Wednesday 7 May 2014

The strike

We left the eco Lodge, but not until 2:30 pm since it was so enjoyable. We only had a short ride of 3 hours to our destination. We took some wrong turns and found ourselves lost, more than once. After many questions the locals succeeded in pointing us towards the road we needed to follow, which took us from the high Hills to the lower rainforest. Another outstanding ride through the valleys of Palpa, Nepal. Tomorrow we plan for a early break to Bardiya national park. A long day, even if all goes to plan, but with the current events in Nepal we doubt that will happen. The gas industry has apparently gone on strike, so nobody in the country is getting fuel. We were told that the strike ended, but nobody has gotten gas yet. We were forced to siphon gas from one tank to the other in order to make our destination, Butwal. 30km to the nearest petrol we were told. Let's hope we can find some and make it to Bardiya

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