When I first arrived in Nepal I'd been torn between doing the Everest base camp trek or the Annapurna circuit. Both reach the same altitudes of around 5,500m and depending on your chosen route can be 9-14 days. Obviously the Everest one is more famous but it is almost all high mountain scenery, whereas the Annapurna circuit has more variety of landscapes and indiginous people along the route. This swung it for me as I thought as a non trekker I may need some othe...

Pokhara is like a breath of fresh air after the mayhem of Kathmandu, it's a perfect tourist spot with lots of nice cafes, restaurants and bars and shops selling all your trekking gear and souvenirs but none of the hassle of the capital. Everything is based around the one main street running around the lake, there's SPACE- with real pavements with room to walk on and a huge road made for two way traffic (and the occasional cow or horse) things you never though...