Hike to World Peace Pagoda

The weather is clear, as it should be! From Pokhara, we hiked a couple of km up a hill, about 350m up, above the town, to a large Buddhist pagoda/stupa from where we enjoyed magnificent across the lake and city of Pokhara to the Annapurna Range. Then down a steep path to the lake, and [...]

Yes, Nepal DOES have mountains, after all

Fact 1: This time of year is peak tourist season. That is because the monsoon rains have finished, having washed the dust out of the skies, providing premium conditions for long range visibility. ie. You can see the mountains. And there is no rain at this time of year. Fact 2: Our flight from Singapore [...]

Images from Pokhara

Some pics from Pokhara, central Nepal…

Devi’s Falls

by Zoe   Huge cliffs with water falling off them. Gigantic pieces of rock carved into shapes, With moss growing all over them. Huge rock pools filled with water, Big drops going thousands of metres down. Falling into darkness, into the big and huge caves.

Streets in Nepal, a Hazard to Life

Pokharas’ streets are generally safe, there is a footpath for pedestrians and vehciles and bicycles generally stay on the road only. The roads are generally paved and the gutters are mostly clean and swept. I have only seen one set of traffic lights in Nepal and that was in Kathmandu on our way to the hotel [...]

Finding a Hotel in Pokhara

After spending 8 hours on a bus we finally pulled into a ‘bus station’ which was probably some sort of football field covered in bus and tourists and hawkers. Touts crowded around us promising that their hotel was good and that they will give us a good price. Eventually we talked to a man whose [...]