Day 12/13: Bardia – Pokhara + Pokhara Rest Day
A pretty drive through the valleys and hill of Nepal. The Rolls belonging to Peter and Morna stayed being for some repairs to the transmission along with the green Bentley owned by Willem. The route through up very few problems and everyone was enjoying the drive. Giancarlo suddenly heard a very loud noise and on arriving at the next town parked up at the local mechanics, where they fixed the broken exhaust muffler in a few hours for the equivalent of 5 pounds. The hotel is on an island in Lake Fewa so we were required to use very old, rickety, unbalanced boats to reach the hotel!
In the morning we all finally see Martyn, Jenni, Rashid and the mechanic team after a few days. Many of the cars need a good service and lots of small jobs to be done by the mechanics. The cars were all washed by the Nepali boys in the area. The ladies used the day as an opportunity to go shopping. The jewelry and clothes were very cheap!
We were also alerted to the fact that there was a petrol strike within Nepal so the day was spent by John and Conrad searching frantically any petrol stations which may be able to provide with even a few litres. In the evening 100 litres was delivered to s so the panic was over!
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