Hi folks, Just a quick run down of a very relaxed time in Pokhara next to the lake... well relaxed after Linz had had the usual argument with the hotel owner regarding the room price (they tell you 150 NRs when you get into their free transfer but it inflates to 300 when you get to the hotel). Naturally Linz won and we spent 3 very confortable nights by the lake. Pokhara is unbelievably beautiful (and would have been even more so if we could have seen the Annapurna's, but it was too misty whilst we were there.), with the huge lake and foot hills below the towering Himalayas behind. There are trekking shops everywhere that sell unashamedly cheap knock offs brandishing labels such as North Face and Lowe Alpine. Everything is, however, very, very cheap
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