All posts tagged: Poon Hill

Nepal – Pokhara Hotel – Templetree Resort & Spa (Nepal Travel Review Series)

Published by Beatrice

Templetree Resort & Spa had a clean resort feel, reasonably comfortable and we had a nice pool view from the second floor. The staff were very friendly and helpful. It was extremely crowded and popular with Chinese tourists. I think other than us, all other tourists in Templetree we met were Chinese! Simple, spacious, clean room design with comfortable bed for a good rest before our Poon Hill Trek! The service was extremely personable. They knew we had been married <1 year and gave us this surprise when we check in! So sweet! Very clean and relatively modern decor in the room. The only feedback I have for the Templetree Resort & Spa management is to improve the internet by allowing auto-save on the username and password. You have to key in a username and password EVERY TIME you log into the internet; it doesn’t autosave for some reason which makes surfing very inconvenient. For the entire Nepal Travel Review series by EatPrayFlying, please refer to the list below: Nepal– Kathmandu City Tour Nepal – Kathmandu Hotel …

Nepal – Poon Hill Trek 2 (Ghorepani, Poon Hill; Nepal Travel Review Series)

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Day 2: Thikedunga to Ghorepani Right after breakfast, we embarked on our “3000 steps” morning on cobbled rocks and loose stones, occasionally giving way to donkeys coming downhill with chickens and suppliers for the locals. I think I climbed 300 steps (which is already 15 floors if you think in city terms) and I asked my guide if we are near…he laughed and said we have at least another 1.5hours to go. It was then I realized how bad my judgment on distances and height was :P. It was heartening to have many trekkers with us, encouraging one another. It was humbling to see older porters carrying 40kg on their backs or local old men carrying heavy logs passing us! Our guide also told us that his grandfather, who is an ex-gurkha, who is in his 70s but still able to walk with 30kg load today. All these sights and stories only remind me of the mental barriers I have created for myself. If so many other older people can do it, I can definitely too, with God’s …