Sarangkot Again
Location: Pokhara, Nepal
Local Time: Friday, Nov 4, 2005 - 6:35pm
Well, we rented motorcycles and went riding again. I had a 150cc Pulsar, Seth got the 150cc Yamaha cruiser.
We got the bikes, then went for breakfast. The bikes were not in as good of shape as the last two. Nothing really wrong, just a little run down. However, only 350Rs ($7 CND) each for the day. So, 50Rs cheaper.
We had breakfast at a place on the street. Museli, fruit and curd. It wasn't as good as yesterday, so maybe tomorrow we go back to the place from yesterday. And they tried to charge us twice as much for the bowl. Just go a little way off the main tourist street here in Pokhara and the prices start dropping.
After breakfast, we rode up to Sarangkot again. This time we parked the bikes at the rough part and walked. It was much easier to walk up the stairs than it was to ride up that rough road.
The view, however, was similar to before. Hazy and cloudy. The vantage gives an almost 360 view of the surrounding area, and it is high enough that it SHOULD allow you to see the 8000m peaks that are around here. However, both times we've been there it has been cloudy, the peaks obscured.
Getting to Sarangkot and coming back took most of the afternoon. We went for a little ride up north from Pokhara. The 'highway' is 1 lane wide. Seriously, only 1 lane. No shoulder. And that road servers all truck, car, motorcycle and bicycle traffic. It's crazy.
Views of the lake are extra-ordinary though.
Local Time: Friday, Nov 4, 2005 - 6:35pm
Well, we rented motorcycles and went riding again. I had a 150cc Pulsar, Seth got the 150cc Yamaha cruiser.
We got the bikes, then went for breakfast. The bikes were not in as good of shape as the last two. Nothing really wrong, just a little run down. However, only 350Rs ($7 CND) each for the day. So, 50Rs cheaper.
We had breakfast at a place on the street. Museli, fruit and curd. It wasn't as good as yesterday, so maybe tomorrow we go back to the place from yesterday. And they tried to charge us twice as much for the bowl. Just go a little way off the main tourist street here in Pokhara and the prices start dropping.
After breakfast, we rode up to Sarangkot again. This time we parked the bikes at the rough part and walked. It was much easier to walk up the stairs than it was to ride up that rough road.
The view, however, was similar to before. Hazy and cloudy. The vantage gives an almost 360 view of the surrounding area, and it is high enough that it SHOULD allow you to see the 8000m peaks that are around here. However, both times we've been there it has been cloudy, the peaks obscured.
Getting to Sarangkot and coming back took most of the afternoon. We went for a little ride up north from Pokhara. The 'highway' is 1 lane wide. Seriously, only 1 lane. No shoulder. And that road servers all truck, car, motorcycle and bicycle traffic. It's crazy.
Views of the lake are extra-ordinary though.
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