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Day 122. Namai - Pokhara

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We got up early and packed  the bike , we had organised breakfast for 7 so we were on the road by about 7:20.  Similar to yesterday but the road got rougher and rougher.  Many many bicycles on the road, people going to work and to school.  One thing about Nepal, there are very few cars, people here cannot afford them. We have seen far more tractors than cars. Of course there are many buses and tuktuks.  The trucks are mainly local tip trucks but there are a few goods lorries and these will increase the further east we travel.  After about 150km we came to the large town of Butwal, we stopped here for gas and a drink.  Here we left the main road and headed into the hills for Pokhara, at first I thought Maps.me was having a laugh and directing me into the local motocross course, wow the road was not even potholed, it was like wave after wave of undulating craters, muddy and uneven. The “road” was basically formed by laying down river rocks and letting th...