Pokhara

I recently got back from an awesome few days chilling by the lake in Pokhara.

Pokhara is the 2nd biggest city in Nepal and also the starting point for many treks in the Himalayas. Since I only had a week off from language classes, instead of going trekking, Trish, Esther (also KISC teachers) and I decided to spend a few days chilling out instead.

Our holiday started with a 6:45am bus trip, and after taking 2 hours to get out of Kathmandu, we finally arrived in Pokhara around 3pm. The rest of the day was spent settling into our guesthouse, walking by the lake and checking out a few shops.

On Friday, we took it easy, walking up and down the main strip of shops, stopping regularly to see what was on offer.

On Saturday, Trish, Esther and I headed up a mountain to the World Peace Pagoda. We'd read in our trusty Lonely Planet guide that we could take a more scenic route through the forest so we headed towards the beginning of the trail but got a bit lost on the way so stopped to ask a few 10 year old kids if they could tell us which way to go. They were more than happy to walk with us and ended up being our guides up the mountain (for a small fee of course). Sadly, the view wasn't that fantastic due to the mass amounts of clouds so I'll have to make the trip back up again the next time I'm in Pokhara.

On Sunday, Trish, Esther, Philippa, Debby and I decided to hire a boat and go out on the lake. We had the BEST time! It was so relaxing floating along, reading, eating and chatting. We'd hired the boat for 4 hours but after 3 hours it started raining, and unfortunately the roof on the boat wasn't waterproof so we quickly headed back into shore and spent the rest of day at a cafe drinking chiya.

Monday was our last day in Pokhara so we spent the time wandering from shop to shop buying all the things we hadn't bought yet.

Arriving back into the dust and traffic of Kathmandu on Tuesday made me appreciate our time in Pokhara even more. It's definitely somewhere I'll go time and time again while I'm in Nepal.

Looking forward to more adventures ahead!