Nepal Photo Album November 2016

At the top of the Tribhuvan Highway at the Simbhanjyang Pass looking at the snow covered mountains in the distance

Photo’s from the Nepal leg of Garry’s 2000 mile cycle tour of India and Nepal in October/November 2016.

You can also view the photos that Garry posted in his daily updates that he sent out as he cycled around by clicking here, which are different to these.

Alternatively, you can view the photos on Garry’s Flickr page.

Nepal Bicycle Tour Photos 2016

Just stunning views on the Tribhuvan Highway.

Garry McGivern Travelsonabike2 Nepal bicycle tour photos 2016. These are the photographs that have accompanied Garry’s daily blogs over the past two months. As Garry cycled 2000 miles across India and Nepal.

They may not be the best quality as they were mainly taken on his mobile phone. But they are all the photos that he posted, plus one or two extra ones. The main photo album will be published on Garry’s Flickr page as soon as he gets around to uploading them. In the meantime, please enjoy these.

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Photo Album

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Travelsonabike2 India Wednesday 16th-November-2016

Paddy fields

Garry McGivern Travelsonabike2 is cycle touring in Nepal/India on Wednesday, 16th-November-2016. Ghodaghodi, Nepal, to Khatima, India. 79 miles. Well I didn’t do too bad in the end today, considering how bad my stomach was at the end of yesterday!

Nepalese family
People from last night’s hotel

I didn’t venture very far from my room at all last night, just downstairs to have an omelette, which was alright and stayed in!

Nepalese sign
Looks like I’m a social criminal!

First thing this morning, I loaded up on Imodium and had another omelette (seeing as that was ok last night, I thought it would be ok today!) I didn’t want to start the day the way I finished yesterday, which seems to have worked. Although I’ve not taken any chances and not stopped for anything to eat all day! At the end of the day, I was pretty hungry, and as soon as I’d found somewhere to stay, I ate the packet of biscuits I’d been carrying all day!

At The Border

I reached the Nepal/Indian border at about 2 o’clock and immediately stocked up on water and snacks, as I was half expecting to have to camp tonight because not many places take plastic, and with no cash, I didn’t see an alternative!

As I went to the Nepalese immigration, I got talking to a French guy who was coming the other way from India. So I asked him what the money situation was like; a nightmare, he said! Which is what I suspected! He said that there was a money exchange on this side, and before I get my exit stamp, I should try and change my money up there as you’ve got no chance on the Indian side.

Without delay, I left the immigration office and headed back up the road. It was only about 100 yards away, and I don’t know how I missed it in the first place, but then maybe I was looking for the immigration office at the same time, so didn’t spot it!

I managed to exchange my Nepalees rupees for Indian rupees and also some US $ which even the bloke in the booth said that I was being ripped off, but with no other choice what was I to do!

Once across on the Indian side, I spotted one ATM that was open. But it had a massive queue, and all the others that I saw were all closed, so even though I was ripped off, at least I had some cash!

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Travelsonabike2 Nepal Tuesday 15th-November-2016

Bardia river in the Bardia national park

Garry McGivern Travelsonabike2 is cycle touring in Nepal on Tuesday, 15th-November-2016. Kohalpur to Ghodaghodi. 67 miles. Well, that was a much better ride today. Although I never got quite as far as I wanted to!

Ox and cart
It’s a much slower pace around here

It’s been a relatively flat ride, and I was cycling through the Bardia National Park for part of the day. I also crossed the Bardia River. Where I saw some crocodiles basking in the sun along the banks and some turtles swimming in the water. There were also some pretty big fish that I could see from the bridge I was on!

A turtle in the water
A turtle

It was after crossing the Bardia River I entered the Bardia National Park. As I entered, there was a police checkpoint, as there have been so many times along this road. It was as I crossed the checkpoint I got stopped by one of the local guides asking me if I wanted to go into the park. There’s a 90% chance that you’ll see a tiger, he said! Unfortunately, I didn’t have time or else I would have. He did say to me, though, as I was leaving to be careful and keep an eye out for the next ten miles as a lot of wildlife crosses the road here. Including tigers! Great, as much as I would love to see one, not whilst I’m cycling!

Crocodile by a river
Crocodile

Well, I obviously managed to survive that road, and I didn’t see any tigers, I did see deer and monkeys, however, and I must admit that every time I heard something move in the jungle, it made me jump, but whatever it was was more scared of me as I’d hear whatever it was scampering off into the jungle!

Monkeys in a tree
Monkeys!

After surviving the jungle road, I crossed another stretch of water, the river Karnali at Chisapani, where I decided to stop for a spot of lunch, which was the normal affair of rice, curry, dal and some green veg.

Checkpoint in Nepal
One of the many checkpoints
Big Mistake

Anyway, 10 minutes down the road after having lunch, I started to get that feeling in my stomach that I might be seeing lunch a lot sooner than I had planned! And the more I continued on, the stronger the feeling got! The only trouble was now that I was in the most populated area I’d been in all day with absolutely nowhere to go and do what I needed to do or rather had to do!

I continued on for a short while longer. But there really wasn’t any holding back; I just had to pull over to the side of the road and squat! Such a relief I didn’t care that anybody was around. It was either that or I would have shit myself!

Dal bhat
My lunch, which I saw a lot sooner than I would have liked!

Needless to say, I didn’t continue on for much longer; in fact, the first place I saw, I stopped at, and once I’d checked in, I immediately sat on the toilet for the next half hour!

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