I am of the opinion that people have been exagerating the bus experience. We got a non-tourist bus from Dumre to Pokhara today and it was fine, neither of us have beein ill on either bus! It was shaky, yes, but no more than when I try to ride my suspensionless bike over farmland in Lincolnshire. I am also getting used to the ways of the road, I conclude that in all cases of driving or crossing the road you simply have to let necessity drive you, leave it to the fates and GO!GO!GO! Everyone copes just fine with this lack of rules and it keeps you on your toes, literally. One of my favourite road anecdotes so far has been the 'Cow in road' scenario.
We watched as our bus driver slowed, but never stopped, and 'nudged' the stationary beast with the bus, slowly, almost as if time had stopped, this holy creature took a reassuring step forwards, cheer!, and after a few more gentle nudges there was a big enough gap for the bus to veer around it, without a fiasco we were on our way again. Simple.
Having learned our lesson in Dumre, we arrived in Pokhara and took our time. Getting a taxi to Lakeside, declining a sightseeing tour, we ate lunch at a scrumptious Korean restaurant in south lakeside...yum! They gave us complementary potatos and bamboo stuff, and even a strange drink which Alicia tried before realising it wasnt the lemon tea we had ordered.
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| Mystery drink and some lemon tea |
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| YUM |
We have decided to stay at Butterfly Lodge,
http://www.butterfly-lodge.org/ , which is amazing...about 450nrs per night which is around double what our ancient (2003) lonely planet says, so figured its about right and it is lovely. There is big garden and the host, Khem, speaks English well, we are very happy and looking forwards to four days without moving and being in such a lovely place.
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| Phewa Tal |
Much love xxxxxx
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