The unforgettable memories of Pokhara in my travel dairy

As a trekking and tour guide, I often travel to Pokhara, sometimes starting the trek and sometimes finishing the treks. For me, Pokhara is the best place to chill out and enjoy the surrounding. So that I have so many unforgettable memories of Pokhara in my travel diary. Pokhara is the base camp of the Annapurna region treks; such as Annapurna Base Camp Trek, Ghorepani Poon Hill Trek, Mardi Himal Trek, Annapurna Circuit Trek, and many more.

Pokhara is not only the gateway of trekking to Annapurna Himalayas. It is the home of adventure activities such as Bungee Jumping, Paragliding, Zip Lying, Mountain Biking, Hiking, Rafting, etc. Beautiful lakes such as Fewa Lake, Begnas Lake, Rupa Lake, and many more. Caves and waterfalls are also the attraction of the Pokhara and these are natural attractions.

On the other hand, the beauty of the cultural heritage and cultural phenomenon. Temples, monasteries, and the daily lifestyle of the local people. This is one of the biggest towns in Nepal so there are living around 1.5 million people. Different caste, different religions, and different cultures are also the attraction of the Pokhara.  But here I am going to write the most unforgettable memories of Pokhara.

Lost my bag and bought all the trekking gear in Pokhara – Expensive memories of Pokhara in my travel diary. 

Well, I was traveling by Bus to Pokhara for Annapurna Base Camp Trek. Unfortunately, I lost my bag on the bus while traveling to Pokhara from Kathmandu. I knew that when I got off in the Pokhara Bus Park. I was absolutely mad when I can’t find my bag.

On that day they promised they will see how that happened and the staff of the bus suggested me to write a complaint to the bus company. I complained to the bus company and their service, from their side they checked everything how that happened. And they found CCTV footage of stealing my bag pack at Damauli while they stopped for a break.

For me was a very tough time, because the next day I have to go to Annapurna Base Camp Trek. And, I don’t have any trekking equipment except my trekking shoe. So that I have no other option to buy new trekking clothes. I bought a Jacket, fleece, trousers, a pair of socks, and needed trekking gear in Pokhara. Therefore, this is one of the miserable memories of Pokhara in my travel diary.

The first time was in Pokhara and walking around Lakeside.

I traveled throughout Pokhara several times but I never stayed in Pokhara overnight and look around Pokhara. When I become the first-time assistant guide and then I got an opportunity to stay in Pokhara for two days. We drove back from Jomsom to Beni and then Pokhara after done Annapurna Circuit Trek.

We arrived in Pokhara in the evening time and I did not see the surroundings properly. I was so excited to see Pokhara, especially the lakeside and Phewa Lake. Because I used to read and heard a lot about Lake and Lakeside. After dinner with the trekking members, I, and the first guide walk around Lakeside.

He showed me Lakeside after dinner while we were walking, I was thinking it was a bit different than Thamel Kathmandu. Because I found Pokhara is cleaner than Kathmandu and lightful and colorful. After some time, we went to sleep but I could not sleep because I was overexcited to see Pokhara. Somehow, I fell asleep for a while and then woke up very early.

Early in the morning, I woke him up and we walked around the Lakeside. First time in my life I was seeing such a huge lake and the one which I read about that in the books. So, I was very pleased to see that beautiful Phewa Lake; and we walked for an hour from one end to another end.

And spend the whole day traveling around Pokhara with guests. Because on that day we have to make a whole day Pokhara tour for those trekkers who did Annapurna trekking with us. To sleep in the Pokhara for the first time is also one of the most unforgettable memories of my travel diary.

Swam in the Phew Lake at midnight.

After finishing the Poon Hill Trek, we were staying in Pokhara. We did a party because we finished the trek and we wanted to celebrate that. During the party, he drank a lot of beer and he was a bit drunk and he challenged me to swim in the Lake. I accepted his challenge to swim and we went to the lakeside.

First, he drove into the lake, and then I follow him. While we were swimming in the lake and there are some people are looking at us. We were enjoying our swim but suddenly some police came there and shouted at us to come out of the Lake. We came out and the police started to shout at us why you are swimming here?

Because that area is not for a swim and also, we were swimming in the night time. We apologized for our mistake and then the police let us go to sleep. So that swimming in the Lake at the midnight was a kind of fun and as well as miserable experience because I broke the rules.

Sleep the whole night on the Bus – one of the worse memories of Pokhara

After finishing the trek I took the night bus to Kathmandu from Pokhara. As their time bus will leave at 8:15 PM. Before leaving Pokhara I ate dinner in a local restaurant in Prithivi Chowk Pokhara. Well, things are going well. The bus left on time and I plugged the headphone into my ears. Because that was a very long drive to Kathmandu.

After half an hour bus stopped because there was a big Jam which was occurred by an accident. I thought this problem will solve soon but things turned out differently. Because of the accident, two people were dead and locals are doing strike and burnt that bus which was involved in that accident.

Waiting was going and going. All the vehicles are on the road and that queue was very long. Till 12 noon I was looking around and hoping to clear the road and move the vehicles. But that was not going to happen. Because of the accident bus stopped and there is no place to go anywhere because that was a kind of Jungle and no residences nearby.

There was no choice but to sleep on the Bus. So I tried to sleep on the bus but that was not possible to sleep that easily. I listened to the music for some time and then I fell asleep for a few hours. The next day at 10: 00 am the road slowly cleared up and we drove to Kathmandu. So that spending a whole night on a bus in the same place in Pokhara was also one of the unforgettable memories of Pokhara in my traveling life.