Pokhara Faced 2
- krolesh
- Jan 20, 2024
- 2 min read
The next day we spent the whole day trying to decide what to do.
We all had the best day. We basically sat outside in the sun, read books, jammed, chatted, ate, explored the little village around us. It was one of those memorable and supremely deliciously restful days.
Jul made a Hansel’n’Gretel-style trail out of dried corn, and led the chooks around the place. So cute.
The view from the front of the cottage
We ended up staying till after sunset, which happened to be magnificent. Then, in the most beautiful way, the mother blessed us all by sticking rice on our foreheads, giving Yoni and I a dhaka topi, a traditional male hat, giving us a bag of their own homemade dried forest leaves and wild vegetables, and then giving us all flowers.
Unbelievable.
We all felt so incredibly warm as Subash led us down through the village to the road, where we ended up taking a local bus back to Pokhara.
Lumle temple
Peace Pagoda
The next day Yoni and I walked for hours, right across to the other side of the lake, and then through the forest to an amazing stupa way way up on the top of a hill.
We stumbled upon this beautiful place, Kedareshwar Temple, dedicated to Shiva.
More lingams than you could poke a dick, I mean a stick, at.
A local visiting Yoni’s peaceful shoulder
Unfortunately we did
I went and got myself a trekking permit, and then eventually we made it to the forest, and up we went.
Fast growing city
See those Himalayan peaks at the back?
The stupa in the distance
I was shocked to discover how big Pokhara actually is these days. Our experience of the place has been so chilled, down by the lake. The main part of the city feels a million miles away from us.
Whetted
So even though I've just finished a trek, that was just the entree.
I wanna go further, longer and higher.
I wanna get closer to that incredible Annapurna Massif.
Well, as close as I can at least, considering that I don't have the proper gear with me, and it's full-power brass macaque weather at the moment.
I wanna get in amongst it!❤️
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