Birganj Travel Guide

 Saagar Says:  Nepal is land-locked, yet it has a port - a "dry port". This is a railway goods terminal just inside the border where sealed transit goods from third countries bound for Nepal arrive by a weekly train from Diamond Harbour outside Kolkatha. It is a huge area and spotlessly... 

 Saagar Says:  Just dropped by, dismayed with the hotel food at Diyalo. Certainly, the facilities here are much better than at Diyaloand the price level and range of rooms quite similar. Hotel Kailash also has single and triple rooms w/ common bath, priced as low as NPR 100 (single room)... 

 Saagar Says:  This was the best place where I ate in Birganj. The upside is the cleanliness, good menus, good food and comfortable seating, either in an open area or small lounges.The downside was a blearing TV, made worse by some kind of karaoke video equipment attached to it that was... 

 Saagar Says:  There are many small ramshacle street restaurants in the outskirts of Birganj's truck and metal workshop areas near the border crossing and main truck routes. These are romantic hotels where a man/men can eat and be served by a lady who will engange in pleasant conversation... 

 Saagar Says:  If you take the road east from Birganj centre and try to approximate parallel the Indian border, you end up where the recent clashes between pro-maoists and pro-lowlander (Madheshis) clashed in January. This is bara District, with the notorious district capital Kalayia. I...