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The Middle Mountain Road to Kathmandu

By Twisting Spokes|2019-08-15T10:03:52+02:00 25th May, 2016|Categories: Nepal|Tags: Everest, foot bridge, hanging bridge, Makalu, middle mountain road, mud, views|

Choices were to be made. Hile lies at a crossroads. Here we could venture further west into unknown territory of the middle mountain road ór we could go back down to the hot steaming plains of the Nepal Terai and make a fast dash to Kathmandu. We chose the mountains in the hope of seeing some spectacular [...]

Last border crossing of the himalayas

By Twisting Spokes|2019-08-15T10:03:52+02:00 22nd May, 2016|Categories: Nepal|Tags: Hile, Ilam, middle mountain road, Yasok|

Crossing the last border was on our minds, we had worked on our route while resting and enjoying the features of Darjeeling. This was our last real stop before heading into the Himalayas on our way to Kathmandu. We stayed fourteen days in Darjeeling to rest and enjoy our journey. We had a chance to do some [...]