Hetauda

Area Code: 057
There is not much reason to stop here. You may want to stop here to chance buses, so you can ride on the Tribhuvan Highway to Kathmandu, which has excellent views

Where to Stay and Eat
Neelam Lodge (20900), in the main chowk in the center of town, has clean roads with bath for Rs 200/250. It is a good value. It is near a pipal tree.
Hotel Rapti (20882), south of Mahendra Chowk, has rooms with TV and erratic hot water for Rs 300/400.
Hotel Seema (20191), about 250m from the main chowk, is a decent place with rooms with common bath for Rs 140/200, Rs 275/375 with bath and a deluxe rooms with A/C is Rs 1250.
Motel Avocado (20429; fax 20611), at the edge of town on the road to Daman on Tribhuvan Highway, has a quiet, nice garden with a small grove of avocado trees (ripe in late autumn). It has large, comfortable huts with bath and fans for Rs 400/550. There is also a building with deluxe rooms with A/C for Rs 1400/1600. It has a good restaurant. They have an interesting book in which travelers write their comments about bicycle and motorcycle riding in the area. You can often get a discount.

Travel
The bus station is southwest of Mahendra Chowk, the main town square. One government Sajha Yatayat bus goes to Kathmandu (8 hr, Rs 72) at 7 am via the Daman on the Tribhuvan Highway, which has some great views and is an interesting ride. The buses depart from Kathmandu Bus Terminal to Hetaudu via Daman at 7 am.
Several private buses go to Kathmandu and Pokhara via Narayanghat and Tandi Bazaar (3 hr, Rs 65). Buses to Birganj are Rs 30.

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