Saturday 1 April 2000
Rose early to see sunrise, then after breakfast sat around pool until time to leave. Short tour of Pokhara plus last minute shopping (got the tongs!) on way to airport.
Kept waiting around at Pokhara airport for a nerve wrangling 2 1/2 to 3 hours with various excuses, etc. Got away just in time to make our connection at Kathmandu, where we were searched more times than I can ever remember. Long wait at Delhi for luggage etc. Got to hotel just in time to chow down (tandoori and tikka chicken rice, daal etc) and lie down for a couple of hours before…
Sunday 2 April 2000
…rising at 1:15 am! to head back to airport. Emirates flight from Delhi to Dubai could win awards for worst meal and least comfort – so much for Emirates!
Arrived at Ritz Carlton at 8:00 to 8:30 local time. We take some breakfast and then get given a naff room. We wash, go meet our local rep, eat her brain and sign up for tomorrow’s bus tour. By the time that’s done, we’ve been allocated a great room. We spend the middle of the day by the beach. I fell asleep for less than an hour covered in factor and still red as a beet! Avoided sun for the rest of the day (sat in shade) and went to Splendido for dinner where we had lobster bisque, lamb fillet (Janie), veal chop (me) and were stuffed by halfway through the main course!
Early night.
You can see all the pictures from that final leg of our journey on the Flickr album linked here and below.
