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Trekking the Gurung Heritage Trail (Ghale Gaun to Pokhara)

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The distance between Pokhara and Ghalegaun is 132 km. The road distance is 222.9 km. How long does it take to get from Pokhara to Ghalegaun? It takes approximately 2h 48m to get from Pokhara to Ghalegaun, including transfers. I just returned from a 4-days long trek (12-15 April 2012) from Kapur Gaun to Pokhara on the occasion of New Year 2069. Here is my travelogue. Before we begin: When I shared my plan of trekking the Gurung Heritage Trail (Ghale Gaun to Pokhara) with friends one day, Koshish had remarked, “Yo trek chai travelogue nai lekhne gariko ta hudaina hola hai?” . I had thought so too. Fortunately, it turned out to be just the opposite. The trek was very eventful and memorable.  Although, I had spread the message around that I was going on a trek on the New Years Day and a few of my friends has shown interest to join me, I was sure that in the end it was very likely that me and Govinda would be the only people going. As I have shared in my earlier travelo...

Trek to Panch Pokhari: My Travelogue

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Me and five friends of mine trekked to Panch Pokhari (4100 m), the five sacred lakes situated within the laps of Jugal Himal from 12th to 17th October of 2010. I had thought of writing a travelogue at that time but was unable to. However, as I found some readers really liked the two travelogues I have written in this blog so far and was asked to write about other treks as well, here is my travelogue of my Trek to Panch Pokhari with all the details as far as my memory serves me. Before we begin: Trek to Gosainkunda previous year had been one of the most amazing moments in my life. It was my first long trek and the experiences I had in the trek were instrumental in making an ardent trekker out of me. I had shared about the trek during much more conversations than I care to remember. So, I was excited about this upcoming Dashain for another trekking opportunity. The only question was: what shall be the next destination? Click! Panch Pokhari. That's the place I was going to this year I...