Hi Again
A couple of days before I left pokhara I went and stayed up at the guest house Robbie is building with Druba and his family and finally saw a proper sarangkot sunrise over the Himalaya. As you can see its pretty spectacular.
Then yesterday morning we headed off rafting. There were 5 of us on the raft, the guide, a german girl, an ozzie couple and myself, plus a kiwi in a kayak and 2 safety kayakers.
Most of the rapids were pretty tame but there was the odd challenging moment and the ozzies fell out once, but there was not really enough water.
It was really nice floating past the scenery and tiny villages of 3 or 4 wooden dwellings high on the banks, often on stilts, all the kids shouting from the banks "Namaste", "hello", "goodbye" and even at one point "I love you" to Anna (the german girl). The river was really warm (and weather scorching) so we did a lot of swimming.
On the first day we came across another raft of mischievous French and Spaniards containing my neighbors from pokhara. This led to lots of splashing each other that continued all day when we were close.
At about 5 we joined up with a big group of kayakers on a 3 day trip and setup camp on the river beach. Was a really nice evening.
Today we rafted till about 3 then caught a bus to a small village outside Chitwan national park. We all found a nice guesthouse and I am now typing from a hammock and watching the sunset.
Tomorrow into the park to try to spot some rhinos and tigers and other dangerous animals (humm do ozzies count).
-Dan
A couple of days before I left pokhara I went and stayed up at the guest house Robbie is building with Druba and his family and finally saw a proper sarangkot sunrise over the Himalaya. As you can see its pretty spectacular.
Then yesterday morning we headed off rafting. There were 5 of us on the raft, the guide, a german girl, an ozzie couple and myself, plus a kiwi in a kayak and 2 safety kayakers.
Most of the rapids were pretty tame but there was the odd challenging moment and the ozzies fell out once, but there was not really enough water.
It was really nice floating past the scenery and tiny villages of 3 or 4 wooden dwellings high on the banks, often on stilts, all the kids shouting from the banks "Namaste", "hello", "goodbye" and even at one point "I love you" to Anna (the german girl). The river was really warm (and weather scorching) so we did a lot of swimming.
On the first day we came across another raft of mischievous French and Spaniards containing my neighbors from pokhara. This led to lots of splashing each other that continued all day when we were close.
At about 5 we joined up with a big group of kayakers on a 3 day trip and setup camp on the river beach. Was a really nice evening.
Today we rafted till about 3 then caught a bus to a small village outside Chitwan national park. We all found a nice guesthouse and I am now typing from a hammock and watching the sunset.
Tomorrow into the park to try to spot some rhinos and tigers and other dangerous animals (humm do ozzies count).
-Dan
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