A group of young members of Volkswagen Club of Bangladesh recently travelled to Kathmandu from Dhaka in Volkswagen Beetles. Murtaza Sibgatul Haq, a participant of the Bangladesh-Nepal Volkswagen Rally 2004, sent the following write-up about their experience in traversing this short but exciting and generally untrodden distance. View photos of the Rally. Find more about the trip from an article on Nepali Times. Why to Nepal: We started thinking about driving to Nepal as Kanak Moni Dixit - a Nepalese journalist and social worker - came to Bangladesh back in 2002 with his 1973 Volkswagen beetle and we escorted him from Bangladesh border in Burimari Rangpur district and started to think if we could do the same. How many Volkswagens participated: There were 4 Volkswagens participating in the Rally. Name of the tour members: the 12 members of the group who attended the Bangladesh-Nepal Volkswagen Rally 2004: Abdur Rouf Zubeir Moin Ahmed Kabir Raju Murtaza Sibgatul Haq Dr.Didarul Islam Sujon Zahidur Rahman Shezvi S.M.Faisal Tanveer Javed Mion Moinul Hoque Arif From Australia Akbor Engr.Md.Humayun Kabir When we started the journey: It was in March 19th 2004 we started and came back on 30th March 2004. Volkswagen Club of Bangladesh: Yes Volkswagen club of Bangladesh arranged this Rally and 12 members participated in it. Three in each car and all shared the driving. Fund and others: Yes it was not so easy to manage sponsors for that Rally, even then Duncan Brothers have sponsored partially for the rally and rest of the money were borne by the members. How many kilometers traveled: About 1,516 miles traveled. How about fuel: Each car consumed about 210 liters of fuel.(Petrol) Any Mechanical trouble: No not that much except flat tires and speedometer cable problem. Any night driving: No, not at all as the Maoist problem was well known to us. Peoples' comment or reaction: As village people are not familiar with this shape of car they were simply surprised to see the funny shapes cars and moreover four at a time.. Some started to dance after our crossing, and some started to run after our convoy!! Any Reception in Nepal: Nepal Bangladesh Bank, Nepal Tourism Board and Bangladesh High Commissioner to Nepal and Spinal Injury Rehabilitation Center and finally where we enjoyed the most was in Club Himalaya, Nagarkot Resort which was sponsored by The Sakha Family who are also the owner of Hotel Ambassador where we stayed in Kathmandu. We still miss the hospitality of Susan,Premji,Kanak Moni, Monoj and many more. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO YOU ALL. Condition of Nepali Volkswagens: Well it is so so, Nepali Volkswagen owners are not that much thorough about their cars as Bangladeshi Volkswagen owners are. But they love their Beetles. Here are a few photos from the trip. Click on individual photos to see an enlarged version.