DAY 142 - POKHARA

142) WEDNESDAY, 16 NOVEMBER 1977 : 40KMS. - POKHARA

 

I had discomfort last night and after waking up this morning I still felt very weak.  I looked  out  through the back door of the campervan, it was full of white mist  and was  virtually invisible to have anything in sight, even higher peaks were missing.     We drove directly to the north, passing mountains  along with step farming of rice  fields.  Local Nepalese houses were  seen periodically, a two-storey house with grass roof but brick wall made from orange colored clay. Sometimes the house walls were painted  white stripes (I understood that orange color was the natural soil color). 

Photo - nepalcultureandtourism.com / Google images search

 

Before arriving POKHARA we stopped to visit Tibetan refugees village, they earned their living on carpets weaving.  It seemed Tibetans here had better life than those in India.  From  Tibetan village, we drove further to visit the waterfall  flowing into a hole (caused by natural changes)  or very deep pond waterfall,  called DAVIS (Davi's) FALL .  I guessed it was caused by landslide that made a long deep line for water to flow through the passage and drop down to the pit or very deep well. I could not see the water below.

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WIKIPEDIA: 

Davis Falls (Nepali: पाताले छाँगो, meaning underworld falls) is a waterfall located at Pokhara in Kaski District, Nepal. An interesting aspect of the falls is that the water travels through a natural tunnel prior.The water there comes from the Fewa Lake. It was named after Mrs Davi, a Swiss tourist in Nepal, who was swimming in the Fewa Lake.The dam unexpectedly started to overflow and Davi's husband helplessly looked on while the waters swept his wife down the waterfall. This version took place in 1961 and the body of Mrs. Davi was never recovered.
  

 

Fewa Lake, POKHARA - Photo : nepalesecultureandtourism.com / Google images search

Then we continued  to POKHARA , where there were more tourists than expected.  I saw people commonly smoking marijuana or ganja.  Today we parked  in the parking area provided for  camping vehicles near the lake FEWA (PHEWA), well  located and parking is free for all.