After 9 hours driving we made it to the boarder with Nepal. The roads were very bad even though we were on a National highway but our drivers were very good. As we leave India and look back over the last month I find that I do not agree with the common saying that people who travel to India either love it or hate it. We have found many of the places we have visited to be lovely but can't say we love India and we definitely do not hate it. India is facing some huge challenges with their ever expanding population. Their sanitation is way below healthy with open sewers in most of the towns and even cities we visited. Rubbish being thrown onto the ground and not cleaned up, men urinating wherever they please and spitting their tobacco everywhere all contribute to bringing the overall enjoyment of the places down. As we have said in a previous post there is an assault on all of your senses. The pungent smell of spices mixed with the heavy odor of urine, the noise of the traffic with trucks, cars, bikes and tuk-tuks blasting their horns wherever you go. The heat which would be unbearable in Summer but luckily for us was hot at the beginning but has become cooler as the month passed. then there were the spectacular sights and the brightly coloured clothes of the women.
On the positive side the people have been lovely and it has been quite funny to have many of them want to take our photo. The interaction with the locals on public transport and at some of the monuments has also been a highlight.
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