Got up early to catch the 7 AM bus to Pokhara. Grabbed some last minute chocolate filled bread for breakfast from a street vendor but realized in the bus that it must have been baked the day before... Oh well, I forced it down. The drive out of Kathmandu was pretty wild. The long and winding road down into the valley with its narrow pothole-riddled lanes and sheer cliffs gives you plenty of fodder for your imagination...
After a 7-hour shaky bus ride in which we went airborne a couple of times (never knew that was possible for a bus) we arrived in Pokhara where I checked into the Hotel "Touch" down at Lakeside
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Stand frueh auf um den 7 Uhr Bus nach Pokhara zu erwischen. Schnappte mir noch schnell zwei dieser Schokolade-gefuellten Brote von einem der Strassenverkaeufer aber stellte spaeter fest, dass die wohl vom Vortag waren... Naja, der Hunger trieb's rein. Auf der Fahrt raus aus Kathmandu kam keine Langeweile auf. Die lange und kurvige Landstrasse hinunter ins Tal mit ihren schlagloechrigen engen Spuren und steilen Abhaengen gibt dir genug Futter fuer deine Fantasie...
Nach siebenstuendiger durchschuettelter Busfahrt, auf welcher wir auch ab und zu mal abhoben (wusste gar nicht, dass das mit Bussen moeglich war) kamen wir in Pokhara an und ich checkte im Hotel Touch im Lakeside Viertel.
The Shakedown
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Pokhara, California, Nepal
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