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Pokhara Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Pokhara, Nepal
Day 10: Pisang to Manang
... . Last one hour of walk to reach Humde from this high point is pretty flat. There is an airport at Humde with flights to pokhara during tourist season - it was closed for now. Around 10:45 we arrived at Humde. We had our lunch (cabbage/potato curry and ...
Holi - Festival of Colours
Having been in the mountains for all of the ABC trek and the Mera Peak expedition (coming), I'm so far behind on the blog that I've decided to start writing up my existing travels (I'm in India at the moment) and catch up on the Mera Peak expedition when ...
Annapurna, a 15 days-long diet of rice
... get rid of Israel, instead of throwing his nuclear bomb on Jerusalem, he would rather throw it on Bariloche in January and Pokhara in September, it would be a hit on at least half of the population of Israel ! Most ...
Highest point on Earth, Wind and Yak Dung Fire...
... writing from what the purveyor of this Internet cafe, which consists of a laptop in a room colder than outside, (gotta love Nepal) says is the highest Internet connection in the country in Dingboche, approximately 14,000 feet. I just had my first ...
buddist temples and real coffee
We are now in Pokhara, this is the starting point for people trekking the annapura mtn range. We're surrounded by mountains and next to a beautiful lake. We got a coach up here the scenery was amazing but the roads not so good. The town is very touristy, ...
Extreme Exhaustion on Pisang
We have experienced some of the most difficult, challenging, and terrifying time of our lives in the last 36 hours. But, all are alive though we are all battling various forms of altitude sickness and other maladies. Now for some detail. ...
Hetauda
Stop off point on our way to Daman along the famous Tribhuvan Highway with its spectacular views. Had our first Dahl Bhat meal which was delicious and washed our undies outside the restaurant and left them to try in the baking ...
Another tourist ghetto
... . Vydia agreed and was shocked at how much things are inflated when you are a tourist here. When we arrived at Pokhara we were instantly hounded by taxis and touts but someone informed me that it wasn't the final stop so I jumped back on ...
The highest point and poo under bed
Day 3 We left Landrung at 9am which allowed for a nice lie in. The first part of the morning was mainly flat land with mountain scenery, but soon turned into the usual broken rocks and then a 45 minute ascent up to our highest points of the trek ...
I could get used to this!
Sinead Day 5 Bagarchhap - Chame (2670m) We awoke to find the Annapurna Range, which had been under cloud cover yesterday, glinting at us in the early morning sun, fabulous! Headed off at the earlier time of 8.15am after another delicious bowl of ...
Lazy Days in Pokhara
... some people white water rafted down to mugling and we followed in the truck, ate by the river then came on across to pokhara. its nice here, kind of like a chilled out thamel (though i was expecting somewhere like darjeeling with snow etc?!?!). the ...
Pictures from Annapurna
I've just got back from trekking in the Annapurna region and there's so much to say, but for now, here are some pictures to look at! ...
Motorcycling and other miscellania events
... you prefer) on the seat. I rode up to a village on a mountain through rice fields and rural Nepal. I tried taking a dirt road back to Sarangkot and then Pokhara. I made it through 4 mud puddles before I got stuck in one and naturally, dropped the bike. ...
Kathmandu to Pokhara bus crash
... the back and get thrown around all over the place - fun on some level but very tiring. We pull into Pokhara which, like many of the towns in Nepal, has a separate area for tourists beside a lake. It's really a nice place in a spectacular setting with ...
White water rafting, pony trekking & motor biking
... I suppose…!! We then had to prepare ourselves to leave for Kathmandu – which was a real shame – but we had already moved everything back by a couple of days anyhow to get more time in Pokhara. Definitely a place I want to come back ...
Hanging with Ama
... their business. To no avail however. Ok - enough about the family - I did other things in Pokhara - paragliding and motorcycling (yes - I did it through rural Nepal where they drive on the opposite side of the street as us). I will give that another ...
A little update
... rented a paddle boat and had a nice day on the lake. I was planning of leaving for my trek on Wednesday to do the Pokhara-Jomsom trek. I was a little worried as I had no one to trek with. I was considering getting a guide, but out of ...
The Best of Nepal in Pokhara
... the many upscale lakeside resorts and restaurants. For those reasons and more, I naturally decided to spend a few days relaxing in Pokhara after the trek along with Stefanie and Maite. Our days consisted of waking up with tea and Danishes at the ...
On the road at last
... got so emotional I cried. Thank God I don't know the man from Del Monte. Well we have only just arrived at our hotel in Pokhara and I need to go and explore. We are only here for 2 nights. Tomorrow morning we are going to a viewpoint called Sarangkot to ...
Maoists and small buffaloes
Half-way through my stint with the Innocent Children and I am having a brilliant time. The children are fantastic, the town lively and it's amazing what a place of fun an orphanage in one of the poorest countries in the world can be. I believe ...
Gorak Shep... our last stop before Base Camp
As usual Deana uses her charming tactics to get us to put some extra miles in our feet. There is an Intalian Research Center off the trail on our way to Gorak Shep. She has never been there and has always wanted to take a look at the place. Because we ...
Chitwan
We booked a 3 day/2 night tour of the national park.. On day 1 we arrived at Chitwan National Park at lunch time. We by passed the big busy town and arrived at peaceful paddyfields to be greeted by a sign for "Johi & Karthy" also known as ...
Bus and directon change
... 01 Machupukhare and Annapurna range A01 02 Sublet the ground floor in this house A02 03 Pokhara Campus Tribuvan Univ. A03 04 Street scene and gravel factory A04 05 View to NE from my house. scanned ...
The Lakeside Illusion
... of rafting, trekking or whatever other adventure people seem to get up to in this part of the world! I'm not too sure if Pokhara is Nepal, but there is a charm here you don't get elsewhere. The place has an evil allure, a kind of semi-homecomfort but ...
Pokhara und zurück
... tage vor ort haben wir dann recht relaxed verbracht. einmal am tag auf einen der vielen huegel hochgewandert um pokhara herum (kann doch sehr schweisstreibend sein, 500 hoehenmeter bei der luftfeuchtigkeit :-)), danach ein wenig vielleicht durchs dorf, ...
Diiirty socks and fancy rocks
... our class portion of the program. We then had a parting dinner before our group spread out between Laddock, Dharamsala, and Nepal for our month of independent research, it will be strange not to see my friends for a while after 2 weeks without ...
Not what i expected at all!
Had read and so thought that Pokhara was going to be a really beautiful, lovely place but it is quite the opposite. Despite being on the edge of a great lake they haven't exploited the location at all, in fact quite the reverse. The lakeside ...
How to Park an Elephant
... town.... However, once we got going we soon got into the swing of things and overall we had a good if tiring hike. Pokhara is simply beautiful, perched on a gorgeous lake with views of the Himalayas, specifically Annapurna, it is the perfect launch pad ...
Panchesee.....and unexpected surprise!
... we are getting better at communicating and I am really looking forward to Langtang next week. I had another surprise after getting back to Pokhara. I went to change some money and bumped into the other 2 guys who had been with Matt when we had drinks that ...
Caught with my pants down!
... , less than an hour later we were treated to a blue ice glacier spilling down the face of Chulu East from our room. Having settled in, Damian set out for the bathroom across the road, only to find a big yak between him and the door, only in ...