Day 129. Lahan - Darjeeling
Our final day in Nepal, much of the same really, not too hot. The roads were good but very busy with a lot of built up areas. Very pleasant countryside though. There was some rice being harvested and also the farmers were harvesting the long reeds. It is used for a variety of things such as baskets, mats, and rope. We passed over the Koshi river. It’s massive and the bridge is just one long spillway, controlling the flow of water right on the border with India. There is a lot of rice grown here so irrigation is very important. We continued on and arrived at the border, there was no obvious signs of where to go so we just carried on, over a bridge which I thought was odd and sure enough we arrived in India before we left Nepal. Whoops. So back we went and tracked down immigration and customs. Once more over the bridge to India, where our details were noted in a ledger and our bags searched. Asked where customs was and a lazy point down the road, finally found it, ...