Day 44

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Created on Tuesday, 20 October 2015 08:02

10/18/2015 Faizabad (India) - Butwal (Nepal)

Only this morning we saw, what our Deloreans endured yesterday. A thick layer of dust covered the car, also the engine was totally dusty. But what the heck, cleaning the windscreens and continuing the worldtour.

After a stop at the petrol station of our confidence (where we are surrounded by onlookers as usual)

there was a 140km long stage about a highway that was in good condition for indian relations. But be always very careful, because of the 'individually' loading or because tractors, trucks and bicycles drive towards on the own road. That's usual here in India...

Departed from the highway we struggled nearly an hour (3 miles) through the chaotic traffic of Gorakhpur (actually our target of yesterday)

and the remaining 80 miles to the border India/Nepal.
Also there again the full traffic chaos, trucks, busses, pickups trucks, bikes, mopeds, bicycles, rickshaws and pedestrians fighting for the smallest space gain, and three Deloreans between.

First we had to get through the indian departure formalities, that amazingly worked quickly. Then we  had to go 150 yards to the nepalese station, there again the immigration formalities for men and machines. Here are the blessings (?) of modern IT not yet arrived, everything is handwritten in  books.

Even here we were against expectation ready in nearly an hour and may enter Nepal.

First destination is Butwal, located around 12 miles behind the border. Our hotel Darcy's International has a underground car park, where we had a short technic session. André's starter was changed, the air filters were cleaned, a radiator fan relay was changed and some other small details.