ONE WEEK IN NEPAL

Nepal is a beautiful country with rich history, mountains and jungles. My wife and i visited Nepal for 8 days starting from Kathmandu and finishing at Birganj/Raxaul border between Nepal and India. We spent three days in Kathmandu, two days in pokhra and last two days in chitwan.

Nepal was never an alien country to me. I spent most of my childhood in a small town in bihar near India/Nepal border. 2 year back i bought lonely planet book on Nepal of thinking to visit Nepal but always delayed my visit with only excuse that it is very near to my home and we will do it some other time. Finally in March we decided to do it along with my vacation at home.

A cute Nepalese boy near Bhaktapur, Nepal

There are lots of similarity between Nepal and North Indian culture and language. Hindi is understood by almost everyone in the city. Even the script Devanagari of Hindi and Nepali is same.

Similar to other south Asian Nations Nepal is one of the poorest country in Asia and facing lots of similar issue like lack of infrastructure and power shortage. There is 10 to 12 hour of electricity cut in almost all the major cities.

People are happy, friendly and always ready to help. Nepalese cuisine is very similar to North Indian cuisine. What we liked most was MOMOs. We had momo before in different part of India including Sikkim and Delhi but nothing like what we had in Nepal.

Juju Dhau The famous Yogurt from Bhaktapur

Nepali Sweet Sel roti and karak chai

Nepali thali - Dal Bhat and Tarkari

Vegetarian Momo near kathmandu durbar square

Fried Vegetarian Momo near bhaktapur , nepal

Tilapia fish and gokhra beer near phewa lake, pokhra

Beers from nepal

Vegetarial Nepalis Pizza 

We spent most of time in exploring the tourist attractions and walking around thamel and lake side area of pokhra. Taxi are very easy to spot in Kathmandu and pokhra and most of them are old Maruti suzuki 800 model. Almost all the taxis are having meter but we never used meter and always fixed price before our journey. Minimum price starts from 200 Nepalese rupees and need only little bargain as most of taxi driver will ask for reasonable price. We also had chance to use long distance city bus between changu narayan and Kathmandu. 

Inside local bus on the way to birganj from chitwan (sauraha)

3 Days in capital Kathmandu

2 days in lake city pokhara
2 days in jungle village chitwan
Bus Travel in Nepal
Crossing Nepal/Indian border at Birganj/raxaul