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Friday, December 19, 2008

Pokara




We were not able to get a flight out of Jomson early, but we left the next day. Our hotel in Pokara, Hotel Kantipur, arranged by the trekking company, was quite nice. We decided we would stay here 2 days and then take the bus back to Kathmandu. Saroj would head out in the morning. Pokara was bigger than I expected but it was a much mellower version than Kathmandu. It had plenty of handicraft shops, restaurants and hip bars.  As well as views of Machapuchare (Fishtail) mountain which we also saw from the plan.  We took a canoe across the lake and then hiked to the Peace Pagoda. It was a great place to unwind and relax a bit after the trek and before immersing ourselves back into the hectic-ness of Kathmandu.