Pokhara Pokhara is a beautiful city on the banks of the Phewa lake and surrounded by the snow peaks of Dhaulagiri, Annapurna and Manaslu ranges. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokhara On a clear day, perhaps, the snow peaks being reflected in the Phewa Lake would lend Pokhara an enchantment, which was lacking on the day we visited it, because the sky was overcast. Clear days at Pokhara are a rarity. Pokhara is always rainy, it seems. No wonder, with 400 cm/year precipitation, what else do you expect? However, we were still thankful to the weather gods that the sky remained cloudy but it did not rain, nor was it too cold. Boating on the Phewa lake has a charm all its own, especially because the boatman allowed us to row the boat by ourselves, no matter that it was
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