Leaving Kathmandu by private car headed for Chitwan National Park |
Outskirts of Kathmandu |
Hillside, west end of Kathmandu Valley |
Hillside, west end of Kathmandu Valley |
Looking east from the pass leading out of Kathmandu Valley |
Brickworks, western edge of Kathmandu Valley |
Brickworks, Nepal |
Western edge of Kathmandu Valley |
Hillside off the Prithvi Highway leading west out of Kathmandu Valley |
Nepal Communist banner painted on a wall along the Prithvi Highway |
Truck, Prithvi Highway, Nepal |
First view of Himalchuli (7893m/25,895ft) on the Prithvi Highway leaving Kathmandu |
Ganesh Himal (7405m/24,294ft), Pabil (7110m/23,326ft), Lapsang Karbo (7429m/24,372ft) - from Prithvi Highway west of KTM |
Terraced fields as the Prithvi Highway begins its long descent from Kathmandu |
Terraced fields, Nepal |
Terraced fields, Nepal |
Small river along the Prithvi Highway west of Kathmandu |
Terraced fields on laundry day along a river, Nepal |
Nepali boys smoking on the side of the road |
Small tributary of the Trisula River, Nepal |
Small tributary of the Trisula River, Nepal |
Footbridge across the river |
Young boy about to jump into the river |
Nepali women carrying loads on their backs |
Man plowing a field while a boy watches |
Plow team, Nepal |
About 90 minutes west of Kathmandu, we came to a dead stop at a huge traffic jam |
"See You" on the back of a Nepali truck |
Another "See You" on a Nepali truck |
Painting on the side of a Nepali truck |
We weren't moving, and no one knew what the problem was so I started walking.... |
A pedestrian suspension brige, Mahadevbesi, Nepal |
A pedestrian suspension brige, Mahadevbesi, Nepal |
Tributary of the Trisula River, Mahadevbesi, Nepal |
Nepali woman with some kind of vegetables |
Nepali children around the public water tap, Mahadevabesi |
I found trucks were used to block the road by strikers protesting the government |
Apparently the protest was over the price paid to the government for stones quarried from the riverbed |
Striking truck drivers, Mahadevbesi, Nepal |
Blocking the Prithvi Highway effectively cuts Nepal in two |
Soon after the police arrived and the Prithvi Highway was reopened |
Nepali truck |
Nepali truck painted with the Union Jack |
House built among terraced fields, Nepal |
Trisula (Trishuli) River bridge leading north to Dhading, what the driver called "Maoist Country" |
Rest stop at a restaurant overlooking the Trisula River |
Start Chitwan to Pokhara by private car (stop at Manakamana enroute) |
Supposedly the ticket costs the same for roof or seat |
There's a wide variety of traffic on Nepali roads |
Translation? |
Nepali women in colorful clothing and one with a full face veil, Chitwan Province |
Hulas Sherpa e drive |
Road from Narayanghat to Mugling |
Narayani River, Nepal |
Man climbing to the roof while the bus is in motion |
A wrecked truck which was pulled back up on the road |
Wrecked truck, Nepal |
Narayani River, Nepal |
Small hillside village, Narayani River valley |
A small waterfall, Narayani River valley |
A small waterfall, Narayani River valley |
Roadside stall with colorful yarn |
Traditional Nepali house south of Mugling |
Narayani River, Nepal |
Narayani River, Nepal |
Nepal milestone - 6 km to Mugling, 96 to Pokhara |
Narayani River gorge south of Mugling |
Narayani River gorge south of Mugling |
Narayani River gorge south of Mugling |
Prithvi Highway bridge over the Narayani River at Mugling |
Nepali milestone, 105 km to Kathmandu |
Nepali milestone near Mugling, 36km to Malekhu |
Prithvi Highway, the main street of Mugling, Nepal |
Prithvi Highway crossing the Narayani River at Mugling, Nepal |
Everest Beer ad, Trishuli Bridge |
Prithvi Highway, Trishuli Bridge at Mugling, Nepal |
Prithvi Highway, Trisuli Bridge, Mugling, Nepal |
Marsyangdi River with what I believe is Manakamana |
Manaslu (8156m/26,758ft) on the left and Himalchuli (7893m/25,895ft) |
Marsyangdi River, Tanahu Province, looking east |
Marsyangdi River, Tanahu Province |
Tanahu Province, Nepal |
Marsyangdi River with Manaslu and Himalchuli |
Marsyangdi River, Tanahu Province |
Manaslu (8156m/26,758ft) and Himalchuli (7893m/25,895ft) |
Prithvi Highway leading towards the Annapurna Range approaching Pokhara |
Annapurna II |
Machhapuchhare |
Sheep jam, Prithvi Highway, Nepal |
Start of return from Pokhara to Kathmandu via local bus and mini bus (stop in Bandipur) |
Along the Prithvi Highway, Pokhara |
Caution - cross bridge one vehicle at a time... |
So much for one vehicle at a time... |
Luckily, the bridge did not collapse under us |
Along the Prithvi Highway outside Pokhara |
A mosque alongh the Prithvi Highway a short distance east of Pokhara |
Roadside house between Pokhara and Damauli |
Roadside village between Pokhara and Damauli |
Roadside village between Pokhara and Damauli, Nepal |
Man drying crops in the sun |
Traditional house with upper balcony, between Pokhara and Damauli |
Front yard garden |
Farmers building rice stacks, Nepal |
Traditional Nepali farmhouse, between Pokhara and Damauli |
Roadside shrine, Prithvi Highway, Nepal |
Corn field and a small house |
Mansiri Himal range, Nepal |
Himalchuli (7893m/25,895ft) Nepal Himalaya |
Agricultural land Tanahu Province, Nepal |
Small house along the Prithvi Highway, Tanahu Province |
Manaslu (8156m/26,759ft) 8th tallest - and Ngadi Chuli (7871m) |
Along the Prithvi Highway just west of Damauli |
Along the Prithvi Highway just west of Damauli |
View from the Madi Bridge, laundry day again |
Madi River, Tanahu Province, Nepal |
Damauli, Tanahu Province, Nepal |
Damauli, Tanahu Province, Nepal |
Traditional house between Damauli and Dumre, Tanahu Province |
Traditional house between Damauli and Dumre, Tanahu Province |
Small thatched cottage between Damauli and Dumre, Tanahu |
On board entertainment - boy playing a traditional instrument called a Kutumba |
Express minibus to Kathmandu at a rest stop, Hotel Rajdhani |
View behind the rest house |
Travel by minibus, Nepal |