How I Won Over a Hotel Cat in Pokhara, Nepal (Plus a Tabby Romeo As a Bonus)

 When you travel on a tight budget, paying the bare minimum is a gamble - you could end up in a shithole run by scammers and infested with bedbugs. On the flip side, that same budget can sometimes score you a basic but absolutely wonderful room. That's exactly why I dived into deep accommodation research for my trip to Pokhara, Nepal, when I was still in Varanasi, India. While scrolling through Google Maps reviews, I spotted a photo of a cute cat at one of the chosen guesthouses. In that moment, I realized that I wanted to stay there.  *The photograph from reviews on [Google.Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/place/My+Beautiful+Cottage/@28.2252878,83.9508097,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sCIHM0ogKEICAgICe6Ny81QE!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2Fgps-cs-s%2FAHVAweq6q5_2vuCjMRt2puQuPWNptc7VI_QzMM3yYSDrHQHILIyiXxPmM_49LOywbWWXzK_MEiyz9n6V6Bl12irGuY_rX_hTTRQ16UpXTl7TBcF36zMrRKU0bdISTPXRzDcRTeHFQzOtYg%3Dw203-h270-k-no!7i6000!8i8000!4m10!3m9!1s0x3995954ff06e5707:0xea0add64c6ced7cc!5m2!4m1!1i2!8m2!3d28.2252878!4d83.9508097!10e5!16s%2Fg%2F11flbd6dvw?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDQwMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D)* Gorgeous, isn’t she?! An orange+tabby cat (a torbie?) with the agouti effect - do you see "the white noise" on her back? That's the agouti thing. Love it! I just love cat, but I also created a [street cat photography community](https://www.reddit.com/r/StreetCatsOfTheWorld/) on Reddit, so I have double motivation. I met her on the very first day of my stay in the property: she was nesting on a pile of blankets.  However, she wasn't happy about my interest - rather nervous. And when she heard the click, she jumped up and ran away. I followed her to establish a connection. She finally even let me touch her, but she was tense, and as soon as she heard the shutter click again, she ran. Later that same day, I saw her again, and this time she directly meowed me to leave: "Human, you are making me uncomfortable!" It was a disappointment. But her reaction is completely understandable: she lives on the grounds of a guesthouse where all kinds of strangers constantly want to pet her. Cats don't like an excess of attention from unfamiliar people.  *Yes, that's where the story unfolds - the place called My Beautiful Cottage... Not only the cat but also well-mannered mongrels and hens are present here...* The guesthouse is located in the countryside - a paradise for a cat. So it's no surprise that I didn't see her for several days. And the weather was rainy, so part of the time the pretty cat was obviously hiding indoors in the bungalow of the owner. In the meantime, I met her admirer:  A cat was screaming, so I went out, and found this tabby Romeo on the straw roof of the owner's bungalow where the family lives and the hotel cat.  Funny thing: he was screaming to let everyone know he was coming, but he was stepping as if he wanted to be unspotted.  Here, he is approaching to the place right above "the blanket nest" of our pretty cat. ![DSC_5317.JPG](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/x-rain/E […]