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February 17th, 2011 | Asia

I Survived India…!!

Which means…. I have made it into Nepal…!! And I’m buzzing…!!

GB gets set to tackle the Himalayas....!!

What a day…!! I was on the road for eleven hours, and crossed into Nepal just as a full moon rose up above the Immigration offices…!! I thought about over-nighting in Gorakhpur, but the place was even a bigger dump than I had been told to expect…!! And the traffic was a veritable nightmare…!!

Being “only” 90 kms from the Nepalese border, I decided to keep going, and two hours later, got to Sunauli border post just as the sun was going down…

Today was the roughest ride I have made through India… Got bumped twice, pushed off the road by a truck, and had both my mirrors doing pirouettes after being bumped by overzealous bikers on their popcorn machines….!!

I did however manage to score one for the visitors by kicking a guy off his bike when he cut into me at a busy intersection… Left him in a tangle of limbs, pinned under his bike…

I would have stopped to see if he was OK, but I was laughing too hard, and would have had a difficult time trying to look concerned…!!

The stamp I most wanted to see... The one on my Carnet that meant "Out of India"...!! Thank you God...!!

It is now 10.30pm… I have had a hot shower, eaten a great mutton curry, swigged a bottle of Everest Lager, met a bunch of very friendly Nepalese who seem to think I am superhuman, and am now off to bed to try and iron out the stiffness that is affecting my muscles… Much of it caused by back-slapping Nepalese I might add…!!

Heading for Pokhara tomorrow, and then onto Chitwan National Park to look for stripped cats…

Time to tackle these little “hills”…!!

Later Dudes…!!

Bhairahawa, Nepal

5 comments to I Survived India…!!

  • Charmz

    Well done boetie, what a fantastic achievement! The fact that you and Big Fella are in one piece is another miracle. I’m glad you are out of that craziness. Enjoy Nepal. Take it a little easy for a while now.
    Love and miss you
    xxx

  • Trevor Reeve

    Hey I’m laughing my arse off man! That poor popcorn machine rider, I can just see the video LOL!!! Rock on Brother, I just wish I could be there! Rock on my Bru!

  • Tibor

    Now, as the GB left India, torrential rain, snowstorms, social upheaval would destroy the country.
    ( See, what happens in Bahrain! )
    Only tailors and upholsterers will survive the armageddon.

  • Mark Behr

    Great to finally see you in one piece outside India. Look forward to seeing those striped cats.

  • Vince Ricci

    Bravo ronnie, bravo! Thanks for getting through india unscathed, I was beginning to worry that my morning fix of GBWT was in jeopardy! Ride safe and enjoy them little hills…

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