Our next stop was Neilamu and an enforced three hour break while waiting for the road to Zhangmu to open.  

It was  closed daily due to construction.  At 6.30pm cars heading to Nepal could cross the construction zone.

At 11.00pm cars from Kathmandu would cross, followed throughout the night by trucks, first in one direction then the other.

Neilamu is a dreadful place.   We asked  Ngodup  what there was to do.  He said 'nothing' and he didn't lie.