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This looks promising. If it happens and it is updated. I cannot give much info though. I wonder where he is from the North East.

Hi I am not so sure if you can enter from Nepal.
The only entry point in Bhutan is Phuntsoling...Please check it..i could be wrong

@Anarchi: November is way too far to say anything right now. I would love to accompany you to Bhutan, whether through Nepal or through any other route. But, I am free at this time, no idea where I would be in the month of November though!

Hi Anarchi.

As you know, Nepal doesn't share a border with Bhutan. If your destination is Bhutan starting from Delhi, then you can go to Siliguri (Nepal - India border town on the Indian side) and then carry on towards Darjeeling, and to Bhutan from there.

If you do feel like entering Nepal as well then you could travel from Delhi to Kathmandu (Delhi-Barabanki-Gorakhpur (India- Nepal Border Town) - Butwal (now in Nepal) - Hetauda - Kathmandu) , then from Kathmandu to Siliguri via Tribhuvan highway and then Mahendra HIghway. The ride would be one you will remember forever. Roads are pretty okay for such a long trip throughout but I am not sure once you cross Darjeeling the roads to Bhutan. But the terrain and geography will be magical. By the way, November is the wrong time to go for such a trip due to landslides (occurs frequently in such post-monsoon months) blocking the highway. Also, it will be extremely cold!!

If you want more info or help, you can contact me.

Woow.. This sure will be an interesting trip.. Would definitely like to join, will see if i can jump out during Nov still a long way to go.

Cheers!!!!

A very wild tourer from the south is doing all sorts of routes in the north east.. you might get some info in his daily updates..


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Nice thought but the thing is that if Nepal is in northh then Bhutan is in south ! you will cover 2x distance in doing that! Cause Nepal is approx 120 km from siliguri towards naxalbri and siliguri airport and Bhutan is near Jaigaon which is on the way to Malbazar and on the way to sikkim ! the road divides at coronation bridge and the road for sikkim and bhutan divides!/.......you can look at the map also!

Thanks for all the updates/sugessions

Thanks a ton for all your responses I will update this thread on regular basis and keep all of you updated about the progress of this trip as I really wanna do it .. also here's some info about me , its just FYI

My real name is Javed Elahi Mazumdar and I am riding since 2006 .. I am amature tourer and i ride a p200, mostly on weekends and only for pleasure .. I have done ..Abbott mount, Leh and most of the tourist destinations around delhi on my bike .. approx ... 15k touring kms last yr.. and 20k touring kms in total .. I am working for a software firm as a senior consultant.



1I'm from the southern part of Assam .. SIlchar and I'll be going till sichar ..leave the bike at home and fly back to delhi

You're right my friend ..and I intend to Hit Gangtok as well .. i think Darjeeling can also be added to my itinerary ...lets its more like the planning phase ..and I haven't even decided the route yet but i am confident the I'm riding to thimpu this novemeber.

Thanks da .. It'll be great if you could join me .. I chose nov. as I will be getting some extra offs around thanksgiving ..or we can prepone it to sep. around Puja ... b4 that technically this is not possible (I won't have leaves) I hope I ge ride wih you till shillong

Thanks a ton my friend thats exacltly what i was looking for ... the thing is I won't be able to travel in summer(due to work) and I thought by nov. Landsliding wolud stop. I don't know much bout it but I'll always keep this back in my head... cold it something I can ride with but still let me know september is a good month to do this trip ..its rt after monsoon??
Bad roads are fine i have already done .. Laddakh so I guess its not goona be a biggie. But do let me know if Sep. is a good time to go there

well its a bog trip for me so I thought I should get all the info in advance to plan the trip accordingly .. the dates might move to september but i am not sure about anything as of now ... it'll be great if you join me as I really looking forward for comapany n this trip..

Thanks bro I am already following his blog ... really appreaciate your help

Thanks bro ... I guess i can cover few extra hundred kms could you tell me how many days i'll take to cross nepal?? lot of things depend on this info

Once again thanks you all for taking the time to respond to my query and for all your sugessions.