Nepal: on the way to Kathmandu...

We must say that already our first impressions on Nepal made China look very organized... we almost walked past immigration on the Nepal side, and wouldn't have seen it if our local guide didn't direct us in. Continuing our way along the Friendship "Highway", the 110-km-distance to Kathmandu took us 5 hours, but it felt like a very very long trip!
Even though it was difficult so say bye bye to Tibet, the descent to Nepal was welcomed by our lungs, exhausted from the struggle with the thin air.

From ASIA - NEPAL

The "road" led through the same deep valley we descended from Tibet, but the view in Nepal was completely different to Tibet. Still huge mountains but due to the lower elevation (around 2000 meters) lots of green, rivers, waterfalls all along the way. The change of scenery was simply stunning:

From ASIA - NEPAL

Lots of Hindi people sitting on the streets, ladies washing clothes in the streams or just chatting in groups.

From ASIA - NEPAL

On the way we passed by the world's third tallest Bungee Jumping site on a hanging bridge, however I (Zoli) passed on the chance this time. Might be difficult to believe, but it seems like with each jump, the next one gets scarier (or is it just the age?).

However, this didn't stop us from admiring the views from the hanging bridge:

From ASIA - NEPAL

In a few hours we started to see again some sign of human life when approaching Barabise:

From ASIA - NEPAL

Our travel journal continues with our arrival to Kathmandu...

All our photos from Nepal