I travelled to Pokhara from Kathmandu, the easy way. I had originally planned to do this trip by road, which would have taken 8 hours. However, when I discovered that you could fly there in just 30 minutes for only $70, it was a no brainer decision to book the plane ticket.

I arrived at the domestic terminal of Kathmandu Airport 2 hours ahead of my flight. When checking in, they moved me to the earlier flight, so I barely had to wait. Buddha Air have flights to and from Pokhara every 45 minutes and it seems like it's their policy to just shift you onto the earlier flight if you check in early.

I was very happy with that service. That's never happened to me before in all my years of flying, but according to local passengers that I spoke to, it's normal in Nepal.

The aircraft I was flying in was a small ATR 72 twin-engine turboprop. I actually expected it would be something even smaller than that, as there were so many tiny aircraft around the airport. It seems the ATR 72s are used for the Kathmandu - Pokhara route and the smaller planes are used for many of the small and remote towns across Nepal that have airports.

We weren't in the air for long, so there was no in-flight meal, snack, or any in-flight service at all. I made the obvious decision to book a window seat, so I could enjoy the stunning views of Nepal from a bird's eye view. Due to the short flight time, we were flying fairly low for most of the journey, so I was looking out of the window for half the flight.

After landing, things were very casual at Pokhara Airport. You're free to walk around airside at the airport. You could easily walk onto the runway if you wanted to. There's no barriers or anything.

Interestingly, there's no baggage carrousel. The luggage just gets transported from the plane by carts, then shoved through a big door in a small building where everyone waits.

I got my luggage fairly quickly and headed out the gates of the airport. You never get a good price on a taxi from inside the airport area. I quickly flagged down a taxi from the road and the driver recognised me. However, he hilariously recognised me as another vlogger, Harald Baldr.

The taxi driver charged the fair price of 300 rupees to take me to my hotel at Pokhara lakeside. I booked the Glacier Hotel based on the Google reviews ratings. It was a fair bit pricier than other hotels but those other hotels all had mediocre ratings at best. There weren't many hotels with high ratings, so I guess those good hotels can get away with charging a high price.

I booked the hotel's Honeymoon Suite, which had its own floor on the 7th level, with its own private terrace. The terrace was beautiful and had a nice view of the Phewa Lake.

The room itself was spacious and comfortable, other than the desk. It had my pet peeve, where it's so low that you can't fit your legs underneath it. Who designs these things? It's unbelievable that this is such a big problem in so many hotels around the world.

Something I did find very comfortable was the jacuzzi bathtub. I made good use of that.

I had planned to enjoy some Nepali food, sitting on my terrace, looking out at the lake. Unfortunately, just after ordering my food, it started to pour with rain. It's the rainy season and it rains every day, but you can't predict exactly when.

I enjoyed my Himalayan Thali in my room, instead. I left the windows open to enjoy the sound of the rain from the comfort of my dry, luxury room.

The room has windows on two sides, with a balcony on the third side and the terrace on the fourth side. So you get a full panoramic view.

The Nepali thali was tasty but I couldn't distinguish it from a typical thali I'd get in India. It seems that most of the typical food, other than momos, which are Chinese, in Nepal is Indian. Lots of thalis, biryanis, etc.

After enjoying my room service lunch the rain stopped. With a couple of hours of daylight left I headed out to explore Pokhara's lakeside area.

There is a long pedestrian path along the lake, with many vendors, restaurants and guest houses. Near the end of the path is Pokhara Disneyland, a fairground that's about as far from being an actual Disneyland as you could imagine. Still, they had a big Ferris Wheel and I do love a Ferris Wheel ride.

0:00 Kathmandu Airport
0:55 Buddha Air to Pokhara
6:13 Pokhara Taxi
8:22 Luxury Lakeside Hotel
14:05 Himalayan Thali
21:20 Pokhara Lakeside
27:02 Pokhara Disneyland

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