Sunday, March 6, 2011

Riding in Nepal

Riding in Nepal was so different to riding in India. First I never felt like people where trying to run me of the road and that was NICE. Second the roads are not as crowded so we felt more relaxed and took time to stop and enjoy the view and third the scenery was spectacular We loved being in the mountains again and when we both saw the Himalayers  for the first time it was just one of those moments again.
I  haven't  ridden a road like this since leaving the
 Pyrenees 

The sun is shining what more could one ask for?

The twelve loops on the road to Kathmandu
There is a small village here called Twelve loops and when we got to the top we could see were the name came from.

The top of the world
The first sight of Everest and probably the best one we got as it was a lovely clear day.  This was taken from the view point at Daman at a hight of  2332 meters as we crested the mountains and rode down into Kahtmandu.

Thats Everest in the back ground

Sweet corn hangs to dry in the sun
The villagers here live such a simple life the work on these hills must be so hard. All done by hand  it must have taken decades to get the land like this. The unfortunate thing is as the population of Nepal increases more farm land is needed so the forest is suffering.


The terraced hillsides (amazing)

A real off road tractor
This truck was just out side the park
 and when we left 3 days later it was back on its wheels
 and ready to go again

1 comment :

  1. Wow... you guyz are in Nepal! Super...
    Sorry, could not track you since last few days because of busy schedule in University... And it really seems you are enjoying your every mile on road...

    Cheers.

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