5 ways roads screw you in Nepal!

Being a Nepali is a proud thing. We have the Mt.Everest, the place where Buddha was born (Yeah people from around the globe Buddha was born in Nepal and not in some other country) and best of all we got our culture but everything is not that perfect. We have a failed political and bureaucratic system (Sorry you guys too and not just the politicians) but on the lighter side the thing that has not failed us is that we have still got anomalies in our countries that haunt us every day. One of them being roads and here is the first reason why.

1. Pitched roads are swimming pools!

Every biker, walker or a puppy (or a dog or any stray animal) that has been in Nepalese roads knows that Nepalese roads in monsoon are an example of swimming pools. Whether it be light rain or heavy rain we do endure the muddy pool and in most cases our clothes endure their splashes.

We have a chance at olympics this time!

We have to be careful about wearing new clothes in monsoon in fear of getting splashed and top of all that we get splashed most of the time. We do not know whether it is the fault of the government or some contractor but these things do give us problems. When tourists see this in our country they feel pity for us and we do not want that. This certainly hampers our tourism industry. While we are on tourism…..

2. Forget bungee we are in for the “ride of death”

We promote tourism. Our service industry; a good use for the rivers (except for the hydro electricity ….. ok that electricity using is obsolete because of load shedding); mountains and flora and fauna. The industry is kicking backside (we are not allowed to say a**) with tourism and the latest product is (drum roll) “Highway to Hell”. Not to rip off ACDC here but look at the picture below.

I am calling my mom if I get through!

I mean where in the world, people get to ride the bus and get the thrill of their lives at a low price. I mean it is a tragedy for people in rural areas who do not have roads but even those who do; well they would rather fly in an aero plane.

3. Strikes (Not the bowling one)!

Okay! Everyone who has visited Nepal or has been a resident of our nation knows about this. For those of you who don’t, I urge you to experience this first hand but I am not going to write anything about strikes because we are fed up about it, so here just pictures.

We want KFC!

That's too much for KFC!

Guess they didn't get KFC?

                           

                             

4. Street Vendors a.k.a. BAto!

We all love shops and especially street shops. The burgers; the nail polish; the panipooris , I mean we all love that don’t we but  when you’re trying to park your bike or trying to walk guess who you curse?

Not Us!

The things that we have to endure while we travel in Nepalese roads are very much curable but we do not seem to cure them. A while back government decided to relocate the street vendors but as it seems it was indeed another plan with no action.

5. Animals and deities on the road!

Remember when you accidentally killed a dog or a cat or a dinosaur. Well we have that privilege everyday in our roads. Not that we hate animals, we love them but they get in the way most of the times and disturb traffic. This gets us late at work and school and college.

      

         Dynamic Duo

                     

We don’t kill cows though. In fact we worship them and we should cause they give us milk. We don’t eat them. This is how cultural we are but even our gods disturb the road sometimes and we have to wait for them to pass off.

Where is the Zebra Crossing?

Disclaimer:

We love our country and we are just trying to show what the problems are and we are not biased. So don’t feel insulted!

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