HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS
The major cities all have paved roads, but most are very narrow. There is only one east-
west highway in the country and it crawls over three high mountain passes. There are
two lanes only, often potholed and fringed at the edges. However, this road is still
much more well- maintained than most of the Indian roads we have traveled. The road
travels high on hillsides and mountain shoulders above the major valleys of the country.
The forests are pristine and thick, having never been logged, on both sides. There are
countless glorious waterfalls tumbling and crashing their way down the hillsides, and we
stopped for pictures of every one of them because Micki is a great appreciator of these
dramatic water shows. Prayer wheels are turned constantly by many of the little side
streamlets these cataracts create. There is absolutely no pollution in the entire country and
the skies are cerulean with the most amazing cloud formations any of us had ever
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