NEPAL
722 Kilometres – 24 Days Gorakhpur, India – Bhairahawa (Siddharthanagar), Nepal -
104km
Following a breakfast of poori and curry vegetables, I embarked on
my last leg in India. It was high time as well, seeing I had been in
India for more than six months. The border crossing at Sunauli was
ever so chaotic, but like everything else in India, the process
functioned as organised chaos.
On the Nepali side I obtained a one-month visa at $40 (a three-
month visa was $100, and I didn’t have enough US dollars). Four
kilometres north was the small village of Bhairahawa, sporting
accommodation at the Mt Everest Hotel. The room was a pleasant
surprise as it was clean and had a warm shower instead of only a
bucket.
A walk to the ATM provided Nepalese rupees and a new SIM card.
Getting a SIM card was quite a rigmarole, and required being
fingerprinted.