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Namaste everyone! I'm going to ABC after Dashain, and it's my first trekking experience. What are the essential things I need to buy and carry? Would really appreciate your suggestions.

Hey there,
21f here from Bkt.
Anyone traveling to Pkr in car in this week?
Let me know, I can be your passenger.

Hey everyone!
Three friends and I are planning a road trip to Nepal by car, most likely starting in the **last week of November or the first week of December**. We’re thinking of spending around 7 days exploring Nepal, enjoying mountain views, trying local food, and experiencing the local culture.
Our tentative route is:
**Pokhara → Mustang → Ghandruk → Kathmandu**

We’re still in the planning stage, so I’d love to hear suggestions from people who have travelled to these places, especially during this time of year.
Here are a few things we need help with:
**Is 7 days enough?** Can we realistically cover all these places in 7 days without rushing too much, considering driving time and road conditions?

**Mustang in late November/early December:** Is it a good time to visit Mustang? How cold does it get, are the roads safe for a regular car, and are hotels and restaurants still open? Would you recommend Upper Mustang or Lower Mustang for this trip?

**Best places to stay:** Please suggest good hotels, guesthouses, or homestays in Pokhara, Mustang, Ghandruk, and Kathmandu. We’re looking for clean, comfortable places with beautiful views that offer good value for money.

**Local food to try:** What are the must-try Nepali dishes and famous local food spots along this route? We’d love to try authentic local food rather than only tourist-oriented restaurants.

**Road trip advice:** We’ll be travelling in our own car. Are there any difficult stretches, road conditions, parking issues, permits, or other things we should prepare for? Any advice about driving in Mustang during winter would be especially helpful.

**Must-visit places:** What are some underrated places, viewpoints, short hikes, or hidden gems along this route that we shouldn’t miss?

**Budget:** What would be a reasonable budget per person for 7 days, including accommodation, food, fuel, permits, and sightseeing?

**Itinerary suggestions:** If you think our route is too ambitious for 7 days, what would you change or skip to make the trip more enjoyable?
We’re three friends looking forward to a memorable road trip, amazing mountain scenery, good food, and a little adventure. Any personal experiences, hotel recommendations, practical tips, or itinerary suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance! 🙏

At the age of 29 Female, I look around and realize that almost everyone I know is married, settled, and moving forward with their lives. And here I am—29, broke, unmarried, and still carrying so many ambitions that I haven’t been able to turn into reality. I have dreams, but somehow, I keep falling short of achieving them. Sometimes, I feel like I’m not even able to compete with the person I once imagined I would become.
I’ve somehow managed to survive the later years of my twenties in survival mode. I believed in things. I dreamed about them. I imagined the life I wanted, sometimes down to the smallest details. I truly believed that, one day, I would have the things I had been working and hoping for. But here I am, looking back at these years and realizing that I haven’t achieved even one of the things I once dreamed about.
Some days, I genuinely feel like a failure.
And yet, somewhere deep inside, I still trust the process. I still believe that maybe my life is taking a different path, even though I don’t understand why it has to be this difficult. It has been more than six years of telling myself, “It will be okay someday.” But someday keeps getting farther away, and lately, it feels like things are only getting harder with each passing day.
I honestly don’t know how I’m going to get there. I don’t know how I’ll become the person I’ve always dreamed of becoming or how I’ll reach the life I’ve imagined for myself.
But I’m still here.
Still trying. Still dreaming. Still hoping.
Maybe that counts for something, too.

ktm ma aako sab ley sevali gardai kasto garo gari vanxan

I am on a gap yr after 12 and I want to use this yr to learn some new skills. I am interested in pretty much anything like makeup ,hairstyling , karate,boxing,dance,musics,graphic design, video editing, cooking,tailoring,martial arts, photography, languages etc. I am open to learn anything interesting and useful .Does anyone know any good classes, training centers, or courses in Pokhara that you would recommend? Ideally, I am looking for something beginner friendly where I can actually learn a useful skill.

28M coming to pokhara in October with my bike from India to live there for a month or so .

I'm a solo traveller and have a WFH job and would love to socialise and network as much as I can but I'm tight on a budget so which area would you guys recommend to live.

And if you have any budget but really nice hostel recommendations that would be super helpful.

Also any music festivals or events happening in October ?

I also love bike rides and offroading trails so if any biker seeing this would like to show me some cool bike trails which we can conquer together would be really really nice.

I would also love to go for hikes too , are there any active hiking communities which I can join in on weekends ?

Any kind of advice would be really appreciated.