Into Nepal

I arrived early from Forbesganj at the border. It is quite an impressive operation on the Indian side. I had to wait a couple of hours for it to open and I was on my way to the Nepal side. The usual sort of border chaos and I went in search of the Immigration office to get my visa. It was a couple of kilometers up the road and of course I missed it. Asking about yielded no results- this is an obscure unknown office apparently. Eventually I found it and a long wait ensued because of no electricity.
Eventually found a hotel in Biratnagar, expensive at 3800 nc a night and not really very good.
Off west along the Mahendra Highway and construction work on the highway for the next 2 days made it quite tiring.
Excellent modest hotels at Lahan, Laldunga, and Hetauda. I maybe unnecessarily take a.c. rooms . My 2 non-ac experiences, albeit a long while back traumatised me. Often the a.c. is just too cold for me. The room rates are about between 1800 and 2300 n.c.
I am relishing the food. Simple but superb. I had dreamed about this kind of food when I was in the culinary wasteland of Bangladesh.
My 3d day from Laldanga to Hetauda ended up being severely testing. The highway was narrow and the traffic insane. Then a stretch of no-road, full concentration and steely nerves. Made it alive through that, then the hills. I’m glad I didn’t know in advance that it was coming up. The narrowness of the road plus my exhaustion at this point plus a thundershower- suicidal stuff really.