Pokhara

Had a better nights sleep last night but no hot water for a morning shower but used to that now. Had a nice omelette sandwich for breakfast and decided to do the tourist thing and hire a taxi for the day to go to a few places. First we went to the Mahendra Cave which was nothing special apart from no lights but like the good girl guide I had a torch. Funniest thing we were deep in this cave when we heard a something so went to investigate and this guy with no torch had fallen down a large hole, they haven't heard of health and safety here yet. He cut his foot so I gave him some plasters from my first aid kit which I carry and have never used. Then we went to the Bat Cave just up the road, now this was more interesting not so much with the thousands of bats just hanging there but the rock climb and pot holding to get out and again no H&S. we scrambled to the top but I knew I wouldn't get out that tiny opening so we had to go all the way back down. After that we went to the Gurkha Museum which was very interesting reading about the history and how they all started and yes Joanna Lumley was in some photos. Next to the museum was the Serti Gorge which is a deep gorge which carves its way through Pokhara but yet again it's just fall of rubbish, shame. Next stop is Devils Fall which is part of the gorge system but its a kind of waterfall and yet again fall of dumped rubbish. Last stop is the International Mountain Museum where our taxi left us as we said we would walk the 4km back. Very good place to visit and no rubbish there. On route we found a bakery so couldn't resist a cake and coffee, very nice.

For our last meal it was Sally's choice where we ate and we went to the other end of town to a nice looking place. I always play safe and went for lasagne but that was a big mistake as it had chilli in it and a lot of it, even Sally couldn't eat it. My mouth and lips were on fire for the rest of the evening but they did cook me another one and that was lovely.