Shut your eyes and go: a guide to cycling the roads of Nepal
Early on in my days of cycle touring across India I was given some advice about cycling on Indian roads by a local Punjabi in Hoshiarpur: There are laws, but nobody follows them. There are rules, but nobody knows what they are. Take your own path. In Nepal, the same principles apply. The roads are... Continue Reading →
Messing about on the river in Nepal
The car picked us up from the hotel at a respectable 7:30am. This was already a novelty – private transport in something other than a clapped-out, rickety, old, 1980s Ford Fiesta. We drove through a maze of steep, narrow residential streets making our way out of the Kathmandu Valley to the main Prithivi Highway. After... Continue Reading →
