 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 |