That day we had to drive a final part of the off road to Beni, approximately 20 km. From Beni it is a “kind of normal road”, you can call it even a highway, all the way to Pokhara. A week ago, when we’ve driven up here, the road was very wet and muddy. But after a week of sunshine, the road became just rocks and dust. Dust that sink everywhere, under your cloth, under your skin. Can’t tell what is better, muddy road or dusty road, both seems to be not a great option, but still passable. Continue reading Project 88. Motorbike trip in Nepal. Day 14. Tatopani-Pokhara.
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Project 88. Motorbike trip in Nepal. Day 13. Muktinath-Tatopani
Today was a very long day, and the main task was to get as far as possible. The problem was the height that we climbed up, now we need to go down from 3800 m to 1200 m. There are two most difficult parts of the road: first is between Muktinath and Kagbeni and from Kalopani all the way down to Tatopani. Continue reading Project 88. Motorbike trip in Nepal. Day 13. Muktinath-Tatopani
Project 88. Motorbike trip in Nepal. Day 12. Kagbeni-Muktinath
Day X. Still not knowing where we will get today, we’ve started early in the morning to avoid the strong wind from Kali Gandaki river and pilgrim traffic.
Muktinath is an ancient temple which is sacred for both Hindu and Buddhists, located on the altitude od 3800 m above sea level and surrounded with gorgeous Annapurna range and Dhaulagiri. Muktinath bazar, or Old Ranipauwa, is also the first big settlement after Tholong La pass of popular Annapurna circuit trek. Continue reading Project 88. Motorbike trip in Nepal. Day 12. Kagbeni-Muktinath
Project 88. Motorbike trip in Nepal. Day 11. Marpha-Kagbeni
It is only 30 km From Marpha to our final destination – Muktinath. But we’ve decided to split them in two days, hoping that it will be warmer in Muktinath the next day. So we’ve ridden to Kagbeni – a Tibetan village, the entrance to the Upper Mustang region. Continue reading Project 88. Motorbike trip in Nepal. Day 11. Marpha-Kagbeni
Project 88. Motorbike trip in Nepal. Day 10. Kalopani-Marpha.
At night the rain was not that heavy as it was on the night before and again we truly hoped that road is passable. Checking weather forecasts was quite unpleasant activity, as they all showed snow and low temperature in Marpha, Jomsom and Muktinath, as low as +1C at the day time and -11C at night.
We’ve left Kalopani around 7:30 am and by 9 am we arrived to Marpha. The weather was sunny and quite warm, but strong cold wind made a cool afternoon. Continue reading Project 88. Motorbike trip in Nepal. Day 10. Kalopani-Marpha.
Project 88. Motorbike trip in Nepal. Day 9. Side walks around Kalopani.
The morning sunshine gave us a hope for a good day, and as we planned before we went for a circuit trek through neighborhood villages. Even with sunshine the temperature was still quite cold and we started fully dressed, but had to take off all the warm cloth after the first accent as the air temperature started to get warmer as well. Continue reading Project 88. Motorbike trip in Nepal. Day 9. Side walks around Kalopani.
Project 88. Motorbike trip in Nepal. Day 8. Tatopani to Kalopani
As our backs kept the memory of a super bumpy ride of the previous day, we truly hoped that the road will become better. It did for a bit, there were no rivers to cross that day, but still a lot of rocks and boulders. Continue reading Project 88. Motorbike trip in Nepal. Day 8. Tatopani to Kalopani
Project 88. Motorbike trip in Nepal. Day 7. Pokhara – Beni – Tatopani
Fuck, fuck, fuck – this was the only thing that I recorded in my journal in the end of the day.
We’ve started driving early in the morning, still having concerns about the weather. It was cloudy and after 30 minutes driving towards Beni, on top of the ridge, strong wind with rain stoped us in a small local tea house for a while. Luckily it was the only rain that we got that day. After delicious masala tea we continued our ride. Continue reading Project 88. Motorbike trip in Nepal. Day 7. Pokhara – Beni – Tatopani
Project 88. Motorbike trip in Nepal. Day 6. Lazy day in Pokhara
It was raining for many days in Pokhara and couple of times it was a storm with hailstone size of pigeon egg. Not a great weather for a mountain ride, but we still hoped for the best. We have done all our preparations for Muktinath trip so far, but the weather was the main concern. We’ve decided to spent one more day in Pokhara to give it a chance to get better. Continue reading Project 88. Motorbike trip in Nepal. Day 6. Lazy day in Pokhara
Travelongers from Argentina
Few days ago on Mae Haad beach we met a motorcycle travelers from Argentina. We met them a couple month ago in Bangkok.
Julian and Lorena with lovely dog Trico travel on motocycle (Africa Twin 750 cc) since 2002 non stop.
They travel around the world on very small budget and happy to get any support.
This is their web blog http://porsiemprelamoto.terapad.com/
Good luck guys!