{"id":59,"date":"2007-12-31T13:46:19","date_gmt":"2007-12-31T13:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/sunauli-the-border-crossing-between-india-and-nepal\/"},"modified":"2007-12-31T13:46:19","modified_gmt":"2007-12-31T13:46:19","slug":"sunauli-the-border-crossing-between-india-and-nepal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/sunauli-the-border-crossing-between-india-and-nepal\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunauli, the border crossing between India and Nepal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sunauli border crossing <\/strong>between
\nIndia <\/strong>and Nepal <\/strong> is
\nsurely one of the liveliest in the world.  The customs and immigration
\noffices flank the chaotic road that carries traffic between the two
\n countries.<\/p>\n

Note<\/strong> : Buses do not cross the
\nborder, so do not buy tickets that promise to do so.  All passengers must
\ndisembark buses on one side of the border, cross the border, and join a different bus in the
\nother country.<\/p>\n

Money<\/strong>: You can change your Nepali and
\nIndia rupees at the border.  Approach an official money lender and agree a
\n1% commission charge, rather than a fix rate. The conversion rate is fixed at 1.6
\nNepali rupees to Indian.<\/p>\n

In terms of planning, it’s chaos.  There is no where
\nto park a vehicle and no clear instructions or direction on the steps required
\nto cross the border.  it is a fairly efficient place though.  You’re
\nlikely to be through the whole process in about 2 hours.<\/p>\n

The shops around the border sell pretty much anything you
\nmight need.  There are also streets sellers who can help you out, but keep
\nyour whits about you.<\/p>\n

The best restaurants and pretty much your only chance of
\nfinding a beer are on the Nepali side of the border.  The Indian side has
\nnothing in terms of tourist related services.<\/p>\n

There is no real reason to stay in Sunauli, but if you do
\nthe Nepali side offers a lot more.  My advice would be to keep going and
\nnot to stick around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Sunauli border crossing between India and Nepal is surely one of the liveliest in the world.  The customs and immigration offices flank the chaotic road that carries traffic between the two countries. Note : Buses do not cross the border, so do not buy tickets that promise to do so.  All passengers must disembark buses […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}