Pokhara, Nepal

Trip Start Dec 08, 2007
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Trip End Aug 14, 2008


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Friday, July 25, 2008

We caught an early bus out of the capital and headed west to Pokhara, 7 hours away.  We stopped a coupld of times at restaurants along the way and sampled some really nice veggie food amidst the scenic mountain views.  The roads were windy across the mountains and I lost count of the number of times I said "I can't believe he's overtaking here", but we made it one piece.  Although at one point we got held up by a landslide across the road and had to wait for it to be cleared! 

Pokhara is situated next to Phewa Tal Lake with the Annapura mountains behind it.  We spent the first few days lazing around, having walks around town, sampling the local food and Nic going to a few yoga classes and trying ayurvedic massage.  We visited the Gurkha museum which showed the history of the soldiers and the wars they have fought in. 

One day we hired a boat for the morning and sailed across the lake to climb to the top of the hill where the World Peace Pagoda is 1 - Landslide stoppage
1 - Landslide stoppage
 .  It was constructed by Buddhist monks to promote world peace.  It took about 40 minutes to climb up to the top, but it was knackering. Nic wisely sat and waited for me at a temple about half way up.  The views out over the lake and the hills were superb, although on a clear day you can see the Annapurna mountains as well. It is monsoon season here in Nepal at the moment, but we reckon it's far worse up north all year round and we don't call it monsoon!! It hasn't been as bad as we expected at all, with just a few showers every other day, the pay off is far fewer tourists knocking around.

Another day we went to the International Mountain Museum and looked at each of the 8000m+ mountains' history and learned who had climbed them, when and with what gear.  It makes you realise how hard it must have been and what it takes to conquer them.  We also went to a place called Sarangkot where you can see (on a clear day!) the whole of the Annapurna Himaylan Range......as you can see from the photos what you should see and what we could see weren't the same.  It still was a good view and really quiet up there. We watched some eagles soaring in the thermals and Paul got attacked by a leech! Later we had afternoon tea on the roof terrace of our hotel if you please!
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sujo
sujo on Jul 24, 2008 at 12:23PM

Final Stretch?
Just enjoyed reading your last entries, are you on the home stretch yet?
It can't be far off your Birthday Paul, have a good one!
lots of love to you both, Sue xx

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