Blogs from Pokhara, Nepal, Asia - page 48

Dnes po obede sa nam uspesne podarilo vratit z treku. Za tych pat dni sa nam nahromadilo tolko zazitkov, ze nema najmensiu cenu to skusat nejak podrobne opisovat. Podrobnosti teda nejakym pripadnym zaujemcom az osobne, teraz len vseobecne info. Vyrazili sme z dedinky Naya Pul asi hodinku cesty autom od Pokhary a odtial sme pat dni dupali cez Ulleri, Ghorapani, Tadapani, Landruk az do Phedi. Je to vlastne jeden z najkratsich okruhov popod Annapurnu. Na nic blizsie nam bohuzial neostaval cas. Aj tak to ale stacilo, aby sme sa k Annapurne South (7219m) a Hiunchuli (6441m) priblizili asi na 15 km. Vdaka tomu sa nam naskytol ocarujuci pohlad (raz sme sa donutili vstat asi o stvrtej, len aby sme mohli vyliezt na prilahly kopec a vidiet vychod slniecka..) na tieto vrcholy a nafotili sme doslova stovky ... read more

Since I haven't decided yet whether to do the annapurna circuit (and I thought I'd be done with decisions for awhile when I left Israel), I decided to try and take a hike. At first I was supposed to meet some Israeli friends for a leisurely morning in a cafe on the lake, but I heard that Elizabeth and Carlos, my guesthouse-mates, were going up to the stupa and to Devi's falls with two friends of theirs (Marie and James). I thought I could definitely use the workout before leaving on the trek, and that it would be a good opportunity to check whether I was fit enough to go. We took a shortcut through the dam, and found ourselves in the forest where many more than two roads diverged. Followed by a dozen small Nepali ... read more

So much has happened since last time I wrote, but I guess that's just how trips go. Everything becomes more intense - the ups, the downs, all the senses sharpen. I spent two days in Kathmandu, walking around the city - to Durbar sq. and to the monkey temple. I don't know why everyone takes rikshas and taxis there, the best part, in my opinion, was just roaming the streets, getting a feel of the city outside thamel, where people don't know that if they say namaste it means they want to sell you something, kids wave at you just to say hi. Unfortunately, when I was in the monkey temple a monkey scratched me (I didn't provoke it! I didn't even see it!), but I was relived to see there was no blood, so I ... read more

I'm at the base of the Himalayas -- and the clouds won't leave! -- It's October and normally there isn't a cloud in the sky.... but for the past 24 hours the clouds have hung around and only got a small glimps of Annapurna this morning... Camera in hand - hopefully tomorrow I'll see more of the mountains and better yet -- photograph them!!!! Wishing the clouds would leave, Bryan... read more

well, i have finally made it to pokhara, a sleepy little town in the foothills of the annapurna mountains. I began my trip last friday and flew into new delhi (on the same flight as the england cricket team) and seemed to hit the ground running. It was my intention to travel overland to Nepal however due to an outbreak of dengue fever and the dewhali festival it seemed that everyone else was leaving Delhi and the train i required was fully booked for 6 days, in the end i decided to catch a flight to Kathmandu. I spent about a day there where i spent most of the time avoiding touts and then caught the bus to pokhara, my first experience of asian buses, not good when you are 6 foot, the weather is hot ... read more