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Old 31st Aug 2010, 09:05
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Yes, Nepal roads terrified me. When the steep drop was on my side the remains of trucks (and coaches / buses) that had gone over the edge were often all too visible. Overtaking approaching blind bends was the norm, and there was one spot where there were two large cracks in the road on a bend - clearly the crown was going to slip away in the next monsoon, hopefully without anything on it.

The one saving grace was that speeds were very low - 20mph was common.

I also saw the morning flight come and go at Humde, that struck me as perilous as well - a tiny aircraft threading it's way along the valley below Annapurna (over 8,000m) early in the morning when it was relatively still.
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