Day 22: One More Sunrise over the Annapurna Range

Dil wakes us at 5 am for a taxi ride to one more steep stair step climb to the World Peace Pagoda, a huge bright gold temple enshrining the sacred relics of Lord Shakyamuni Buddha, built by the Japanese. From here we see the very same mountain range on the long poster my good friend and fellow trekker, Doug Kelley, gave us that we placed above our living room windows months ago. WOW. The whole Annapurna Range is really spectacular with the lake and city of Pokhara nestled below. At the top, right as the sun is rising, a Japanese Buddhist Priest is walking slowly towards the temple beating a drum. Pretty awesome...We eat breakfast at the "Not Out View Top Cafe"...perhaps was supposed to be "Knock Out View Top Cafe"? Sometimes the translations are not quite right! :) Across the lake are dozens and dozens of paragliders soaring right at the base of the mountain range and far above the lake. The lake is beautiful but oh so polluted...yet kids are swimming everywhere!  Heading back to Kathmandu tomorrow.