Nepalganj Travel Guide

 Saagar Says:  The street food in Nepalgunj is famous! Now, when you see that central part of Nepalgunj you really wonder about this, but nevertheless, when the sun sets and the heat of the day withdraws and it becomes a balmy tropical evening, the thing to do is to hang out on Surkhet... 

 Saagar Says:  I went to Hotel Sneha to get some food late at night and arrived at the tail end of the buffet dinner there. It was extensive and tasty.Later, I had an a la carte dinner here as well, also good. If you are a daal bhat fan or just entered from India and want to sample good... 

 Saagar Says:  What do you expect in a dirty border town under the pressure of insurgents and army house-to-house searches and curfews??? All sorts of scruffy stuff here, and you do best to avoid the company offered by some here or involve in any shadowy deals.Until the situation with the... 

 Saagar Says:  In the morning, taxis enter Nepalganj from india loaded with the day's Indian newspapers for distribution. On therir return to Lucknow these taxis will be very happy to have paying passengers. And you will get fast to Lucknow. Maybe 4-500 Rs - cannot do better by public... 

 Saagar Says:  Karnali Hotel close to Nepalgunj airport is the holding place for a modest export of beans from Humla. Very colorful and tasty beans from Humla. OK, not really the thing for your wife-to-be, but Ihave certainly had success serving daal soup and bean stews and beans and... 

 Saagar Says:  There are many moslems who call Nepalgunj their home. In fact, there is a whole moslem section of town, with neat little mosques and horsecartloads of covered-up ladies out shopping and ferrying kids from school. Be sensitive to dress code and general behaviour; the Nepalese... 

 Saagar Says:  Hilsa Travel screwed up my flight ticket from Far West Nepal top Kathmandu via Nepalganj completely. I had prepaid the ticket, but they apparently "lost it" and kept me sitting for hours waiting for them to find it as flight time approached. They themselves sat for hours,... 

 Saagar Says:  This could enter under "danger and annoyances" as well.... Frequently, travellers are stuck for days and days at Nepalgunj airport. The ordeal of getting through here if you are going especially to a mountain destination (Humla, Bjajura, Dolpo, Mugu) is tremendous. You sense... 

 Saagar Says:   Wear long sleeves, long trousers and plenaty of mosquito repellant in Nepalgunj at nightfall as the mosquitos here can be infernal. They hoover about you ankles unseen and unheard as your beer takes your mind of the trivia of the day. If staying longer and in exposed,... 

 Saagar Says:  Hardly a tourist attraction, it's still well-worth knowing about social conditions in the Terai. Just a few years back thousands of domestic slaves, mostly of the Tharu peoples who inherited debt due toa big landowner, and daily interest matching a day's labour... became...