Peaceful lakeside town

Trip Start Sep 15, 2006
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Trip End Oct 29, 2006


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Wednesday, September 20, 2006

The local transportation here is interesting--if it is full inside luggage, people, even animals are piled on top of the bus.
Local transportation
Local transportation
Pokhara is a beautiful, peaceful lakeside town with amazing views of the Annapurna circuit of the Himalayas. In the morning Sarah (another traveler I met on the bus on the way to Pokhara) and I went up to Sarangkot to watch the sunrise and light up the Annapurnas. There were some low lying clouds, but unobstructed views of the mountains--finally, my first time since I had been in Nepal!
Sunrise Sarangkot 1
Sunrise Sarangkot 1
 Sunrise Sarangkot 2
Sunrise Sarangkot 2
After that we headed to the other side of the lake and visited Devi Falls before hiking up to the World Peace Pagoda.
Devi Falls
Devi Falls
Once we got up to the pagoda all the clouds had burned off and we had incredible views of the mountains, lake and town.
Pokhara
Pokhara
 World Peace Pagoda
World Peace Pagoda
Heading back down we got to see a local taking an nap and had some nice views of the lake at the bottom of the trail.
Nepalese Nap
Nepalese Nap
 Boats on the lake
Boats on the lake
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