Wednesday, October 14: On the Road Again

This day was mostly spent traveling from Kathmandu to Pokhara. In the morning we met our guide for our trek. His name was Shailesh (pronounced soy-lesh). He is 26, and he said he just got back from leading a group to the Everest base camp. Compared to that, our trek should be a walk in the park for him. After we met him, we headed over to board our bus for the trip. It is only about 120 miles between Kathmandu and Pokhara. However, due to the traffic, curving mountain roads, and the potholes, it took us over seven hours to make it.

We eventually made it to our hotel in Pokhara at about 3:30. We had some time to check out the town, so walked around and eventually wound up by Phewa Lake. It was very beautiful and peaceful. It didn't take long for me to like Pokhara better than Kathmandu and Bangladesh. It was simply a lot quieter.

Phewa Lake

Phillip had been talking about eating at a steakhouse that is in Pokhara, so we decided to eat there. Phillip said his steak was good, but mine was pretty tough and chewy. Pokhara had many of the same shops as Kathmandu, so there really wasn't any new shopping. It was a little cloudy, but we did catch a couple of glimpses of the Annapurna Range through the clouds. We were really hoping it would be clear the next few days. The next day we drive two hours in the morning to where we start our trek.