After 3 days of travelling, I've finally arrived in Kathmandu. On the first train, from Bangalore to Delhi, I shared my cabin with 3 other people, a cockroach and a mouse, and that was in first class! Thankfully, on the next train, from Delhi to Gorakhpur, I had a compartment to myself.

From there, I took a 3 hour bus through the paddy fields of Uttar Pradesh (see photo) to the India/Nepal border crossing at Sunauli, a rickshaw over the border and then an 8 hour bus ride to Kathmandu. I'm staying in Nepal until Saturday, to do some trekking, before heading off on a 5 day drive across the Himalayas.