I'm guessing that the stopovers were going to be in either Honkong or Japan.