Thursday April 17, 2014 NEPAL
"Namaste" (Hello)
Last weekend we took a few days off and went up country with our friends to Pokhara.
According to Wikipedia "Pokhara Sub-Metropolitan City (Nepali: पोखरा उप-महानगरपालिका Pokhara Upa-Mahanagarpalika) is the second largest city of Nepal with an area of 55.22 km2 and a population of 264,991 inhabitants, excluding over 740,000 inhabitants within the suburb of the city. The city is located approximaely 200 km west of the country's capital, Kathmandu. Pokhara is the most popular tourist destination in Nepal. Three out of the ten highest mountains in the world — Dhaulagiri, Annapurna I and Manaslu — are within 30 miles (linear distance) of the city, so that the northern skyline of the city offers a very close view of the Himalayas. Due to its proximity to the Annapurna mountain range, the city is also a base for trekker."
Ok. Too much information...
Our transport, rather fancy...
The typical transport.
The two lane road winds it's way up through the hills, sometimes sealed, often not. Although the road has a reputation for accidents, we felt fairly safe as we headed up the hill. Going to pokhara you are generally on the mountain side of the road, not the cliff edge. So what could possibly go wrong?
Ok, not sure why this guy is on the wrong side of the road (although never part of the British Empire, Nepalis drive on the left, unless they don't feel like it). Better to fall into the ditch than into the valley on the other side I guess.
Yep... This one went over the edge.
And so did this one.
Tea break with a view on during th 6 hour journey.
And once we arrived around 3pm, lunch with our friends, Lokendra and Nirjala from Nepal Bethel and Steve and Ane from Australasia Bethel.
Nepali curry.
Nepali "momo", dumplings.
Our $20 hotel room. "HOTEL GRAND HOLIDAY"
With a view of the lake to the south and to the nort...
No view of the mountains today due to cloud....
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