Pokhara Hotels - Reviews and Rates

So after a long hiatus we're back with an update (technically the second attempt as the first was wiped out through technical issues). Having left you all on tenterhooks last time with the will they won't they scenario of being trapped in Lumbini with a potential flight to Kathmandu it's only fair to up date on what happened. Well, the strike wa...

Wir sind wieder da!!! Wir sind also zurueck von unserer Trekkingtour und es gibt eine Menge zu berichten. Ich sehe mal einfach von der Richtigkeit des Datums dieses Eintrags ab und schreibe einfach die Daten in den Bericht selbst, sonst werde ich wohl ein heilloses durcheinander verursachen. Zuerst einmal, es geht uns gut, wir sind an einem Stue...

So I arrived in Pokhara on the 8th October and to be honest i spent the next 4 days eating and drinking al fresco in the towns many cafes and restaurants. Sometimes i read a book by the Dalai Lama. Inspired. This city has proved an amazing place to relax after the stresses of travelling through India; I really felt like I needed a bit of a break...

Today was another day of just taking it easy. My body is enjoying the rest. I ended up spotting Rebecca - the Chinese girl I was supposed to meet at the Hot Springs in Tatopani but didn't. I asked if she went and she did. She didn't look too pleased that I didn't show up. I explained that I made no promises in showing up as I thought I would hav...

OK, so we finished the trek. Both of us are a bit tired and feeling it is time to go home by this stage. We have finished a day or so ahead of schedule and so still have almost a week in Nepal. Domi organizes a really bad taxi driver to take us to Pokhara and gets me to pay (surely this is part of the cost of the trip) and I start to feel I am n...

I decided to start this travelogue with my trek. I was about to embark on the most physically grueling challenge of my life. Sure, I 've scaled the great wall and done a 5 day trek through the Himalayas but 20 days/high altitude/ and a trek labeled as hard at the tourist office was intimidating. Madhu, my guide and sweet boyfriend dutifully carr...

Have had a good time in Pokhara just recovering and eating as much steak as possible. Our excellent guide for the trek invited us to lunch with his family in the mountains, which seemed like a good idea until I got on his motorbike. He asked me what the speed limit was in the UK...I really regret saying 70. He seemed to take that as we must go a...

I set off south of the lake to cross the footbridge and climb up to the Peace Pagoda. There are rumours of muggings on the path. One guy tries to attach himself to me as a guide and warns me of thefts too. Another shady character with a full beard (rare in clean-shaven Nepal) lingers on a hill, then howls like a dog. I take this to be a signal t...

Goodness me, I need a good long sit down. Nearly 200 km later, we made it through leeches, snow, landslides, and lots of custard, to the end of our 3 weeks' trekking. Making it to the top of the world's biggest mountain pass still wearing mascara (smudged a little, maybe) has to be one of my major life achievements to date... It's been a hectic ...

Bus run to Pokhara reasonably smooth from the tragic border town of Sunauli. Winding hill roads most off the way but the scenery was beautiful. A little like the north east of Scotland, Sutherland paricularly. Barren spaces between forests and moors rising up to meet high hills. Past fields of pale green wheat devided by irrigation channels and ...