Now, our itinerary while traveling is flexible and we’re not locked into anything. But I very specifically have geared our loose schedule to keep us somewhat on track (while 3 years is a long time, it’s not much to see 20 countries so it does require some paying attention) by following the ideal – or as close as we logistically can to ideal – times of the year to travel in any given location.

Pokhara apparently didn’t get the memo. The monsoon was still going on, and it rained for our first days there. A lot. Then again, it was just as well, because Ray had been carrying around this cold with him ever since the plane from Delhi and though I’d held out for a good two weeks, since it was rainy out anyway, just as he was getting over it, my body decided oh to hell with it and gave in. And a nasty cold it was! It knocked me out for a good three days, during which time we watched a lot of How I Met Your Mother and lounged around, venturing out only to enjoy some of the fantastic food in town.

I would have felt more guilty about it except during one break in the weather we’d had a nice day out on the lake when we rented a pedal boat and pedaled to the other shore, so we had at least done something and seen some of the pretty area. Plus, although we really liked the first hotel we went to, the Yeti Guest House with its pretty garden and awesomely sweet and adorable pet rabbits, we had spent a day out looking at other hotels that were less expensive and had moved to one that cost significantly less. So at least our sloth wasn’t costing us much more than rainy time anyway, and our bodies appreciated it. We did some small exploring, which you can see in the album. There was other bigger stuff we wanted to do around town, but it could wait.

Then as our bodies started to acclimate to the lazy life, just when they thought it was safe to feel better….we saw a brochure at dinner for a place called “Paddle Nepal”.

Come check out the album and go Explore Pokhara with us!