A person who travelled from south India to Kathmandu describes Our kanchanpur

I left Dehradun at 1:00 PM and reached Banbasa at around 01:30am. As I got off the bus, there was no one around as I was the only person to get down from bus. Nearby, there was a shabby looking shop with around 10-12 people sitting on a wooden cot. Some of them had red eyes and looked like they were drunk or high. One of them asked me, ‘’sona hai?” (Do you want to sleep). I said yes. One of them led me to a room, which was quite spooky; it had a bulb and three wooden cots. One of the cots had a lot of mattresses on it. He told me that I can use any of the cots and would have to pay Rs.100 for it. I was quite afraid as there were a large number of people outside who were awake in the middle of the night and anyone of them could loot/steal my baggage if they wanted to. I took out my knife and slept with it. Fortunately nothing eventful happened that night. The same person came to wake me up at 4:00 am so I could proceed further. 

Tongas(horse driven carriages) run from Banbasa (India) to Mahendranagar (Nepal), which is about 15 kilometers apart, and help you cross the border. They take around INR 80-100 per passenger and some additional charge (around INR 50) to make sure you don’t run into problems with ITBP or the Nepali police(which you won’t until you carry something suspicious or behave in an unnatural manner). Unlike other borders you don’t find a big gate or a huge signboard saying “Nepal Welcomes You”. It is just that you start seeing the sign boards of Nepal Telecom and vehicles with Nepal registration number and soon the Nepal police which checks you at the entrance of the border. I had booked a bus to Kathmandu (this time it was an air-conditioned bus) from Mahendranagar. As the prevailing currency exchange rate is INR 1 = NPR 1.6, most things are relatively cheap in Nepal.

 The cost of traveling from Mahendranagar to Kathmandu (17 hour bus ride in an air-conditioned bus) is around INR 1300 inclusive of food. A few things I observed while traveling was that they have a great sense of cleanliness. There were dustbins placed at the intersection of two rows and stools were kept (as there was no leg rest in the semi sleeper buses). Occasionally they distributed drinks and stopped at a very nice place for dinner, the cost of which was included in the bus ticket itself. It was a buffet with very exceptional service, which could be easily rated above 3 stars. ... 

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