We arranged to get up at 5am and take a taxi up to the hill above Pokhara to see the classic sunrise view of the Annapurna Himal. It was a little hazy but not obviously so until the sun rose above the horizon.
Our flight to Kathmandu was at 9:30 and it was still clear enough to see some of the mountains. During our long layover in Kathmandu, our guide invited us to his home for lunch with his family, then sent us back to the airport. By 5pm we were drinking free beer on Kingfisher Airlines' flight to Delhi.
It was 43 degrees Celsius (109 Fahrenheit) when we landed. All evening the hotel's power went on and off as India's fragile electric grid struggled to keep up with the demand. We felt happy we would be in the plains for only four days.
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