The incredible "Jomosom Trek" - Pokhara, Nepal (flight schedule :jomosom to pokhara) Tuesday, January 18, 2011

A TripAdvisor™ TripWow video of a travel blog to Pokhara, Nepal by TravelPod blogger Joelrose. See this TripWow and more at tripwow.tripadvisor.com The incredible "Jomosom Trek" "We've just arrived back today from our 8 day Jomosom trek which was stunning Kathmandu - Pokhara We packed into an old banger of a taxi with driver (generous description), Raju our guide (similarly generous description), and Mr K our porter (the friendliest guy imaginable albeit with three words of English). The taxi lurrched around the winding mountainous roads - we still don't know if the car had brakes because they were never used....and no seatbelts of course except for driver who decided it was surplus to requirements. Just when we were thinking how amazing it was not to crash in this reality-play-station-racing game, the taxi driver tried to overtake a truck on the bend, as you do, and pranged the car...so we all got out and they had a long discussion about whose fault it was (although clearly taxi driver's fault).......needless to say we are not going with this transport option on our way back to Kathmandu from Pokhara in a few days time. Trekking day 1 - Naya Pul - Thikedungha (4 hours) Lushous green valleys with pink blossoming trees and endless uneven steep stone steps ....little did we know that this would later be considered a gentle warm-up. We stayed in a lovely guest house ...there are loads dotted along the trail. A group were celebrating their last night and the local men were ...



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