We stopped briefly for some drinks and a snack on our way from Kathmandu to the border town of Kodari. The foothills along the road had stepped terraces which are used to cultivate crops. Even though in mid-2006 the Maoists were getting representation in the new Nepalese government, we were stopped and had to pay a 1000R tax to the Maoists. Gyan asked for a receipt so that we wouldn't have to pay on the way back, which worked!