 Welcome to Pokhara - Visit Pokhara Year 2007 |
 Dusk, Lake Phewa, Pokhara, from Hotel Fewa |
 Man paddling a canoe on Lake Phewa, Pokhara |
 Boats on Lake Phewa in the evening |
 Annapurna IV from Lakeside Pokhara, early morning |
 Calm Lake Phewa, early morning, Pokhara, Nepal |
 Various types of boats on Lake Phewa, Pokhara |
 Looking across Lake Phewa to the World Peace Pagoda |
 Traditional houses and terraced fields on the opposite shore of Lake Phewa |
 Canoe on Lake Phewa, Pokhara, Nepal |
 Phewa Tal, Pokhara |
 Gorkha Beer advertisement, Pokhara Lakeside |
 Main street of Pokhara Lakeside - Women's Crafts |
 Main street of Pokhara Lakeside - Hotel Mountain Top, The Lemon Tree |
 Main street of Pokhara Lakeside - Yak Wool Handicraft |
 Billy Bunter's Restaurant & Bar, Lakeside Pokhara |
 Pokhara Steak House, Lakeside Pokhara |
 Lakeside Pokhara |
 Annapurna South (7219m/23,683ft) & Annapurna I (8091m/26,545ft) the world's 10th highest mountain |
 Machapuchare (6993m/22,965ft) Pokhara, Nepal |
 Machapuchare (6993m/22,965ft) Pokhara, partially blocked by Sangerkot |
 Canoes, Phewa Ghat, Lakeside Pokhara |
 Canoes, Phewa Ghat, Lakeside Pokhara |
 Varahi Mandir - Island Temple, Phewa Lake, Pokhara |
 Phewa Tal, Pokhara |
 Ferry to the island temple, Lake Phewa |
 Canoeist paddling tourists on Lake Phewa |
 Lake Phewa, Pokhara, looking north |
 No leather objects in the holiest part of the temple (sacred cow) |
 Varahi Mandir - Island Temple, Phewa Lake, Pokhara |
 Varahi Mandir - Island Temple, Phewa Lake, Pokhara |
 Varahi Mandir - Island Temple, Phewa Lake, Pokhara |
 Machhapuchhare |
 Woman padding a boat, Lake Phewa |
 Buffalo cruising main street, Pokhara Lakeside |
 Snake charmer waiting for foreign tourists, Pokhara Lakeside |
 Snake charmer waiting for foreign tourists, Pokhara Lakeside |
 Nepali (or Indian?) singer during filming of a music video, Pokhara |
 Fewa Lake Restaurant & Bar, Lakeside Pokhara |
 Phewa Lake, Pokhara |
 Souvenir shop, Lakeside Pokhara |
 Moondance Restaurant has wireless internet, Lakeside Pokhara |
 Israeli guesthouse, Lakeside Pokhara |
 Fewa Trekking Shop, pirated trekking gear |
 Travel agent, Lakeside Pokhara |
 Paddle Nepal, Lakeside Pokhara |
 Nasa Trekking Equipment Store, Lakeside Pokhara |
 Machhapuchhare - Fish Tail |
 Nepal Tourism Board - Pokhara Trekking Service Center (Entry permit counter) |
 Map of Annapurna Conservation Area |
 Machhapuchhare looming over Pokhara |
 A Pokhara bus |
 Way to World Peace Pagoda, Pokhara |
 View from the road leading to the World Peace Pagoda |
 Rice paddies and the southern end of Pokhara |
 Traditional Nepali house with terraces |
 It's about a 40 minute walk from the road to the summit |
 Houses among the ride paddies south of town, Pokhara |
 Cows grazing on the hillside with the World Peace Pagoda, Pokhara |
 A hillside house near the World Peace Pagoda |
 Machhapuchhare from the hilltop viewpoint near the World Peace Pagoda |
 Annapurna IV and II from the World Peace Pagoda |
 Annapurna South (7219m/23,683ft), Annapurna I (8091m/26,545ft) and Hiunchuli (6441m) |
 Machhapuchhare through the foliage from the viewpoint near World Peace Pagoda |
 Machhapuchhare and prayer flags from the hilltop viewpoint near World Peace Pagoda |
 Machhapuchhare and Buddhist prayer flags, Pokhara |
 Buddhist prayer flags |
 Buddhist prayer flags with the Annapurnas, ridge near World Peace Pagoda |
 Lake Phewa, Lakeside Pokhara, Sangerkot and the Annapurna Range of the Himalaya |
 Machhapuchhare, an impressive Himalayan peak |
 Machhapuchhare |
 Lakeside Pokhara |
 Pokhara Airport |
 Annapurna II (7937m/26,039ft) |
 Phewa Lake, Pokhara |
 Pokhara Stadium |
 Trail marker on the World Peace Pagoda route |
 Trail marker on the World Peace Pagoda route |
 Pokhara Lakeside, Phewa Tal, Sangerkot and the Annapurnas |
 Microlight passing over the World Peace Pagoda |
 Everest Beer, Nepal |
 My "guide" |
 On the way up, a local boy tagged along as a "guide". That's his house. |
 Hillside below the World Peace Pagoda, Pokhara |
 Annapurna II (7937m/26,039ft) |
 Annapurna IV and Annapurna II |
 World Peace Pagoda, Pokhara |
 World Peace Pagoda, Pokhara |
 "This is a litter Tree Zone" |
 World Peace Pagoda, Pokhara |
 Poinsettia, World Peace Pagoda |
 World Peace Pagoda, Pokhara |
 Min Bahedur Gurung, World Peace Pagoda |
 Min Bahedur Gurung, World Peace Pagoda |
 Annapurna Range of the Himalaya from World Peace Pagoda |
 Machhapuchhare and the summit of Sangerkot |
 Sameer Restaurant, a place for a break after the climb to World Peace Pagoda |
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 Eastern Annapurnas from World Peace Pagoda |
 Machhapuchhare (Fish Tail) |
 A spider |
 Getting late in the day...Annapurna II |
 Evening approaching Annapurna II & IV |
 Starting the descent down the trail to the lakeside to catch a boat back to town |
 Machhapuchhare |
 Annapurna South |
 Annapurna II & IV |
 The sometimes slippery trail down the north side from World Peace Pagoda to Lake Phewa |
 Dusk, Annapurna II & IV |
 Dusk, Annapurna II & IV |
 Dusk, Annapurna II & IV |
 Almost at the lake |
 Sunset, Annapurna South |
 Just after sunset, Lake Phewa |
 For my next day in Pokhara, I rented a motorbike |
 Petrol 73.35 rupees/liter (€.79/liter or $4.35/gallon) |
 Downtown Pokhara, Shreejana Chowk |
 The road to Sarangkot |
 Bus at the turnoff for Sarangkot |
 Machhapuchhare from the Sarangkot road |
 Sarangkot |
 Sarangkot |
 Along the road to the summit of Sarangkot |
 The valley on the north side of Sarangkot |
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 Annapurna South and Annapurna I (8091m/26,538ft - #10) from Sarangkot |
 Dirt road near the summit of Sarangkot |
 Hotel Annapurna & Sherpa, Sarangkot, well away from the noise of town |
 Machhapuchhare with prayer flags |
 View from the summit of Sarangkot looking north to Machhapuchhare & the Annapurna Range |
 Machhapuchhare with some low clouds |
 Clouds starting to move in |
 Remains of a fort near the summit of Sarangkot |
 Top of Sarangkot |
 Town on the valley floor north of Sarangot |
 Bhimsen Temple in Old Town Pokhara |
 Ram Krishna Tole, Old Town Pokhara |
 Square around the Bhimsen Temple, old town Pokhara |
 Old town Pokhara - Ram Krishna Tole |
 Old town Pokhara |
 Small shrine, old town Pokhara |
 Ram Krishna Tole, old town Pokhara |
 Old town Pokhara |
 Old town Pokhara |
 Old Town Pokhara |
 Old Town Pokhara |
 Old Town Pokhara |
 Old Town Pokhara |
 Old Town Pokhara |
 Old Town Pokhara |
 Old Town Pokhara |
 Old Town Pokhara |
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 Religous procession - Pokhara |
 Devi's Falls, Pokhara |
 At this point, the river goes underground |
 Devi's Falls, Pokhara |
 Devi's Falls, Pokhara |
 Devi's Falls, Pokhara |
 Devi's Falls, Pokhara |
 Roadside in front of Devis' Falls, Pokhara |
 Gupteshwor Mahadev Cave, Pokhara |
 Gupteshwor Mahadev Cave, Pokhara |
 No Photo! |
 Student group waiting near the cave entrance |
 "Om" |
 I took the motorbike on a short drive out of town SW on the Siddhartha Highway |
 Terraced fields SW of Pokhara |
 The hillside south of the World Peace Pagoda |
 Milemarker for Pokhara, Siddhartha Highway |
 Milemarker for Lumbini I believe, Siddhartha Highway |
 World Peace Pagoda |
 Phewa Lake 2km, Pokhara |
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 Seti River Gorge, Pokhara |
 Tunnel leading to aqueduct over Seti River Gorge, Pokhara |
 Aqueduct over Seti River Gorge, Pokhara |
 Seti River Gorge, Pokhara |
 Seti River Gorge, Pokhara |
 Girl and an old woman, Pokhara |
 Temple near Seti River Gorge, Pokhara |
 Gurkha Memorial Museum, Pokhara, Nepal |
 Gurkha Memorial Museum, Pokhara, Nepal |
 British Gurkhas Pokhara |
 Gurkha Memorial Museum, Pokhara, Nepal |
 Playboy Whiskey, Pokhara |
 Butcher shop with waiting "customers" |
 Soon to be goat chops... |
 Nepal Revolutionary Students Union, Pokhara |
 Manipal Medical College and Hospital, Pokhara |
 Buddha Super Market, Pokhara |
 Karma Dubgyu Chokhorling Monastery, Pokhara |
 Karma Dubgyu Chokhorling Monastery, Pokhara |
 Karma Dubgyu Chokhorling Monastery, Pokhara |
 Karma Dubgyu Chokhorling Monastery, Pokhara |
 Karma Dubgyu Chokhorling Monastery, Pokhara |
 Karma Dubgyu Chokhorling Monastery, Pokhara |
 Karma Dubgyu Chokhorling Monastery, Pokhara |
 Monks chanting inside the main prayer hall |
 The long Tibetan horns make quite a noise |
 Young monks, Karma Dubgyu Chokhorling Monastery, Pokhara |
 Young monk leaning over a Tibetan text |
 Karma Dubgyu Chokhorling Monastery, Pokhara |
 Main prayer hall, Karma Dubgyu Chokhorling Monastery, Pokhara |
 Monks in the main prayer hall making quite a racket |
 Butter lamps, Karma Dubgyu Chokhorling Monastery, Pokhara |
 Karma Dubgyu Chokhorling Monastery, Pokhara |
 Karma Dubgyu Chokhorling Monastery, Pokhara |
 Karma Dubgyu Chokhorling Monastery, Pokhara |
 Karma Dubgyu Chokhorling Monastery, Pokhara |
 Karma Dubgyu Chokhorling Monastery, Pokhara |
 Karma Dubgyu Chokhorling Monastery, Pokhara |
 Karma Dubgyu Chokhorling Monastery, Pokhara |
 Prayer wheels, Karma Dubgyu Chokhorling Monastery, Pokhara |
 Karma Dubgyu Chokhorling Monastery, Pokhara |
 Karma Dubgyu Chokhorling Monastery, Pokhara |
 Pokhara Airport |
 Gorkha Airlines Sales Office, Pokhara (a shockingly primitive place) |
 Pokhara Airport |
 Gorkha Airlines Do 228 (9N-AHS) |
 This plane was *supposed* to fly me to Jomsom |
 ...but they said it was too windy, so the flight cancelled |
 ...another time...when I have more time |