Kathmandu – Big city life

the capital is the biggest city in the country. twice the population of berlin although not that green in between, to me it’s a mix of indian, nepali and old european cities. The city has been hit by april’s earthquake pretty hard, still debris is cleared, cracks in masonry and wodden poles supporting houses, so the structure doesn’t collapse. still …

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Indian buses and the nepali petrol run

From gorakhpur i took a local bus to sunauli, the town at the border to nepal, ride was supposed to take 3 hours, but as it happens with local buses, they leave when full, so all seats are taken and a couple of people standing in the aisle when we left and the bus will stop every minute or two …

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Chiapas – a bus ride

mitm bus gings 14 stunden durch die chiapas region, raus aus der stadt, rein in die berge, herrlich! unterwegs vorbei an kleinen dörfern und obstständen bzw. lebensmittelläden über bergkämme mexiko ist das land der bodenschwellen, wirklich überall, ortseingang, -mitte, -ausgang, berg pass, …. muss der bus abbremsen um die bremshügel in sanfter geschwindigkeit zu nehmen.

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