Introducing The Siddhartha Hwy
Most travellers heading north from Sunauli to Pokhara follow the Mahendra Hwy to Narayangarh then the Prithvi Hwy from Mugling to Pokhara, but a more interesting route is the dramatic Siddhartha Hwy, which winds through a series of landslide-scarred valleys between Butwal and Pokhara. Public buses run fairly regularly on this route, but the road is often blocked by landslides and floods during the monsoon. There are several temples at either end of the highway where drivers toss coins from their windows to pray for a safe journey.
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Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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