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It was just a random message from Shishir bro that popped up on my on facebook messanger, Paanchpohari janey ho? Without thinking more my first response was just huncha. Well , it was some weeks before the actual trekking schedule. He has planned it for the Janaipurnima. He had asked other friends too, and among them only Dharma had also agreed to join this trek. Infact, this was Shishir’s 4th trek to Paanchpokhari in two years. Paanchpokhari; the holy 5 lakes is located at the remote mountain of Sindhupalchok district north of Kathmandu below the beautiful Jugal Himal. As Janaipurnima approached near, we had few informal preparation talk and I did my final shopping a day before we were supposed to leave Kathmandu at our own shop, the Kalapathar! There were two trekking routes to choose from, one from Melamchi and another from Chautara, and we choosed the first one. Day 1: Kathmandu to Manekharka Previously we had planned to take the shorter bus route to Melamchi from the Sankhu ...

This is the Trailer video of our Panchpokhari trek, we did during this Janaipurnima. I will soon post the full trekking vlog, probably of 3 episodes. For now enjoy this trailer! This monsoon (Janaipurnima), two of us (Nagarkoti Dharma and I) buckled up for 5 days trek to Panchpokhari, guided by our own crazy fellow cyclist Shishir Raj Joshi. We started this moderately tough trekking from Melamchi bazzar and ended at Chautara on 5th day. Nestled at the height of 4100 meters Paanchpokhari ; the five holy lakes, invites some thousand of Hindu and Buddhists pilgrims annually on the day of Janaipurnima. As we were climbing the final 3 KM of ascend on our third day from Nashunpati, we confronted some thousands of descending pilgrims on the narrow rocky trail till to the lakes on misty morning. By the time we reached these five lakes, the festive was almost over with only few hundred people preparing to pack their belongings. Half an hour after our arrival eastern wind blew up the mist cl...