Dashain in Pokhara

I'm back in Kathmandu and life is beginning to get back to normal but the whole country has had five - six days of holidays and I spent my days in Pokhara.

I was not the only one, that's for sure; In almost every resturant I went to I met some UMNers, ex-UMNers or other people that I know! The buses were full both ways and it was more "Nepalis" than tourists even if the tourist season is also coming on now.

Most of my time in Pokhara I spent together with the Ardeby family. We went shopping in Chipledhunga, we had lots of nice meals down at the lake, we went to Hotel Barahi to swim and one morning we went up to Sarangkot to see the mountains.

We were a bit late getting there but we managed to take the photos we wanted and then, after having had a nice breakfast up there we headed down towards the lake. It was rather hot to walk in the sun but we managed to get down, though it took us 2.5 hours and lots of stops and lots of water.

I enjoyed my days in Pokhara and now I'm getting ready to move to Nepalganj. The luggage will go on Månday and I will be travelling on Tuesday I hope, I haven't got my ticket yet. I'm flying this time, I had enough of bumpy busrides for awhile - I had the very last seat on the bus coming back to Kathmandu and it was not very pleasant! Besides the distance to Nepalganj is more than double that to Pokhara.

I will spend my last few days in Kathmandu shopping for exciting things like an electric kettle and an iron. I'm looking forward to get started with my work in Nepalganj, but I guess it will take some time to get the flat organized before that.