Breakfast on the rooftop terrace gave us a very pleasant start to the day. Afterwards we took a walk along Fewa lake in Pokhara looking for a bus.
There are lots of bus stations, most being a few Km from the lake but the one we needed went from the lake. We eventually found the correct bus to Begnas lake and took our seats. The journey took about an hour but we missed most of it as we both fell asleep.
On arrival we headed uphill to a view point over 2 lakes, Begnas and Rupa lakes. The first part was along a quiet lane before we turned off onto a small path. The only people around were locals going about their business. The views were magnificent from a small Buddhist temple on top of the hill. The area was scattered with beautiful flowers and we saw so many butterflies!
After we made our way down and back to where we had left the bus, we took a small road to Begnas lake. Here there were many people selling things and boats for hire. There was also a big festival taking place which one man told us was to pay respect to the people who had died in the lake. There was singing and dancing and it seemed like a real celebration, maybe to appease the lake.
By late afternoon the clouds obscuring the snow capped mountains had sunk into the valleys. The whole Annapurna range was on display in all its glory! It was a beautiful sight. In fact for the whole journey back to Pokhara we enjoyed the magnificent views from the window of the bus.
As we missed lunch we snuck in an early evening pizza as we passed the pizza place. All we need to do now is rest a while before dinner!
There are lots of bus stations, most being a few Km from the lake but the one we needed went from the lake. We eventually found the correct bus to Begnas lake and took our seats. The journey took about an hour but we missed most of it as we both fell asleep.
On arrival we headed uphill to a view point over 2 lakes, Begnas and Rupa lakes. The first part was along a quiet lane before we turned off onto a small path. The only people around were locals going about their business. The views were magnificent from a small Buddhist temple on top of the hill. The area was scattered with beautiful flowers and we saw so many butterflies!
After we made our way down and back to where we had left the bus, we took a small road to Begnas lake. Here there were many people selling things and boats for hire. There was also a big festival taking place which one man told us was to pay respect to the people who had died in the lake. There was singing and dancing and it seemed like a real celebration, maybe to appease the lake.
By late afternoon the clouds obscuring the snow capped mountains had sunk into the valleys. The whole Annapurna range was on display in all its glory! It was a beautiful sight. In fact for the whole journey back to Pokhara we enjoyed the magnificent views from the window of the bus.
As we missed lunch we snuck in an early evening pizza as we passed the pizza place. All we need to do now is rest a while before dinner!