A genuinely ridiculous journey back to Pokhara, which involved 3.5 hours in a jeep which bounced over rocks that I would barely call a road and then 5.5 hours in a local bus that was also the bounciest experience I could imagine with endless devotional songs being played at infinite volume.
We arrived in Pokhara feeling utterly exhausted and scrambled in various states of travel sick and were sad to discover that there wasn't enough hot water to have a bath. Thanks to Gill for helping find us a slightly more relaxing hotel and we ended up staying in Pokhara 10 days.
The day after we arrived was the Hindu festival of Holi, in which the entire city covers itself in paint. It was a lot of very messy fun, and then we spent most of the rest of our time recovering, resting, finding out what sound bath healing is (might need another go at that one) and hanging out in our favourite cafe by the lakeside, trying to find some good food (actually hard, weirdly enough, nowhere near as good as Kathmandu) and then throwing ourselves off a cliff by paragliding for only 3000 rupees (£18). Would recommend.Read more
NepalLakeside28°12’54” N 83°57’23” E
NepalLakeside28°12’54” N 83°57’23” E
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Fabulous!
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Lovely spot. 🫖
TravelerA sound bath sounds interesting. We did drumming at yoga. I was a bit apprehensive but it was really good fun.