I came to Pokhara expecting a few days of mountain views and lakeside cafés. I ended up staying for a week. That wasn’t part of my original plan. I had initially thought I would spend three or four days in the city before continuing somewhere else. But Pokhara has a way of making you slow down. One morning turns into an afternoon, an afternoon turns into sunset, and suddenly you’re looking at your calendar wondering where the last few days went. Before arriving, I mostly knew Pokhara from photographs. Phewa Lake. Machhapuchhre. Boats on calm water. Paragliders floating above the valley. The Annapurna mountains in the background. All of those…