|  Leaving Kathmandu by private car headed for Chitwan National Park
 |  Outskirts of Kathmandu
 |  Hillside, west end of Kathmandu Valley
 |  Hillside, west end of Kathmandu Valley
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|  Looking east from the pass leading out of Kathmandu Valley
 |  Brickworks, western edge of Kathmandu Valley
 |  Brickworks, Nepal
 |  Western edge of Kathmandu Valley
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|  Hillside off the Prithvi Highway leading west out of Kathmandu Valley
 |  Nepal Communist banner painted on a wall along the Prithvi Highway
 |  Truck, Prithvi Highway, Nepal
 |  First view of Himalchuli (7893m/25,895ft) on the Prithvi Highway leaving Kathmandu
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|  Ganesh Himal (7405m/24,294ft), Pabil (7110m/23,326ft), Lapsang Karbo (7429m/24,372ft) - from Prithvi Highway west of KTM
 |  Terraced fields as the Prithvi Highway begins its long descent from Kathmandu
 |  Terraced fields, Nepal
 |  Terraced fields, Nepal
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|  Small river along the Prithvi Highway west of Kathmandu
 |  Terraced fields on laundry day along a river, Nepal
 |  Nepali boys smoking on the side of the road
 |  Small tributary of the Trisula River, Nepal
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|  Small tributary of the Trisula River, Nepal
 |  Footbridge across the river
 |  Young boy about to jump into the river
 |  Nepali women carrying loads on their backs
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|  Man plowing a field while a boy watches
 |  Plow team, Nepal
 |  About 90 minutes west of Kathmandu, we came to a dead stop at a huge traffic jam
 |  "See You" on the back of a Nepali truck
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|  Another "See You" on a Nepali truck
 |  Painting on the side of a Nepali truck
 |  We weren't moving, and no one knew what the problem was so I started walking....
 |  A pedestrian suspension brige, Mahadevbesi, Nepal
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|  A pedestrian suspension brige, Mahadevbesi, Nepal
 |  Tributary of the Trisula River, Mahadevbesi, Nepal
 |  Nepali woman with some kind of vegetables
 |  Nepali children around the public water tap, Mahadevabesi
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|  I found trucks were used to block the road by strikers protesting the government
 |  Apparently the protest was over the price paid to the government for stones quarried from the riverbed
 |  Striking truck drivers, Mahadevbesi, Nepal
 |  Blocking the Prithvi Highway effectively cuts Nepal in two
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|  Soon after the police arrived and the Prithvi Highway was reopened
 |  Nepali truck
 |  Nepali truck painted with the Union Jack
 |  House built among terraced fields, Nepal
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|  Trisula (Trishuli) River bridge leading north to Dhading, what the driver called "Maoist Country"
 |  Rest stop at a restaurant overlooking the Trisula River
 |  Start Chitwan to Pokhara by private car (stop at Manakamana enroute)
 |  Supposedly the ticket costs the same for roof or seat
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|  There's a wide variety of traffic on Nepali roads
 |  Translation?
 |  Nepali women in colorful clothing and one with a full face veil, Chitwan Province
 |  Hulas Sherpa e drive
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|  Road from Narayanghat to Mugling
 |  Narayani River, Nepal
 |  Man climbing to the roof while the bus is in motion
 |  A wrecked truck which was pulled back up on the road
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|  Wrecked truck, Nepal
 |  Narayani River, Nepal
 |  Small hillside village, Narayani River valley
 |  A small waterfall, Narayani River valley
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|  A small waterfall, Narayani River valley
 |  Roadside stall with colorful yarn
 |  Traditional Nepali house south of Mugling
 |  Narayani River, Nepal
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|  Narayani River, Nepal
 |  Nepal milestone - 6 km to Mugling, 96 to Pokhara
 |  Narayani River gorge south of Mugling
 |  Narayani River gorge south of Mugling
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|  Narayani River gorge south of Mugling
 |  Prithvi Highway bridge over the Narayani River at Mugling
 |  Nepali milestone, 105 km to Kathmandu
 |  Nepali milestone near Mugling, 36km to Malekhu
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|  Prithvi Highway, the main street of Mugling, Nepal
 |  Prithvi Highway crossing the Narayani River at Mugling, Nepal
 |  Everest Beer ad, Trishuli Bridge
 |  Prithvi Highway, Trishuli Bridge at Mugling, Nepal
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|  Prithvi Highway, Trisuli Bridge, Mugling, Nepal
 |  Marsyangdi River with what I believe is Manakamana
 |  Manaslu (8156m/26,758ft) on the left and Himalchuli (7893m/25,895ft)
 |  Marsyangdi River, Tanahu Province, looking east
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|  Marsyangdi River, Tanahu Province
 |  Tanahu Province, Nepal
 |  Marsyangdi River with Manaslu and Himalchuli
 |  Marsyangdi River, Tanahu Province
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|  Manaslu (8156m/26,758ft) and Himalchuli (7893m/25,895ft)
 |  Prithvi Highway leading towards the Annapurna Range approaching Pokhara
 |  Annapurna II
 |  Machhapuchhare
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|  Sheep jam, Prithvi Highway, Nepal
 |  Start of return from Pokhara to Kathmandu via local bus and mini bus (stop in Bandipur)
 |  Along the Prithvi Highway, Pokhara
 |  Caution - cross bridge one vehicle at a time...
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|  So much for one vehicle at a time...
 |  Luckily, the bridge did not collapse under us
 |  Along the Prithvi Highway outside Pokhara
 |  A mosque alongh the Prithvi Highway a short distance east of Pokhara
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|  Roadside house between Pokhara and Damauli
 |  Roadside village between Pokhara and Damauli
 |  Roadside village between Pokhara and Damauli, Nepal
 |  Man drying crops in the sun
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|  Traditional house with upper balcony, between Pokhara and Damauli
 |  Front yard garden
 |  Farmers building rice stacks, Nepal
 |  Traditional Nepali farmhouse, between Pokhara and Damauli
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|  Roadside shrine, Prithvi Highway, Nepal
 |  Corn field and a small house
 |  Mansiri Himal range, Nepal
 |  Himalchuli (7893m/25,895ft) Nepal Himalaya
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|  Agricultural land Tanahu Province, Nepal
 |  Small house along the Prithvi Highway, Tanahu Province
 |  Manaslu (8156m/26,759ft) 8th tallest - and Ngadi Chuli (7871m)
 |  Along the Prithvi Highway just west of Damauli
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|  Along the Prithvi Highway just west of Damauli
 |  View from the Madi Bridge, laundry day again
 |  Madi River, Tanahu Province, Nepal
 |  Damauli, Tanahu Province, Nepal
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|  Damauli, Tanahu Province, Nepal
 |  Traditional house between Damauli and Dumre, Tanahu Province
 |  Traditional house between Damauli and Dumre, Tanahu Province
 |  Small thatched cottage between Damauli and Dumre, Tanahu
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|  On board entertainment - boy playing a traditional instrument called a Kutumba
 |  Express minibus to Kathmandu at a rest stop, Hotel Rajdhani
 |  View behind the rest house
 |  Travel by minibus, Nepal
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