And we didn't want to go to Pokhara... what a mistake it would have been not to. It's true that we didn't intend to stay this much in the Himalayan area. But what to do when you just feel so great in a place that you don't want to move away?
Pokhara is one of the must-see cities in Nepal and we just arrived, but it seems to be perfect! A perfect place with a huge lake, nice people, silent streets ("blowing horn" forbidden, thank God!), plenty of good restaurants and nice spots to see. It's the most peaceful place we've been so far (despite of Chitwan, but this was a natural reserve in the middle of the jungle, so you can't compare!). From here we can do a lot of trekking, paragliding, etc., but also massage and rest... ;)
Our trip is going to be totally different than what we thought. The itinerary changed a lot and we are spending much more time in certain places than we actually wanted. I would even say we are a bit scared about going back to India... after all the stress in Kolkata, the people running after us, the loud, dirty streets, we are really enjoying the piece of quiet we have up here. But who wouldn't do the same?
I think the biggest mistake of people traveling to India/Asia is trying to cover a huge area in less time, like doing a world trip in 80 days or so. It's true that you have trains crossing the whole country, but they are so slow and crowded that no one could stand making long trips just to spend a night or two in each city.
On the other hand, traveling is really stressful and I start thinking I couldn't stand a (very) long trip, like more than 6 months away from home. I miss Western food, I miss organization, I miss not having to care about the water I'm drinking (one can't even trust mineral water bottles, since some of then are fake...). It's being a great experience, but sometimes we both simply get out of our nerves... i.g. when we arrived in Chitwan and more than 20 people working for different hotels started pushing us and barely forcing us to choose "their" hotel. Or with the fact that sometimes we have to walk in the sun with a heavy backpack because we can't find anytaxi driver who doesn't try to impinge us an extremely expensive price...
In resume: we are both happy we already did the half of the journey. We know we will miss the liberty of traveling, but who knows how happy we will be the moment we arrive back home and see you guys again ;)
Pokhara is one of the must-see cities in Nepal and we just arrived, but it seems to be perfect! A perfect place with a huge lake, nice people, silent streets ("blowing horn" forbidden, thank God!), plenty of good restaurants and nice spots to see. It's the most peaceful place we've been so far (despite of Chitwan, but this was a natural reserve in the middle of the jungle, so you can't compare!). From here we can do a lot of trekking, paragliding, etc., but also massage and rest... ;)
Our trip is going to be totally different than what we thought. The itinerary changed a lot and we are spending much more time in certain places than we actually wanted. I would even say we are a bit scared about going back to India... after all the stress in Kolkata, the people running after us, the loud, dirty streets, we are really enjoying the piece of quiet we have up here. But who wouldn't do the same?
I think the biggest mistake of people traveling to India/Asia is trying to cover a huge area in less time, like doing a world trip in 80 days or so. It's true that you have trains crossing the whole country, but they are so slow and crowded that no one could stand making long trips just to spend a night or two in each city.
On the other hand, traveling is really stressful and I start thinking I couldn't stand a (very) long trip, like more than 6 months away from home. I miss Western food, I miss organization, I miss not having to care about the water I'm drinking (one can't even trust mineral water bottles, since some of then are fake...). It's being a great experience, but sometimes we both simply get out of our nerves... i.g. when we arrived in Chitwan and more than 20 people working for different hotels started pushing us and barely forcing us to choose "their" hotel. Or with the fact that sometimes we have to walk in the sun with a heavy backpack because we can't find any
In resume: we are both happy we already did the half of the journey. We know we will miss the liberty of traveling, but who knows how happy we will be the moment we arrive back home and see you guys again ;)
Update:
Pokhara was without a doubt one of the highlights of the trip.
We found ourselves in the coute d'azur of Nepal (the lake replaces the sea of course). There are great restaurants everywhere ( the "Corden Bleau" is extremely good).
We just took this opportunity to relax, so we did everything nice you can do in Pokhara. We did a boat tour in the lake with a nice couple from Portugal we found walking in the street, we had a massage, we had dinner close to the lake in candle light and, finally, we rented a motorbike and had a look around during the last day and went to the Batcave to see bats.
We found ourselves in the coute d'azur of Nepal (the lake replaces the sea of course). There are great restaurants everywhere ( the "Corden Bleau" is extremely good).
We just took this opportunity to relax, so we did everything nice you can do in Pokhara. We did a boat tour in the lake with a nice couple from Portugal we found walking in the street, we had a massage, we had dinner close to the lake in candle light and, finally, we rented a motorbike and had a look around during the last day and went to the Batcave to see bats.
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