Parsa

Crossing my first land border in South Asia. It was quite surprising that the custom offices are on the side walk and not in the center as a gate where people walk. And that’s when figured the Indians and Nepali dont need passport to Enter each other’s country. And I was the only foreigner crossing. It became more apparent when the officer on the Nepal side had to turn the date on the passport stamp. All and all, it was quite a straight forward immigration aside from the Indian officer had to restart their passport scanner machine a few times.

I got my sim card right after I crossed the border at the shop next to the customs office, the guy was really nice and also helped me exchange my Indian currency and showed me how to get to the bus station.Read more