German envoy travelling back home on four-wheeler from Nepal

Germany's Ambassador to Nepal Matthias Meyer, who has completed his three-year tenure in the Himalayan nation, is travelling the around 11,000 km home by road, a media report said.

The German envoy said he liked to travel to places with peaceful environment and to make new acquaintances, Himalayan Times reported.

"Why should we always travel on a plane?", said Meyer, who entered the Indian side of the border through the western border point of Gadda Chowki in Nepal on Monday morning.

On his decision to travel to Germany on a four-wheeler, Meyer said he desired to see the villages on the way.

The German envoy, who stayed at the Shuklaphanta Cottage in Shuklaphanta National Park after his arrival in Kanchanpur district on Sunday evening, pledged Berlin's continued support in the development of Nepal's tourist destinations.

He said Nepal has plenty of locations with tourism possibilities.

Meyer added that he would return to visit the national park again and also visit Jumla and the famous Rara Lake.

During a brief talk with the Rastriya Samachar Samiti, Meyer was reminiscent of his visit to Manang and Mustang, and confided that he was enticed by the cultural diversity, the daily said.

Meyer would be travelling through Pakistan, Iran and Turkey before entering Europe.

--IANS

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