Day 6 – Sarangkot & Cycling adventure 2

Day 6 – Sarangkot & Cycling adventure 2 Today would be another exciting day as most of us wanted to see the beautiful view of the Himalayan’s mountain range which consist of Annapurna. The view with sunrise is not always beautiful each day depends on the weather and we are so lucky to capture this moments of the mountain range and sunrise with clear weather. We hire a car to pick us at 5am and the journey is about 30min to 45min before sunrise. This famous place is full of tourist and it is a bit disappointed when we see the crowds but the beautiful view surely compliment back 100%.

After the beautiful sunrise and mountain range, then we return back to the hotel for our breakfast before proceeding with our second day cycling to Lake Begnas where the highway to Kathmandu. This cycling route should be a beautiful view along the way but unfortunately the weather that day is bad and there are no view and we lost our way. The second day cycling is a tiring day for us too and we nearly give up as 1 of our bicycle got puncture tires the whole journey. But we manage to locate the lake to have a look which doesn’t much amazing. We had our lunch near the lake and decided to take a local bus transporting back our bicycle as well.

After settle down at evening, we stroll along the lake fewa and have a drink beside the lake which is a nice place to wind up after a tiring day.

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Day 5 – Cycling advanture at Pokhara

Then second day we move to another hotel namely hotel panas for only 800 rupee and then we hire a mountain bike around 800 rupee to cycle to Devil fall & World Peace Stupa to have a view of Pokhara and the Annarpurna view.





Our cycling journey start from the middle of the Lake Fewa cycle toward the south until the end of the lake and there are a police station on the right before the little roundabout. Then take a right turn or 3 o’clock road until a T-junction where there is signage to Damside & world peace stupa. Then turn right at the T-Junction and cycle along the stretch until another T-junction. Then take a right turn along the road, we reach devil’s fall. This route is the way to Lumbini. After devil’s fall town, we enter a little hills road before the entrance to World Peace Stupa.





The path up to the stupa is very steep and we only manage to push the bike up. We met a Vietnamese friend on the way up and join us along the way. World peace stupa is closed but we manage to have a drink at a café next to the world peace stupa and it is worth the cycle and visit as the view is stunning.





After enjoying the beautiful view of Pokhara, then we cycle downhill enjoying the gliding. Along the way back we visited the cave, Tibetan village and an evening break at a nice river near the Tibetan village. We cycle back and completed our adventure at 6pm before ending our day with a nice dinner and a glass of beer with our Vietnamese friend.

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Day 4 – Journey to Pokhara the entrance of famous Annapurna trekking

The journey took 8 hours from Lumbini to Pokhara via Kathmandu and we reach Pokhara at 3pm and.....




We check into a hotel for US$25 with aircond and good view of the mountains but it is slightly expensive for us.


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Day 3 – A steps with Buddha birthplace

We will visit Lumbini park with a walking tour starting from Ashoka Pillar in Mayadevi temple where the Buddha’s birth place was identified at the holy stone. This is a very special place where Buddhist monk chanting below the Bodhi trees surrounding the holy place.

Then we walk into the each country Buddhism’s house where we walk from the east where the Chinese, Korea, Germany, Vietnam was located. The German stupa is the most amazing architecture that most observe.

Korean Monastery at Lumbini

Chinese Monastery at Lumbini

Birthplace of Load Buddha

Japan Monastery at Lumbini

Thai Monastery at Lumbini

Myanmmar Monatery at lumbini















Then we have lunch at a local stall located inside the park between east and west parks. Then the final stretch of west park locate the house of Myanmar, Laos & Thailand.

Spending a day in Lumbini is more than enough as there are nothing much unless individual intent to study Buddhism at Lumbini. Enjoying drink and meal near our Razul Guesthouse and manage to get a bus ticket to pokhara for 800 rupee.

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Day 2 – Journey to Lumbini

Today is our long journey from Kathmandu to Lumbini for 10 hours on the short mini bus. We reach Lumbini at 5pm and the dark fall very early at Nepal around 6 something.

We manage to get a guesthouse name Rasul for 500 rupee per night for 3 person with shared bathroom and fan. Water & Electricity at Nepal is not available 24 hours which some tourist may not be comfortable.

By the way the room is really basic and the shared bathroom is not very satisfactory as well. Do not expect much from the guesthouse below 1000 rupee.

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Nepal Expedition – Beginner trekker a taste of Nepal’s trek

Day 1 – Reaching Kathmandu We are on our way for an exciting Nepal journey to experience the beautiful Himalayan Mountains. The flight from KL with Airasia at 11:50am reaching Kathmandu at 2pm local time and the flight took about 4 hours. We booked Sacred Valley Inn and they have a pickup at the airport. Then we check in and walk around Kathmandu’s Thamel area for bus tickets and trekking trips. There are many shops selling mountain trekking gears and we are so excited with the mountain gears.

We explore few travel agencies for bus tickets and finally got a Lumbini ticket with 1000 rupee.









This agency’s boss name Krishna is a very nice man where he met us at the hotel and escorts us to the bus stop with his motorbike the next day.

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Shanghai walking day tour for city attraction

Finally I manage to visit China for the third time after Chengdu and Guangxi, which is Shanghai. It is a business trips and I only have a day to visit Shanghai top attraction. I have designed an walking tours for a day at Shanghai covering 4 areas.



I arrive at Shanghai at 6:30am and taking the METRO train from Pudong International Airport at around 7:30am to East Nanjing station with Line 2 where the Shanghai Bund located.

I planned to stay around Shanghai Bund for the convenience of attraction area. I walked to about 15 minutes to Elegance Bund Hotel located at Guangdong Road towards the Bund. After the check in process and I start my walking tours at around 10:00am.



I divided the walking tours into 5 session eg Shanghai Bund, Nanjing East, Xindianti, Yuyuan garden and Oriental Tower. I started my first session of my walk to Shanghai Bund which is along the river where there are beautiful scenery of the business district of Oriental Tower, Financial Tower & new Shanghai Tower.
At shanghai bund there are row of heritage building occupied by banks.
This is the best spot of beautiful scenery at Shanghai and I really love it very much especially the night view as well when I revisit later in the evening. Then walking towards the Shanghai sightseeing tunnel and enjoying the bund promenade for about 45 minutes before heading to Nanjing east road.





Then the second session is just across the Shanghai tunnel where the Nanjing east road located. I walked along the Nanjing east road for about another 45 minutes to people square without any shopping. It is just a photograph session along the road. Please beware of shanghai scams where there are people asking you for massage etc.  This is a road of shopping street like orchard road at Singapore and Bukit Bintang at Kuala Lumpur. I don’t really fancy shopping and nothing to shout about.





I took the metro train line 1 at 11:30am from people square to south huangpi station for RMB3 to start my 3rd session of Xindianti. The station is not good and without good signage and I got disoriented on the Xindianti location. Remember to bring along the Shanghai free map to identify the road as all the road are show in English as well. I walked towards the Xindianti and the French old town for about 10 minutes. The Xindianti is a street full of restaurants located along the French heritage building. I just spend another 45 minutes around this area before having my lunch at a local stall near to the Xindianti station.



After lunch, I took the metro train line 10 from Xindianti to Yuyuan Garden for another RMB3 at around 1pm. I walked along the Yuyuan garden for my 4th sessions which do not have much at the garden but the main highlight is the Yuyuan tourist mart where the mart located along the amazing Chinese design building and also lots of Shanghai traditional gifts are all sale at this area. I spend around 1 hour with a drink break at the mart.



Then walked back to the Yuyuan station and continue my last session at 2:30pm to oriental tower via line 2 to Lujiazui station. Once you walk out from the station then you will experience the closest of Shanghai Oriental tower. There is a round pedestrian’s bridge that people can enjoy the tower view.



The walking tour took around 6 hours which ended at 3:30pm. I went back to the hotel via metro train at Nanjing east station.
I rest for about an hour before going back to Shanghai Bund promenande to enjoy the night view as the skyline get dark around 5pm before heading back to Yuyuan tourist mart again for some souvenirs.