The next day in Pokhara was dedicated to relaxing and getting the few chores that we had to do (like laundry and internet for emails) done. So again we didn't get up to very much but we did enjoy some delicious food and a few beers in the evening again.
Our third day in Pokhara we rented a paddle boat (a long wooden canoe) and paddled out into the middle of the lake where we drifted around for a couple of hours drinking beer and swimming in the warm water. The afternoon spent just floating on the water was fantastic and a great way to spend a day in Pokhara.
The fourth day we finally got up to something: we went white water rafting. Or at least some of us did: Amy, Ryan, and myself. The rafting trip turned out to be a lot of fun although we weren't too sure it would be as the water level on most of Nepal's rivers then was pretty low. We ended up doing a four hour trip down one of the rivers that we trekked along during the first few days of the trek. The rapids started out pretty big and fun and as the day went on they got smaller but it allowed some time to jump into the water for swimming which was still great. The only downside about the trip was that it was about a 3 hour drive to the river and back so we spent lots of time just sitting in a bus. Still a great day out though.
The fifth day was our last in Pokhara and after having another relaxing morning we decided to climb up one of the surrounding hills to the world's peace pagoda. The walk up to the pagoda was quite nice (although long as it took nearly 2 hours) since it went through some rice fields and a smaller village on the outskirts of Pokhara before climbing through the forest to the top of the hill. The pagoda was kind of a let down I thought as it was just a white stupa that had scenes of the 4 most sacred Buddhist places on its 4 sides. However the view of Pokhara and the surrounding countryside was absolutely stunning. At the top we also decided to take the short way down from the Pagoda which was down a steep path and then to hire someone to row us back across the lake so it cut the time down drastically.
The next morning Quinn and I got up early to catch the bus back to Kathmandu from Pokhara as I had to go back to collect some of my luggage that I had left there and Quinn had a flight to catch. The bus journey was fairly long (it took 8 hours to go 200 km) but we only got temporarily stuck behind an accident so for Nepal standards it was pretty good. Once back in Kathmandu it was already evening so we didn't have time to do very much that day.
My last full day in Nepal was spent in Kathmandu although I didn't get up to anything very exciting. Pretty much just running errands and getting ready for the long journey back to Delhi that I was going to start that night. So the next 36 hours of my life was spent on a bus to the boarder then a jeep to Gorakpur then finally a train back to Delhi, which I'll talk about in my next post. But for now my journey in Nepal had come to an end.
Team sole (minus Dan as he kept on trekking to Annapurna Base Camp after leaving us on day 17) relaxing in the boat on the lake by Pokhara.
The group that was in my raft, I am in the middle on the left hand side.
Another shot of our raft.
The view of Pokhara from the World's Peace Pagoda.
A shot of us crossing back over the lake from the World's Peace Pagoda.
Sunset over the lake while sitting at a restaurant in Pokhara.
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