One can google and find loads of information about Places to Visit in Nepal.
I am going to share something else.
A different experience...
We had been to Nepal for a very short duration. We stayed close to airport in Kathmandu on our first day but its not a good place to stay unless you have a Vehicle. We were kind of not happy with our Hotel food and we had to go very far to find edible vegetarian food. However for vegetarians the best bet would be a "Nepali Thali" which consists mostly of Rice, Dal, Curry, Papad, Pickle, Salad and Sweet; it's simple food but really very tasty. Non-vegetarians can enjoy food and would have no problem with available options.
Our Journey started from Kathmandu and then we went to Pokhra valley, there you have multiple sports activities to do and loads of shopping options available for tourists. If you want to do Sports activities like Heli Hiking, Gliding, Zip through and others, one needs to spend 2 or 3 days there; This place is fun for all alike. We did Zip through and it was fun. We also came across lots of foreign nationals who had come to Nepal after visiting India and their outlook and thoughts about India is something you need to experience yourself or may be I would talk about it in some other blog, some other day.
After Pokhara we went to Nagarkot and unfortunately we reached there little after sunset :( and we were leaving to Kathmandu next day...there was no chance of seeing sunset next day.
Well I would say Nagarkot is the place to be in Nepal.
We wanted to watch early sun rise on Himalayas from Nagarkot so we were planning to sleep early and wake up early. We stayed in a resort where our cottage was little away from main building and we had to go through the dim lit pathways. That's when I experienced an amazing thing. It was cold but sky was clear and I saw "The Sky full of Stars". Often we look up and we see few scattered stars in the sky, but until this day I had never felt that sky was really full to stars. Yes I live in city and often light pollution and sky scrappers don't let us see the real thing. Light blinds us from seeing the real thing and all this time we thought we need light to see things :|; what an irony .
My camera could not take that picture but its etched in my memory and heart. That time I wished and desired many things that would never come true but still I was happy and ecstatic and was one with myself for few moments.I just could not get rid of smile from my face.It was amazing. I wished I had more time but I also wanted to experience the sun rise next morning or I would have probably sat there gazing at stars whole night all by myself.
So make sure you have at-least 2 days and 2 nights in Nagarkot when you visit there. I would want to go there again some day and I hope next time also I feel the same while gazing at "The Sky Full Of Stars" which took my breath away.
Its true best things in life are for free, we just ruined it all by buying expensive things that blind us and fool us to the core. :|
The sky really is full of Stars :) and its not just a thing people say :) Enjoy!!!
(I am writing this blog after a year of my visit to Nepal and I still feel it and remember it in my heart as if it was yesterday; then I am sure its worth a visit guys) :) Cheers !!!
