The Nigerian side went on strike for four days and the port was closed for four days. Wandering in Tibet, I went to Zhangmu as planned on April 9.
It is said that April 10 may be switched on and off, but no one knows what will happen.
April 10, morning 10 or so, the port has not been opened yet. Brother Sun, whom I met in Zhangmu, asked for information at the customs. Brother Sun waited in Zhangmu for 4 days. It is said that every dog there knows him.
Later, I heard about changing careers, but no one knows whether Nigeria can enter. Brother Sun said, "Why don't you take a break?" !
"good"! I simply agreed, and then went back to the hotel to get my backpack and go through customs.
At China Customs in Zhangmu, after submitting passports, filling out exit cards and checking luggage and documents, we were finally released. Ask the customs staff if Nigeria can enter the country. The staff said that we are responsible for leaving the country here. As for whether the Nigerian side allows you to enter the country, that is their business.
I chartered a car at Zhangmu Port, 10 yuan/person. I took this small old van, winding on the rugged mountain road, and the hillside was green. When I got to Friendship Bridge, I looked up halfway up the mountain, but I saw that camphor wood was actually a place hanging halfway up the mountain. ]
The driver sent us to a place near Friendship Bridge, saying that we couldn't send it any more.
It only dropped a few hundred meters, but the climate of Friendship Bridge is not very different. It's obviously very hot. I found a small shop and took off two sweaters and a pair of trousers. Personal experience is that camphor trees can take off their winter clothes when they are ready to leave the country.
At this end of the Friendship Bridge, we submitted the official documents of passport and health examination again, and we were able to enter Nigeria. Walking past and standing on the Friendship Bridge, we once again looked back at the camphor trees on the opposite mountainside, and the mountain stream rattled and accompanied us to the Nepalese customs at the other end of the Friendship Bridge.
Entering Nepal Customs, the office of Nepal Customs is very simple. Two customs officers stood behind the high counter and we handed in our passports. The two middle-aged Nepalese customs officers raised two fingers and said, "Two hundred rupees". It turned out that he asked us for 200RS.
When I was in Lhasa, I heard from my friends that the staff in China were corrupt. When entering the country, people in IN are often set up to ask for money, and the price is 200 rupees (RS) per person. We pretended not to understand and kept shaking our heads. The two Nepalese customs officials persevered, made a gesture of stamping our passports and said "money, money". Brother Sun and I looked at each other for fear that the two Nepalese would find fault and not let us enter the country. Finally, we took out 200RS. I gave the money to one of the Nepalese, only to see that he quickly collected it, and then put a triangular label on our passports, wrote a few words and stamped several chapters. Then give us back our passports. We handed in the completed entry card, got our passports back and said "thank you!" "
Brother Sun and I took our passports, packed our backpacks and walked out of the customs hut. In this way, we officially crossed the border for the first time and entered a strange country.
Later, I chatted with friends who traveled to Nepal later than us, only to know that they were on the through train between China and Nepal. They didn't give money, so they unpacked their luggage to ask for money, but they didn't give it, and it took a long time to release it. Brother Sun and I, probably because we paid the "toll", were able to release quickly and smoothly ~ ~
After getting the passport, we met the first checkpoint, a checkpoint blocked by barbed wire. After seeing our passports, Nepalese soldiers removed the roadblocks and let us go.
After a few steps, some Nepalese gathered around.
My English and Sun Ge's are not very good. Those Nepalese people have strong English accents, but they can communicate with each other through gestures and simple English words.
Those Nepalese told us that there is a strike now, so no car can reach Kathmandu. It's dangerous ahead, there may be mines, so we can only go by helicopter. The fare to Kathmandu is $ 120.