Kashipur to Nepal and clearing Indian immigration

We set off from Kashipur and headed for Nepal. Our 1 year visa stipulates that we must leave India for 1 day every 180 day,s so if we crossed the border and stayed in Nepal for one night this would fulfill our visa requirements. We had decided to cross the border at the Indian town of Bombasa and stay in the border town of Mehendranagar in Nepal. On route we passed through many towns and we were held up several times due to train tracks running across the road hence having to stop as barriers were the down to allow trains to pass.

Once we reached the town the road surface on the main road was really poor as you can see in the video below


The road to Indian immigration

The last clip you see in the video where Colin beeps the horn and passes what looks like a load of white bags on the move is actually a bicycle laden with goods and a man pushing it at the side as there is no room for him to sit on it.

Then it was across the bridge to the Indian immigration office.

Colin sorting out the passport exit stamps while enjoying a wee chit-chat with the immigration officers. It certainly is a very relaxed border crossing and still uses paper ledgers. It would have been so easy to just drive past the immigration office as no one pays any attention to you but it's your responsibility to get your exit visa so you make sure you find it.

Other people crossing the border. Indian and Nepalese people don't need a visa to pass between the two and some people live in one country and go into the other country every day to go to work.

Some people cross on horseback in shared carriages.

Others load their bicycles with with goods and walk the bike through. They load them so much that they have to walk alongside the bike as there is no space for them to sit down.

After getting through Indian immigration and getting the much needed exit stamp in the passports we set off to find the Nepali immigration to get an entry stamp for Nepal.