Nepal

Breakdown tour, river crossing, storm

17/04/2012 23:45
    Content:   - Breakdown - River crossing - Fire for sale on eBay - Thunder-Storm - Strike = Driving ban   Breakdown   With Mark, I'm on my way from Pokhara to Bardia National Park in the western Terrai of Nepal. After just eight kilometers I...

Lazy days in Pokhara

17/04/2012 23:41
    Content:   - Camping - City Nights / strike - Dental disaster - Holy Festival   Good eight kilometers from Pokhara I pitch my tent. At the campsite in Parme (www.overland-camping.com) I meet old friends, like Mark, Jens and Eve, and Hardie, Luca and...

Electro-shocker

11/04/2012 23:52
      Yeah, well who is it? Roman Giger, not only has the license to the "upper-chief mechanic," the "fuse-burner" no, since Pokhara also those of the "electric-shocker":   Two screams, one offender   Scream # 1 - Mark   From Mark's car I hear the...

No Vehicles in Bakthapur

11/04/2012 23:50
    Content:   - Fridolin baned? Ticket? Parking ban? - The streets of Bakthapur - Roman in "diplomatic" mission - Adieu Priti   Fridolin baned? Ticket? Parking ban?   YEA, but not with me!!! All day we've been traveling, seven hours of driving,...

Walking Trees

11/04/2012 23:48
  In Nepal, there are actually walking trees! The verdict:   ... a tree just walked in front of my car ...   becomes true in Nepal :) Everywhere they walk around, the bushes and shrubs.     By the way, the local carrying position is different to that in...

Bandipur to Pokhara

11/04/2012 23:46
    Content:   - Bandipur - Pokhara - Gondolier "Romario" - Punk Roman   Bandipur   After our brake pipe repair job, we considered whether we want to take the very curvy road 600 meter uphill to Bandipur.   The beautiful drive to the...

Again a breakdown ...

11/04/2012 23:45
    ... with almost fatal consequences ...   Another time the trigger for the whole debacle is an idiot, in this case, but perhaps also the savior of a worse disaster.   The good road allows a decent pace and I have no idea what an idiot I have to expect in the...

Blizzard in the Langtang Valley

11/04/2012 23:41
  CONTENTS:   - summit run / blizzard - The ascent - Last stage - The Killer - Cheese Fondue on 3'830 meters above sea level - Snowed in   summit run / blizzard   A big thermos jug of steaming black tea stands before us on the table, our faces are...

Refill your beer

11/04/2012 23:40
    The best beer comes from Nepal!   Not that it tastes best, Priti even says it tastes hideous, but the price-performance ratio is unbeatable.   Called Tomba it is drunk in an aluminum pitcher with a straw. My first attempt was doomed to fail because of the...

Clouds in the fast lane

06/04/2012 11:14
    We are on the way to Syabrubesi, the starting point of our trekking trip to the Langtang Valley. I drive the winding road along, high up on the steep slopes of a ridge with magnificent views of the thousands of fields in terrace construction. Then I notice the speeding-cloud...
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