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From Ghandruk to Pokhara — Gravity, Monks & the Illusion of Choice
The day began, as all spiritually overcompensating travel days should, at an hour usually reserved for insomnia or existential dread: 5:30 AM. But instead of regret, we were met by the Himalayan gods themselves, casually unveiling the Annapurna South and the iconic Fish Tail like a magician’s final trick. For a moment, all was right with [...]
Pokhara: Suspended Between Chaos and Water
Day Four. Kathmandu to Pokhara. This kind of transition feels seamless at least on paper: a 25-minute flight, a quick drive, a day of aquatic adrenaline and sacred islets. But in Nepal, time doesn’t flow—it sort of eddies and churns, like the rivers we were about to ride. We woke up at the kind of hour usually reserved for long-haul [...]