Bring yourself over because the show’s on the road. And what a show it is! There’s scintillating scenery for the nature lover, there’s a massive mountain for the trekking enthusiast and there’s pizza and peace for the travel-fatigued. That’s Pokhara for you: a thriving tourist centre with an unmistakable rustic feel, so many things, to so many people. Thousands of tourists every year make the trip, book in and look out, only to be hooked forever.

The world’s tenth greatest mountain looms up in tantalizingly close proximity, the large clear lake with it’s leafy embankment seems to invite leisurely strolls, the aroma of great baking spills out of the numerous cake shops, and happy faces plot routes on trekking maps or savour an absorbing paperback.

Fo detailed country and visitor information, see Nepal.