Urgh.
Last night a group of us tested Pokhara's reputation of being a great night out, and went out for a few drinks. We negotiated a 90 minute extension to the cocktail Happy Hour and exploited it to the max. The cocktails here are potent, and worked so effectively that I was smashing a glass for every two that I drank. I was trollied, blaming my state on the altitude, and booing anyone who pointed out that Pokhara is at roughly the same height as Leeds. When it came to ordering dinner, I was so shitfaced that I happily ordered, and then gobbled, a spaghetti carbonara. I got onto the bus to Kathmandu at 6:30 this morning feeling disgustingly hungover and guilty, and also with crippling stomach pains from my body trying to digest half a pig after years of vegetarianism. I'm pretty sure Darryl doesn't read this (he once grumpily half-joked that no man should have to subscribe to his girlfriends newsletter) so hopefully I've got away with it from an ongoing guilt perspective, if not from a digestive point of view!
The distance between Pokhara and Kathmandu is only 200km, but it feels like you cross a border to a different country when you arrive. My impression of Nepal so far was that it's far cleaner and better presented than India, but Kathmandu feels poorer than Jaipur or Varanasi. There's only one road between Pokhara and Kathmandu, and I'd advise you to fly between the two cities than take it! It's a single carriageway road which clings to the edge of mountains, hairpin bends and sheer drops are par for the course, clogged full of lorries. Parts of it were destroyed by landslides, there were plenty of crashed vehicles which had been abandoned, and I'm not being flippant when I say I wish I wore a sports bra for the ride! At 17:00, tired and grumpy, we arrived in Kathmandu and rushed around a monkey temple before it closed. All I really wanted from the monkey temple was a chance to use the bathroom, but the janitor had locked that and gone home, so instead I climbed 300 steps to see three dogs having a 3some, and mulled over the fact that they were having a better day than I was.
I've got another 4:30 start tomorrow, but I really don't mind this one, as I'll be flying around Everest!
Love Emily x
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