After three weeks of touring, I’m finally back to my "normal" daily routine. The days now start with uninterrupted sleep, waking up before 5 a.m., and easing into familiar chores. Slowly, the city begins to feel normal again—though with its own flavor of abnormality. First of all, the most observable abnormal feature of my town is traffic. It’s hard to call it normal. Everyone would agree that the congestion is maddening, yet somehow, we’ve all learned to accept it. Consider this—Kathmandu Valley, covering just 600 square kilometers, had 1.75 million registered vehicles as of December 2022. That’s a staggering leap from 1.4 million just a year prior. The numbers must have climbed even higher in 2024 with the increased love towards electric vehicles. Most of these vehicles are privately owned, while public transportation remains chaotic at best. The irony is that the roads of Kathmandu are not designed for cars - the roads are built above farm boundaries- with no proper engine...
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