Bicycle Touring in Nepal

This week’s Travelsonabike2 on this day bicycle touring blog post comes from Nepal on the 14th November 2016. There had been a national strike the day before, and I had a very quiet ride yesterday without any traffic on the roads. I was also getting ready to cross back into India. While I’d been in Nepal, the Indian government had banned some of its banknotes overnight. Causing chaos at the banks and cash points.

Monday 14th November 2016. Lamahi to Kohalpur. 68 miles.

It’s been one of those days where I’ve been struggling all day. I don’t know why; it’s been a bit hilly but nothing too bad. Still, it makes the end of the day better, and that beer taste even nicer. Normal service was resumed today, with the traffic back on the roads. The strike was off today. Mind you the roads have still been fairly quiet and nothing like they were when I was near Kathmandu.

My ride today has been mainly through the jungle, and I kept seeing signs with pictures of tigers on. I’m not sure whether there are tigers around here or not. Best not hang around too long to find out. I did see some monkeys at the end of today, though.

The chaos in India with the money situation is still just as bad. I’m hoping that when I cross back into India, either Wednesday or Thursday, there will be some touts at the border so I can exchange some money with them, even though I know I’ll get ripped off. But I don’t really have a choice as it seems that most ATMs either have a long queue or are not working.

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