Pokhara and the trek
By deciding to go to Pokhara by bus (280 km), you take a
chance: it may take 5 to 11 hours, depending on the weather, the hurry of the driver and
the number of times the bus would break (ours broke three times). Next time I'll take a
plane, it's a lot more expensive, but still affordable, and there is no point in spending
one precious in a warm, dirty and shaking bus.
Besides, I'd bet that the view from the plane must be
breathtaking.
Anyway: this is a restaurant on the "Highway"
Along the road, the daily village life, with a kid playing on a bamboo swing...
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Pokhara
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This is a view of Pokhara's Lake, and there's
not much else to see there. Pokhara is small
city, but when you come back to it after trekking in the mountains, it helps not to
get too tough a shock with the Luna Park that Kathmandu is. |
But.... we are not there yet. The Real thing still has to start: a short transfer by bus, and there you go... into the Himalaya.
