Location: Pokhara, local restaurant.
Offered hash count: 0 (been on the bus from Kathmandu all day)
So woke up as per usual, 2.30am. Snoozed till 5am then packed up my kit and checked out of the Holy Lodge to make my way to the bus stop. Had to be there by 6.30am so I planned to get lost as I had to navigate the maze of streets to get there. I understand now how tourists' visiting New Zealand feel when there is not day light to help, I got lost 2 or 3 times just trying to get out of Thamel.
My made bus and was pretty happy with how things ended up, as I got put with a nice chap from the US but living in Australia on a teaching mission in Nepal. His name was Michael and he was volunteering to teach English to Tibetan refugees in Pokhara.
The initial climb out of Kathmandu was great but the highest part of the journey was the most 'adventurous' part of the trip. Once over the pass out of the Kathmandu valley we traveled down a road much like skipper's canyon near Queenstown, with the only difference being it was tar sealed and it was the main highway to Pokhara. Along the way we could see fresh landslides and broken down trucks on the road and insane overtaking maneuvers around blind corners. I only hoped if we crashed we did not hit an LPG tanker...
So hoping to get on the Upper seti tomorrow yey! good night.
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