Morning
routine was as usual except for the fact that breakfast wasn’t until 0830.
Departing we started the day with a short half an hour walk which brought us
through the village we were staying in and getting us to the bus stop where our
private bus was already waiting for us. At 1130 we arrived at our hotel in
Pokhara after a mostly paved drive.
Despite
it being Sunday most children seemed to be on their way to school while we were
passing through; wearing school uniforms and all walking in the same direction
gave it away.
On
arrival in Pokhara we were given an hour to get our rooms and to a nearby ATM
if necessary before saying goodbye to the assistant guide and porters and
handing over their tips. We also had complete group photos taken; while going through
the cameras an elderly local man came by and wanted to join in the photo and it
was very difficult to make him understand we weren’t interested in having him
there – even when our guide took hold of him and led him to the other side of
the street. At one point he claimed “I like all foreign countries! Except
India!” but it would end up being nearly impossible convincing him we were
Indians in an attempt to leave us alone.
During
the one hour our guide had fed the porters and assistant guide and after the
photo session we said our final goodbyes.
Until
meeting for dinner at the hotel at 1830 we had a free schedule and most of us
went out for lunch nearby followed by spending an hour on rental boats on
Pokhara lake. Having a short walk around in the neighborhood we ended up in a
bar with drinks and card games.
Dinner
was nice (when our guide talked about the restaurant for dinner we all heard
the name “Rambo”. We found out when arriving that that was heard wrong; the
name was “Rainbow”) and we ended the night at a bar/nightclub. It was weird
being the tall one; standing next to the dance floor I could only see a layer
of heads jumping up and down. Much fun and drunkenness was had.
Being watched when going through the village.
A quick look of the mountains just after leaving Birethanti.
View from the boats.
The group before saying goodbye to the porters and assistant guide.
You can just see the shadow from the old local guy to the right.
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