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The World, My Play Ground
7 décembre 2007

Crossing the border to India!! HELLL

We spent, Nuv and i , 5 days in Kathmandu for mostly christmass shopping and enjoying the citie's livelyness and especially the food! We were so tired of eating the samething for the past month!! 

After being dragged into exporting diamonds (we refused), wedding proposals (we refused) and buying plenty of gifts we were glad to be leaving this great town. On the 6th, we sent a package to canada and ran to catch our 48h bus ride to India. 24h later, having crossed bumpy roads, changed 4 times the tires, stopping for mechanical reasons and stopping for security check points, we finally make it to the border! First the foreigners have to go through. We are 4. I am the last one to pass. They check my passeport, my nepal visa expired and they are accepting no bribe!!! Nuv already got stamped her passeport and therefore must leave the country!! SHIT!!!!  After 1h argueing, the bus leaves. The plan is that nuv waits on the other side of the border with the luggage till i go back to kathmandu and back again to the border!!  While they leave i wait in the office. The man is preparing documents for me incase i have issues in kathmandu. 1/2 h later Nuv re appears and tells me in french "no one checks the passeports on the indian side, try to pass this man without being seen!" Is she out of her mind, i could go to prison! Ofcourse i do think of the possibility. I really don't want to get onto a local bus. The problem is that this man at the border's office will be escorting me to the bus !  I tell her to leave for delhi with all the luggage and i will manage to meet her there!. She gives me her father's phone number and once again she is gone. I am escorted by ricksha to the bus terminus. On the way i see a ricksha pulling a mimi vehical filled with kindergarden children. There are 6 kids standing side by side!!

Back on the bus!! This time it is the local bus, even worst than the other one! The night falls, it is freezing and i have nothing with me!! The man beside me, offers me a blanket, i accept gratefully. I didn't know that ment he would try to touch my leg. I ended up spending the rest of the night hitting him!! It was an interesting ride.

I finally reached Kathmandu at 15h but the immigration office was closed!!!! I was so fed up, i decided to book a flight for the next day at 16h00.  That evenning i emailed nuv and saw she had asked me to go buy a pair of pants we had seen. Tomorrow will be a great day, i will leave Kathmandu!!

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