Day 45

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Created on Friday, 23 October 2015 17:32

10/19/2015 Butwal – Kathmandu (Nepal)

Actually we expected the really bad roads now in Nepal. But we are positively surprised that the roads are much better here - compared to India. For sure, the highways are not comparable to the European motorways. They do have lots of potholes and surface irregularities but they are well build out and good to drive.   

After 140 km of highway to Kathmandu the road led up into the mountains. There the road got narrower and due to road works (on and off there is a landslide…) the road got rougher. As well the traffic got heavier. It just takes some time until you can overtake a lorry driving with walking speed. The local drivers of small trucks and busses are not so patient – just continuously blow the horn and pass by. Sometimes the traffic is stuck at bottlenecks, but somehow it goes along again.

Pure landscape:

The busses are always chock-full of passengers. Who doesn’t fit in anymore is simply sitting on the roof.

After about seven hours of driving we reached Kathmandu and our “Grand Hotel” where we will stay two nights. Tomorrow we allow us a day off.