Pokhara
Dropped at the grotty border town of Sonauli by our shared jeep to walk up to Indian immegration to officially depart India then 100meters up the road to a very laid back border crossing to Nepal. Everyone shouting 'welcome to Nepal' from the queueing trucks paid our $30 and we were in! Booked into a small guest house who arranged bus to Pokhara and accommodation for tomorrow. Had a decent beer at long last and bed.
Up at 05:00 to meet the small local bus which went all over the place looking for passengers for about an hour before leaving the border town. Arrived in Pokhara at 15:00 where a man was waiting with a sign for 'Mr david' and we were wisked away to our hotel.
Pokhara (884m)has a lakeside tourist town from where you can view the amazing Annapurna Mountain range. We were both knackered and dirty from the journey so showered and hit the town for a large steak. Met Dafna in the town form Kassardevi then home knackered.
Took it easy for the next few days finding our way round and seeing how things worked. Realised how much the journey had taken out of us. It struck us how expensive Pokhara is and all the shops have got together to fix tourist prices. We hired bikes to go further out of the town - went to Devi Falls and cave opposite, Damside and the non tourist part of town which was much cheaper.
Pokhara is a really beautiful place and very relaxing but we were desperate to get to the mountains and waited for the clouds to disappear. On day six we decided the time was right to go - the skys were crystal clear and we had read all the books!
Up at 05:00 to meet the small local bus which went all over the place looking for passengers for about an hour before leaving the border town. Arrived in Pokhara at 15:00 where a man was waiting with a sign for 'Mr david' and we were wisked away to our hotel.
Pokhara (884m)has a lakeside tourist town from where you can view the amazing Annapurna Mountain range. We were both knackered and dirty from the journey so showered and hit the town for a large steak. Met Dafna in the town form Kassardevi then home knackered.
Took it easy for the next few days finding our way round and seeing how things worked. Realised how much the journey had taken out of us. It struck us how expensive Pokhara is and all the shops have got together to fix tourist prices. We hired bikes to go further out of the town - went to Devi Falls and cave opposite, Damside and the non tourist part of town which was much cheaper.
Pokhara is a really beautiful place and very relaxing but we were desperate to get to the mountains and waited for the clouds to disappear. On day six we decided the time was right to go - the skys were crystal clear and we had read all the books!
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