Going to Tansen

A short busride away from Chitwan: the mountain town Tansen.

Well, short busride means: getting on the local bus at 9 in the morning. Finding out the road is blocked because of construction works. Going somehow around it through backyards and villages. Driving for 3 hours, trying to ignore how they overtake super risky, fighting for every meter.

Toilet stop. Somewhere on the road, everybody out, into the bushes, everybody in. Less than 5 minutes. Actually the most effective thing I saw in Nepal.

Then changing into the next, shittier local bus. Backpack is put in the trunk, obviously a goat had a ride there earlier and shitted itself of fear... (Saw that the next ride, they really put them in the trunk)

Another hour. Then change into the next shittier local bus, finally going into the mountains. So a busride of about 7 hours to cover less than 140km...Read more