Dinesh Wagle on Nepali Society

Dinesh Wagle on Nepali society

Tag: highway

  • Bhatte Danda

    The idea was to revisit the areas of Lalitpur where I had gone in 2011 in a fun trip (which, in those days, would almost always come out as “work” trip…


  • York

    It was a long drive that involved two buses and a taxi but not as tiring as one would expect given the distance covered (about 330 kilometers). I found the…


  • From inside a bus

    Posting this update just to take advantage of the free WiFi connection (pleasantly surprised, I must admit) in this moving bus that is taking me to Leeds. Left London- the…


  • A tractor ride and the highway

    To the plains, I traveled a distance of about 96 kilometers in the past 36 hours. Of those thirty-six hours, I spent almost 11 hours in Jeeps (four in total…


  • From the hills [Baglung Bazaar]

    Long and mostly tiresome bus journeys.From THE valley to the almost plain to the lap of the giant hills where I always love to be in. This moment is on…


  • A trip to rural Lalitpur (outside Kathmandu Valley)

    Bus ride: definitely not a joy ride. Challenges of driving on a single lane ‘highway’. I had gone to some rural villages of Lalitpur last week to see and experience…


  • An Overnight Bus Journey to Mahendranagar from New Delhi

      This is clearly one of the most uncomfortable bus journeys that I have undertaken in recent times. I have to spread my legs to form a huge V so…


  • Extreme Nepal: Karnali Highway

    The extreme airport video of Lukla reminded me of an extreme highway in West Nepal on which I have traveled thrice. A documentary (below) on Karnali highway made by a…


  • Extreme Nepal: Lukla Airport

    Last week Suraj Kunwar forwarded to me a link to a video that documents thrills of flying in and out of Lukla airport of Nepal. The film, made by History…


  • At Rohtang Pass, Himanchal Pradesh, India

    Previous post: A trip to Manali, India. Not many options were available to us at the taxi stand. Manali is a small town, every taxi driver appeared to have known the…