Just after a month of my last visit, I am once again at Pokhara. This time to cover the final of the Aaha Gold Cup – a football tournament. I came with a few journalists friends and it was a nice journey.
The football final was very interesting as it saw more than 15,000 spectators in the stadium that has the capacity of 5,000. Nabil Three Star Club won the final in the tightly contested match against Manang Marsuandi Club but the only thing we were able to see from the pressbox was the heads of the players running around and the ball (only when it was on the air above their heads) as people had lined up in the touchline.
There was troubles a few times but none too dangerous and the Pokhareli people should be thanked for their patient during the match as it could have been a bad accident had their been any trouble.
It was the day of Fagu Purnima thus many of the spectators were probably drunk and the players who scored was treated with colors – rare scenery. At one time, a man ran entered the ground on the horseback and ran around. Overall it was a big sigh of relief for everybody as the match ended without major accident.
During my last two days here, I have boated at Fewa Lake for an aggregate of three hours – an hour on rowing boat and two on the paddle. I also went up the hill of Sarangkot for the beautiful visuals of mountains and then walked around lakeside.
