Excerpt from International Living article, original post May 09, 2012
I had been staying in the tranquil Nepalese tourist town of Pokhara for a month when a travel writing assignment came in. It involved researching retirement in Nepal - and I needed to find some expats.
As I sat drinking my morning chai at a lakefront breakfast joint, I wondered where all the Westerners were hiding. I had seen only a handful since I arrived, and they all seemed to be just passing through. Then it dawned on me - sitting there, across the lake perched high on a lush green ridge next to a magnificent white Buddhist stupa, sat an ornate Newari-style guesthouse.
I had heard that it was owned by an expat from England who made Nepal her home after visiting the country for 20 consecutive years.
"Perfect," I thought.
Now all I had to do was figure out how to get there. The most common route was apparently to hire a canoe and paddle across the lake, but with my deadline approaching, I needed a faster route. I would need to rent a moped.
