17 Nov, 2007: Kathmandu City Sightseeing
Pashupati, Kathmandu Durbar Square
18 Nov, 2007: Kathmandu to Bhaktapur to Nagarkot
19 Nov, 2007: Nagarkot to Kathmandu
20 Nov, 2007: Kathmandu -Pokhara
Started to drive from the office at 08:45 in the morning and visited Patan Durbar Square. Then started to drive 200KM way towards to Pokhara. Our plan were visiting Patan, Manakamana and to reach Pokhara same day but the plan didn't went well because we leaved from Kathmandu nearly an hour late than mentioned time. That day, we just reached Pokhara at and thought different programs for next day but couldn't finalized the plan. Overnight stayed at pre-booked Hotel Kantipur.
Pashupati, Kathmandu Durbar Square
18 Nov, 2007: Kathmandu to Bhaktapur to Nagarkot
19 Nov, 2007: Nagarkot to Kathmandu
20 Nov, 2007: Kathmandu -Pokhara
Started to drive from the office at 08:45 in the morning and visited Patan Durbar Square. Then started to drive 200KM way towards to Pokhara. Our plan were visiting Patan, Manakamana and to reach Pokhara same day but the plan didn't went well because we leaved from Kathmandu nearly an hour late than mentioned time. That day, we just reached Pokhara at and thought different programs for next day but couldn't finalized the plan. Overnight stayed at pre-booked Hotel Kantipur.
21 Nov, 2007: Pokhara -Manakamana -Pokhara
Our transportation had not fixed till the morning because I had not got any green signal from Dheeraj (one of the group member!). After some discussion with us, we finalized to hire a hiace and I left the hotel in search of hiace in costy Pokhara. I got it and fixed the time at 09:30AM but unfortunately they didn't came on time. We waited, waited and waited but they didn't came till 10:30 so Dheeraj decided to hire taxi. The agreed hiace came to us while we were in taxi and they started to say here and there. After some bad discuss among Dheeraj, the hiace owner and me we left them and headed on to Manakamana from Pokhara at 10:45Am and took us to reach there about 02:30hrs by taxi. Took cable car ride which costs NRS320 per person. Spent time in cable care at about 30 minutes and walked up ten minutes from cable car station then finally we reached the beautiful Manakamana temple and saw panoramic mountain views from there. Manakamana is specially for religious site for Hinduism so we (all of five group members and me!) worshipped the god, asked whatever we needed. After finished the puja ceremony, we left Manakamana and its nice surroundings, we took 20 minutes cable car drive down to taxi stand and drove to Pokhara. Overnight stayed at Hotel Kantipur.
22 Nov, 2007: Pokhara Sightseeing & to Lumbini
Woke up at 04:45Am and drove to Sarangkot (1592m). After thirty minutes drive by taxi, we reached the end of the road and walked up few minutes. The Himalayas view of Annapurna South, Annapurna First, Hiunchuli, Machhapuchre, Annapurna Third, Annapurna Fourth, Annapurna Second, Lamjung Himal and Manaslu were fantastic. We could see Dhaulagiri if we would have reached on the top of view point but we couldn't attempted top of the hill because of walking conditions of group members. Few minutes after Sun rose, we drove down. On the way backed to Pokhara we visited Vindyabasini temple, K.I Singh Bridge (from where nice Seti george of 30 meter down can be seen), Mahendra Cave (can go 200m inside) and to Bat Cave Entering was easy as we (me and Amit -one of the group member) rented the flashlight near the entrance gate and walked inside. The cave was still dark even though we had flashlight. There were thousands of bats on the ceiling of cave. We had an adventerous experience while we reached near existing point of cave. The existing whole was small with sharp rocks. First I tried to exist for Amit but in the middle, neither he could exist nor went back. I was worried because he started to cry. With the help of mine and other members, he finally existed from the whole. Then I tried to exist. That was really difficult to exist for sure. After that, we headed on to Davis Fall including Wish Pool inside the surrounding of Davis Fall. Dropping the coin in the pool and keep staying the coin in the fixed place was really interesting. According the saying, if once can drop and keep staying the coin properly, his wishes become fulfilled. Then boated on Fewa Lake (to and from Barahi Temple -which is middle of the Lake) and returned back to hotel.
After Pokhara Valley sightseeing including Sarangkot, we headed on to Lumbini by Hiace which took us to reach there about six hours. We tried to enter Lumbini surroundings but unfortunately, the place was already closed. Then drove back to Bhairahawa and overnight stayed at Hotel Pawan International.
23 Nov, 2007: Bhairahawa -Sunauli Border
I still had to arrange next transportation to drop Sunauli border (which was about five KM far from the place at where we had spent last overnight stay) because the haice had only was managed for drop to Bhairahawa so they returned last night. After few negotiations with the owner, I managed the small maruti van and headed on to border. After ending part of Nepal side, we leaved the maruti van and crossed the border by ricksaw. To avoid to behave with Indian police, Dheeraj gave few Indian Rupees and cleared the luggage even if there were nothing illegal things inside the luggage except some clothes and daily needed things. Finally, the time came to be seperate each other -the five members team and me. They forwarded to Gorakhpur and I returned back to Kathmandu.
22 Nov, 2007: Pokhara Sightseeing & to Lumbini
Woke up at 04:45Am and drove to Sarangkot (1592m). After thirty minutes drive by taxi, we reached the end of the road and walked up few minutes. The Himalayas view of Annapurna South, Annapurna First, Hiunchuli, Machhapuchre, Annapurna Third, Annapurna Fourth, Annapurna Second, Lamjung Himal and Manaslu were fantastic. We could see Dhaulagiri if we would have reached on the top of view point but we couldn't attempted top of the hill because of walking conditions of group members. Few minutes after Sun rose, we drove down. On the way backed to Pokhara we visited Vindyabasini temple, K.I Singh Bridge (from where nice Seti george of 30 meter down can be seen), Mahendra Cave (can go 200m inside) and to Bat Cave Entering was easy as we (me and Amit -one of the group member) rented the flashlight near the entrance gate and walked inside. The cave was still dark even though we had flashlight. There were thousands of bats on the ceiling of cave. We had an adventerous experience while we reached near existing point of cave. The existing whole was small with sharp rocks. First I tried to exist for Amit but in the middle, neither he could exist nor went back. I was worried because he started to cry. With the help of mine and other members, he finally existed from the whole. Then I tried to exist. That was really difficult to exist for sure. After that, we headed on to Davis Fall including Wish Pool inside the surrounding of Davis Fall. Dropping the coin in the pool and keep staying the coin in the fixed place was really interesting. According the saying, if once can drop and keep staying the coin properly, his wishes become fulfilled. Then boated on Fewa Lake (to and from Barahi Temple -which is middle of the Lake) and returned back to hotel.
After Pokhara Valley sightseeing including Sarangkot, we headed on to Lumbini by Hiace which took us to reach there about six hours. We tried to enter Lumbini surroundings but unfortunately, the place was already closed. Then drove back to Bhairahawa and overnight stayed at Hotel Pawan International.
23 Nov, 2007: Bhairahawa -Sunauli Border
I still had to arrange next transportation to drop Sunauli border (which was about five KM far from the place at where we had spent last overnight stay) because the haice had only was managed for drop to Bhairahawa so they returned last night. After few negotiations with the owner, I managed the small maruti van and headed on to border. After ending part of Nepal side, we leaved the maruti van and crossed the border by ricksaw. To avoid to behave with Indian police, Dheeraj gave few Indian Rupees and cleared the luggage even if there were nothing illegal things inside the luggage except some clothes and daily needed things. Finally, the time came to be seperate each other -the five members team and me. They forwarded to Gorakhpur and I returned back to Kathmandu.
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