April 11 & 12th, Pokhara, Nepal
Saturday morning, two young people and I left Bandipur and took a jeep taxi down the mountain to the main highway. There we caught a bus to Pokhara. The young people had enjoyed the ride on top of the bus earlier so much that they asked could we ride on top for a lesser fare. Answer - 'Yes'.
The young people definitely keep life interesting and fun!
So up we go, but this time with "more experience" we get situated and a little comfortable BEFORE the bus takes off! It was to be a 2-hour ride.
It was a "three bus breakdown" ride that took over 4 hours. One time we had to change buses. It was easy - we just stepped over to the roof of the replacement bus. This trip ended up costing me 100 rupees, $1.20 ... so although tiring .. it was definitely an interesting ride.
When we arrived in Pokhara, we went to a hotel recommended by some men we met in Bandipur, the Hotel Avocado. The manager told us the price and the Spaniard hit the ceiling, saying "NO , NO!" that was too much, that our friend had said it was less. I went and looked at the room and took it! They ended up going somewhere else. I saw them later, they are paying the same as I am!
The room at the Hotel Avocado is the best room I have had so far. It is clean, has 10 to 12 foot ceilings, is a corner room with a lot of windows (with screens and latches), an overhead fan, hot water showers during daylight (solar heating and very hot), toilet with a seat ACTUALLY ATTACHED, a mirror, and for the first time in over three weeks, a bed with a top and bottom sheet.
All other hotels have just had a bottom sheet, so my travel silk sleep bag has really come in handy.
Oh yea, The Hotel Avocato cost me $3.20 a night.
This is also a tourist town, so there are a lot of restaurants and many of them have interesting menus. One thing, everywhere, and I can not figure out why, nor get explained is why two fried eggs cost 25 rupees, a two egg omelet cost 30 rupees, but SCRAMBLED eggs always cost double - 50 to 60 rupees.
There is always Lazzniya (or other varied spellings)on the menu - that's Lasagna. One of my favorite dishes are "Mo Mo's". I think these are Tibetan. They are similar to Italian ravioli and you can have then fried or steamed. Good either way. A local restaurant has them for 50 rupees, a tourist restaurant has them for 200 rupees.
I have some photos, but I also have a problem with the computer or my camera, so I will try later to upload some photos.
Thanks for being here with me,
Johnny
The young people definitely keep life interesting and fun!
So up we go, but this time with "more experience" we get situated and a little comfortable BEFORE the bus takes off! It was to be a 2-hour ride.
It was a "three bus breakdown" ride that took over 4 hours. One time we had to change buses. It was easy - we just stepped over to the roof of the replacement bus. This trip ended up costing me 100 rupees, $1.20 ... so although tiring .. it was definitely an interesting ride.
When we arrived in Pokhara, we went to a hotel recommended by some men we met in Bandipur, the Hotel Avocado. The manager told us the price and the Spaniard hit the ceiling, saying "NO , NO!" that was too much, that our friend had said it was less. I went and looked at the room and took it! They ended up going somewhere else. I saw them later, they are paying the same as I am!
The room at the Hotel Avocado is the best room I have had so far. It is clean, has 10 to 12 foot ceilings, is a corner room with a lot of windows (with screens and latches), an overhead fan, hot water showers during daylight (solar heating and very hot), toilet with a seat ACTUALLY ATTACHED, a mirror, and for the first time in over three weeks, a bed with a top and bottom sheet.
All other hotels have just had a bottom sheet, so my travel silk sleep bag has really come in handy.
Oh yea, The Hotel Avocato cost me $3.20 a night.
This is also a tourist town, so there are a lot of restaurants and many of them have interesting menus. One thing, everywhere, and I can not figure out why, nor get explained is why two fried eggs cost 25 rupees, a two egg omelet cost 30 rupees, but SCRAMBLED eggs always cost double - 50 to 60 rupees.
There is always Lazzniya (or other varied spellings)on the menu - that's Lasagna. One of my favorite dishes are "Mo Mo's". I think these are Tibetan. They are similar to Italian ravioli and you can have then fried or steamed. Good either way. A local restaurant has them for 50 rupees, a tourist restaurant has them for 200 rupees.
I have some photos, but I also have a problem with the computer or my camera, so I will try later to upload some photos.
Thanks for being here with me,
Johnny
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