Buying blow Pokhara

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Buying blow Pokhara

Pokhara is the second largest city in Nepal, after Kathmandu, but other than that, it is nothing like Kathmandu. While Kathmandu was chaotic, dirty, congested, and a sensory overload waiting to happen, Pokhara is a peaceful located on a lake , spacious sidewalks! The city is also the jumping-off point for those looking to trek the Annapurna circuit. While the Everest region where we trekked might be more well known, the Annapurna region is typically the more popular trekking option due to its lower elevation no need to spend a week acclimating and well established teahouses. Pokhara is also known as being one of the best places in the world for paragliding. Prior to arriving, I was considering getting my paragliding certification while we were in town, but then I realized it was surprisingly expensive. From what we read, this is due to some sort of paragliding mafia or labor union depending on your view of organized labor. Based on their account, this was basically a payment made directly to some government official in charge of Pokhara airspace see: corruption. Side note: I bet his business cards are awesome — Director of Airspace? Admiral of Airspace? Airspace got me out of my parents place? Ok, to review. The answer — not much with a side of yoga. Outside of the adventure activities the town is known for, we found it to be a great place to take it easy. Friendly people, good food, good weather, and stunning views. Getting there High Level: Minibus. Worst transit experience on our trip so far. Detailed : If you are interested in why this was a terrible experience, keep on reading. If you want to go from Kathmandu to Pokhara, you can either fly or take a bus. Ok, no flying. That leaves the bus. After some consideration we decided to go for the minibus. We wanted to get a little bit off the beaten path and maybe save a few bucks in the process too. Turns out, this was a bad decision for three reasons:. The unwelcome bodyguard. We are white see: pale. When our taxi pulled up to the minibus terminal in Kathmandu, we knew things were about to get interesting. Danielle and I looked at each other, took a deep breath, opened the door, and prepared for the onslaught. Within two seconds of exiting the taxi we were completely surrounded by probably 10 Nepali men. Each of them offering us tickets and who knows what else. We ignored them, of course, because travel rule number three says — only pay for bus fare ON the bus. It is a major intersection where minibuses line up on the side of the road and try to flag down passers-by to join them on their trip. When the minibus fills up, it leaves. So back to being surrounded by a crowd of Nepali men. Typically in these situations, the crowd of touts disperses after feet. Maybe there will be one guy who insists you should buy a ticket from him, but really, if you ignore them they leave you alone rather quickly. Except this time. After walking about 50 feet, I realize one of the touts is still walking with us. And by walking with us, I mean walking so close to me that I cannot swing my arm freely because his hip is nearly touching my hip. Dude is all up in my bubble. So I shove my hands in my pockets to make sure my wallet is in my hand. Try and take it from me now, bud. But nope, he continues to walk with us. He is having trouble walking a straight line so maybe he has been drinking too much or maybe he is mentally challenged. Problem taken care of, I think. We start walking again and he follows. If I stop and Danielle keeps on walking, he follows Danielle. If Danielle stops and I keep on walking, he stops. At this point, we have had enough. You can argue he had no idea what we were saying since we were speaking in English, but what can you do. Keep in mind, we are in the middle of a pretty busy area while this is going on. The man makes a few gestures towards Danielle and each time I smack his hand away. I was hoping some passers-by would jump in to help the tourists, but no luck there either. We spend another three minutes of so walking around until we eventually find a bus to Pokhara. There are already four or five people on the bus, towards the front, so we start climbing in towards the back this is a minibus which is similar to a conversion van…you enter through a side door. Danielle goes in first, followed by me. The carsick grandma. This story is much simpler. The bus ride to Pokhara was seven hours over some very curvy, rough roads. I had read it is not uncommon for people to get carsickness on the journey. I can say from experience, this is true. We were in the far back, right side of the vehicle the back row had four seats. Danielle was next to the window, I was on her left side. Immediately in front of Danielle also next to the window was an older woman. Half-way through the trip we realized she was not feeling well. How did we realize this? When she stuck her head out the window and vomited while we were stopped. The bus attendant quickly grabbed a plastic bag and passed it back to the woman while miming to her that she should vomit into the plastic bag. The woman took the plastic bag and immediately threw it out the window. Not a fan of plastic bags or the environment it would appear. She continued vomiting out the window for the last 90 minutes of the trip all while the bus was moving. In this situation the person behind the old woman…. Fortunately, Danielle and I were able to move over to avoid said vomit, but not before Danielle was splattered a few times. All the while, the bus driver continues to hand back plastic bags to the old woman and asks her to puke in the plastic bags, and all the while the old woman continues to throw the plastic bags out the window. In summary, the minibus ride was terrible. We took the tourist bus back to Kathmandu and it was much better see: cheaper with no vomit or harassment. Sleep North Face Inn. Also included a little balcony. Major win. We ate breakfast here four of the days we were in town. Their muesli with fresh fruit and yogurt was amazing. They also had great Western set breakfasts as well as an Indian breakfast set. As an added plus, there was a family of birds nesting in the restaurant so we were able to watch mommy-bird feed her young-uns each morning. Dark Bean Coffee. I tried almost everything they had espresso, macchiato, americano, latte, and cappuccino while Danielle stuck to their latte. Food here was pretty good huge veggie burgers! The owner was great. She buys and makes food to order. Do Purna Yoga Retreat. Initially, we planned on doing a three night retreat, but went for the two night option instead. We really enjoyed it, but it was a bit spendy for our budget and doing that much yoga is harder than we thought it would be! Fitness Two runs. Both were up the mountains err.. We never made it all the way up to Sarangot, though we got close. There are a few small villages on the path which were fun to run through — ducks, dogs, chickens, and other animals hanging out in the street. Trail running in Pokhara. Sarangot is the mountain in the distance to the left. Yes, please Yoga in limited quantities. I think a two night retreat was perfect for us. The food quality high and price low were wonderful. If you lose weight on your trek, Pokhara will help you gain it back. No, thanks Minibus. Air Quality. Unfortunately, during our time here the air quality was terrible due to slash and burn fires in India. There was only one day where we were able to see the Himalayas from town. Oh well. View of Pokhara from the foothills. More Pashmina blankets. I mentioned this in the yoga retreat section, but it deserves more attention — pashmina wool blankets are phenomenal. Prior to the retreat my thoughts on blankets could be summarized as: a blanket is a blanket is a blanket. And then pashmina happened. You know when you give your dog a bath and they start rolling around on the carpet or towel to dry themselves? The day after the retreat ended we bought a large pashmina wool blanket and shipped it home with the rest of our trekking gear. New shoes! After our trek, my shoes were destroyed. As a result, I ended up heading to a department store to buy new shoes. Are they good shoes? Can you run in them? Also, the shopping process was entertaining because the largest shoe size carried in Nepal based on my sample size of three stores is a US size I typically wear size Like Like. Email Address:. About Travels Races Contact. By S Pokhara is the second largest city in Nepal, after Kathmandu, but other than that, it is nothing like Kathmandu. Phewa Lake at sunset from Pokhara. Danielle enjoying a steam bath at Purna Yoga Retreat. 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