Pokhara is by far the prettiest we have seen yet. It's surrounded by three mountain ranges and has a lake. It's gorgeous. On our way here we visited a G Adventures sponsored charity called Sasane for trafficked women in Nepal to become trained as paralegals or in the tourist industry if they didn't finish high school. Great program with four main programs. I didn't realize trafficking was such a big problem in Nepal but the facts state otherwise. Google them if you want to see what they do or how to help. They did teach us how to make momo here as part of their lunch presentation. That was the highlight of that visit.
The drive to Pokhara was stunning. It's such a diverse country. There's emerging from farms to rice field on side of mountains to steep windy narrow roads. The 89 km drive from our last stop to here took 7 hours by bus. That shou,d give you an idea of the conditions of the roads.
In Pokhara, Christina and I wandered around the lake at night. It's stunning and has great views of snow capped mountains. Diner was meh with the group.
As a theme of this trip, we got up at 400 am again. I swear we haven't slept past 530 am yet and it's day 14. This time we took the bus to the top of Sarangath to see the sunrise over the three mountain ranges. Stunning. Significantly too early. As a perk, we had the most amazing breakfast with real coffee. I mean no instant coffee like every other cup on this trip. It was real espresso based coffee. The banana crepe was good too but man alive the coffee.
The rest of the morning was a self guided tour of caves under the city, Davi's Fall (highly recommend avoid - so unimpressive) and World Peace Pagoda. The cave was cool, literally and figuratively. Davi's Fall is lame. It's one single fall of three feet. Big whoop. The world peace pagoda is cool. It's apparently the second most holy place in the world. It's on top of Pokhara at the highest point. It's a silence zone so no sound is made in the area. There are 5 giant Buddha in various positions on a white dome. The views are spectacular of the city. Christina and I both got burnt on the places sunscreen didn't quite touch today. It's made for some great burns and tan lines.
As a relaxation moment, Christina and I splurged on $27 90 minute Swedish massage each. Big spenders. My girl made it more like a deep tissue and it was to die for. The rest of the afternoon was spent napping as we have a big night ahead of ourselves, which means we will have dinner then get exhausted and while every one else does a night club, we will go home and sleep.
Tomorrow we go to Kathmandu by bus (another wonderful 7 hour drive). I'm so sick of tour life. The people bother me. The morning bother me. I'm done. I want our beach holiday now.
AFN
The drive to Pokhara was stunning. It's such a diverse country. There's emerging from farms to rice field on side of mountains to steep windy narrow roads. The 89 km drive from our last stop to here took 7 hours by bus. That shou,d give you an idea of the conditions of the roads.
In Pokhara, Christina and I wandered around the lake at night. It's stunning and has great views of snow capped mountains. Diner was meh with the group.
As a theme of this trip, we got up at 400 am again. I swear we haven't slept past 530 am yet and it's day 14. This time we took the bus to the top of Sarangath to see the sunrise over the three mountain ranges. Stunning. Significantly too early. As a perk, we had the most amazing breakfast with real coffee. I mean no instant coffee like every other cup on this trip. It was real espresso based coffee. The banana crepe was good too but man alive the coffee.
The rest of the morning was a self guided tour of caves under the city, Davi's Fall (highly recommend avoid - so unimpressive) and World Peace Pagoda. The cave was cool, literally and figuratively. Davi's Fall is lame. It's one single fall of three feet. Big whoop. The world peace pagoda is cool. It's apparently the second most holy place in the world. It's on top of Pokhara at the highest point. It's a silence zone so no sound is made in the area. There are 5 giant Buddha in various positions on a white dome. The views are spectacular of the city. Christina and I both got burnt on the places sunscreen didn't quite touch today. It's made for some great burns and tan lines.
As a relaxation moment, Christina and I splurged on $27 90 minute Swedish massage each. Big spenders. My girl made it more like a deep tissue and it was to die for. The rest of the afternoon was spent napping as we have a big night ahead of ourselves, which means we will have dinner then get exhausted and while every one else does a night club, we will go home and sleep.
Tomorrow we go to Kathmandu by bus (another wonderful 7 hour drive). I'm so sick of tour life. The people bother me. The morning bother me. I'm done. I want our beach holiday now.
AFN
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