Pokhara is the 2nd largest city in Nepal, situated at the centre of the country, it is also here where we will begin our trekking to the mountains. Having to transit from Kathmandu to Pokhara, there are a couple of options – on land or by air. In order to avoid the torturous 8-hour bus ride, we opted for the ‘comfort’ of an hour flight from Kathmandu to Pokhara instead.
It was my 1st time on a jet like that, and I thought if anyone who has catastrophic, it will definitely be a challenge. As we got on the plane, we were offered some candy and cotton bud, I didn’t know why, but when the engine started, I knew the reason. The video below taken in the plane while the plane was taking off, the noise of the engine was pretty deafening if your ears are not ‘protected’.
Different from Kathmandu, the air in Pokhara is less polluted, as we touched down at the domestic airport, we could immediately sense the difference of the air quality. It was nice to be breathing fresh air after that brief moment at Kathmandu. We needed time to acclimatise our body to the higher altitude before our trek, we spent 2 days walking around the town and shop for our necessities for the next 10 days. Thank God that we had time to do that as I was puking and had diarrhea for 2 days since our flight from Singapore, hence, it was crucial that I had time to recover before the trek. Sure enough, I recovered and got well for the rest of the trip.
Coming up, I will be sharing more about our journey in the mountains.
