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Annapurna, Around the World, Asia, Family, Nepal, Paragliding, Pokhara, Sunrise Paragliding, Travel
Up until now, our time in Nepal has been somewhat disappointing. It’s nobody’s fault; just an unfortunate set of circumstances. The highlight has been our stay at the Temple Tree Resort & Spa, the pool, and the gracious Nepalese people.
This morning, we made another attempt at seeing the Annapurna range. We woke at 4:30 a.m. and drove to Sarangkot, a high point above Pokhara, hoping to view the sunrise over the Himalayas.
Here’s what we saw:
Here’s Nathan’s commentary:
Here’s what we wish we’d have seen: (Best viewing time is September to November.)

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So that wasn’t the fun part. In the early afternoon, the clouds cleared, and we were able to go paragliding with Sunrise Paragliding.
From Nathan: The most exciting part was the takeoff. You run right off the cliff, and you are carried into the air. During the flight, they took a lot of pictures, which I didn’t like, because I wanted to look around. I’d like to go paragliding again!
From Aidan: I was nervous at first. We jumped off a cliff and sailed. We went in circles. Mom got queasy. I would give paragliding at solid 6.5.
Technically, I only got a little queasy when we were spiraling up in the wind cylinder. It was like an aerial merry-go-around. When we were going forward, it was great!
The pilots took a ton of photos. Here’s a sampling:
So glad you are finally having fun in Nepal. Your sunrise experience is the same as ours on Maui–up at 4:30 for a white knuckle drive up to the top of the mountain to see the clouds get a little brighter. Hot chocolate at McDonald’s saved the morning.
Exactly! At least there was a hot breakfast at the hotel!
WOW!
Beautiful!!!!!!!
THIS. IS. AWESOME!!! Shellie, I think you found a few Facebook profile pic 🙂 Seriously… SO glad you got some adventure in Nepal.
Zowie! You guys are brave! Don’t think I could have done the paragliding!