A bicycle ride to Nagarkot – 27th may 2008

“Cycle Rally Lorry Rally” can you repeat that fast, up to 10 times? That is a tongue twister if you don’t know.

Nagarkot is to the north of Bhaktapur about 8KMs far. So close but I have not gone there any time. Nagarkot is a hilly place with beautiful landscapes and in the winter the snow fall makes it a heaven.

So for the first time I and my friend were going to Nagarkot, and with a bicycle. Many peoples had a very good trip to Nagarkot by riding cycles and now I was going to try how good it was. We got two bicycles and they were just fine but gears were semi working. We started off from Kamalbinayak Bus Park. The road was plane on the starting but it gradually went on getting higher and higher and tougher for us to ride.

Suddenly, my chains came off the paddle. I had to stop and fix it and again went on. Soon I came to find that it was never ending. I guess it came out for at least 5 times on the way up. Exhausted and dying to have a rest, we reached Nagarkot. We had to rest under a tree, ate some food. We had a tough time riding on the hill but we were excited to go down the hill.

We took some time wandering around Nagarkot. We went to a famous tower. We saw the tower and though, what is it so famous about the tower? We climbed the tower; we were welcomed by the beauty of Nagarkot. All the surroundings were looking very beautiful. It was like we were on the top of the world. I guess that was the answer.

Later on, moving down the hill was the most fantastic ride. No any sort of tiredness, and it was so cool to ride on the ups and downs. It was like riding a horse down the hill, it was a very good experience.