Oct 29, 2004 12:42 AM
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(Updated Oct 29, 2004 12:42 AM)
It saddened me to find no body reviewing about this beautiful place, anyways better late than never.
I have lived here during my school days for about 7 years, some call it switzerland of nepal and I do agree with a stipulation tha with switzerland I mean the best nature has to offer.
It's a small valley situated at 827 m altitude 200km west of the capital. it's famously called the lake city, because of the numerous lakes in the valley.
More than a decade ago almost over a dozen lakes existed, but now about 5 major lakes are there. The most famous is Fewa Tal, by Tal in nepali it means lake, the major attraction is the temple that is located in th middle of the lake, can u believe it there are trees growing in the middle of the lake??? I dont know how but there are, Most tourist enjoy boating here and there are some who either take ferry or canoe by themselves. It's ideal place of couple to hang around, many are seen in the near by forest camping and.........
Other lakes like Begnas, Tilka are major but most tourist find fewa a site to watch, I think it's due to the reflection of the huge mountains that u can see in the lakes.
About the mountains, the Annapurna range, especially the Machhepuchree( or rather Fishtail) is seen at its best from pokhara, tourist flock to this place to see those beautiful mountains upclose from a hill called Sarangkot. It's great to go trekking if u can, around 1 and 1/2 hours uphill climb but the price is much more when u read the top.
Another wonderful experience u can have is to go gliding. It's one of its kind in the country. Although I haven't tried once, it must be a hell of experience to fly like bird.
Equally important to visit once u are here is Davis' Fall, it's a waterfall that goes underground , legend has it that a guy named Davis had been swept while he was swiming upstreams and his body never recovered. Some claim to have seen image of a man in the mist over the fall, no wonder it should be Davis himself!!
If u have passion for dark and creepy places, you shoudn't miss to explore the caves. Mahendra Gufa(cave in nepali) named after our late king the cave is slippery and dimly lit, there are idols of gods from dates unknown and many more scary idols.
The outlet of the cave is small so I don't suggest obese people to take a walk there. Still more creepy is Chameli gufa, not long ago found is complete pitch dark and u need torches to go there, u can hire a guide but still what's the use if you can't explore on ur shelves.
There are freak streets like Lakeside, Chipledhunga where u can buy souvenirs.
Hotels are there according to ur bugdet, I higly recommend to stay one night at Fulbari, it's one of the finest of Asia.
These are just a few things that I like the most, u can find out more at,
https://nepalhomepage.com/travel/places/hilly/pokhara.html
Imp!! Any of you making plan to go to pokhara don't be scared with all the news about internal conflict in the country, security is much tight in pokhara than in the capital, just feel the nature at its best in the shadows of the mountain.
