Wednesday, January 5, 2011

I heart Pokhara (Part 1)







Miton took me on a little trip to Pokhara (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokhara) for a couple of days. It’s very much a tourist destination, and there are many Europeans walking around. Many come here to go trekking, hang-gliding, white water rafting, and kayaking because it is a place for adventure. What surprised us was how many parents brought little children with them. There was one mother who looked like she went hiking with her kid on her back. We were looking for adventure, but we didn’t have time to do anything too crazy. To say that the scenery is breath-taking is an understatement. We got up extra early in the morning to hike up to Sarangkot for the sunrise. The mountains looked so incredibly perfect. It seemed that if you could reach out you hand just enough, you could touch them. I kept thinking of Bob Ross and his paintings. As the sun rose, the light reflected off the mountains with a reddish glow. After we hiked back down, we thought we had done enough hiking for the day, and we decided would take it easy in the afternoon. (Little did we know how much our plans would change.) After breakfast we went to the lake, Fewa Tal, and took a boat to the nearby island that had a little temple.

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