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Asia » Nepal » Kakarvitta July 24th 2012

Some pictures that I took while driving towards Sikkim from Kathmandu. On our return journey, we stopped at Kalimpong and Jogbani. Discovered that tasteful mangoes cost USD 0.22 per KG at Zero Mile and Lahan (Nepal)! Still people use fire-wood at Lahan, Nepal and they sell it at USD 5.6 per bundle, piled in a bicycle as shown in the picture. I have added some beautiful scenes that i captured along Sikkim (India), Kalimpong (India) and Bardibas - Kakadvita road in Nepal. Shall add more pictures later.... read more
Bardibas
Lahan...mango season!
Barmajhiya, Saptari

Asia » Nepal » Kakarvitta May 7th 2010

GETTING THROUGH BORDER WITH MAOIST STRIKES 7/5/10: The Nepal border has been closed for 4 days now with the Maoist striking and the whole of Nepal was shut down. We had conformation that they smuggled some tourist through the border yesterday, but if they needed to go the the airport had to take a cycle rickshaw for 2hours as all vehicles weren’t allowed to run whilst striking. Unsure of what we were up against we decided to try getting through anyway. The plan was to catch a jeep to Silliguri 3hours away then catch another jeep to Katavetta 1hour away where we would get out departure stamp from India then cross the border by foot a kilometer away and get our Nepal visa’s then travel by rickshaw to the airport for 2hours just in time to ... read more
Riot Police
bridge over border
Photo 7

Asia » Nepal » Kakarvitta February 27th 2008

We had previously decided to leave Nepal and move on to India soon, so we had booked a flight or better we had booked two flights. The first one brought us up to the mountains where we had a fantastic view of the Himalaya and of course of Mount Everest. To be honest - in the end these are just normal mountains as we know them in Switzerland. It is not possible to realise how high they are or how much higher than the Alps. Anyway the flight was fun and exciting. After an hour we were back at the airport and waited for a few hours to catch another flight to Bhadrapur. This is in the very East of Nepal and close to the border crossing. When we arrived at Bhadrapur we shared a Taxi ... read more
Himalaya
Himalaya

Asia » Nepal » Kakarvitta February 12th 2007

IN NEPAL... ... passando dalla porta di servizio! E ogni volta che sorge il sole hai la libertà di fare lo zaino e proseguire il viaggio. Adam Lee Alle 21,30 parte il bus che mi riporta a Guwahati. E' lo stesso dell'andata, il che è sinonimo di garanzia ed infatti il viaggio passa tranquillo: non dormo molto ma passo la notte comodamente. Arriviamo all'autostazione poco prima delle 5,00: è ancora buio e sulla guida è scritto che il primo bus per la mia destinazione finale non parte prima dell 6,30. visto che fa freddo e non ho voglia di aspettare, salgo su una delle jeep che fa lo stesso tragitto in metà del tempo e che aspettano fuori dallo stand. Una volta trovati abbastanza passeggeri, si parte: la strada si arrampica su per le montagne, ricoperte ... read more
SHILLONG
CHERRAPUNJEE
DELLA SERIE STRANO MA VERO




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