Barahi Pokhara

... avec la oupure du cable. Puis suis alle payer le parapente pour cet apres midi, j'ai trop de la chance il fait bien beau et chaud. Rendez vous a 13h00 a l'agence. Vais petit dejeuner au Pumper niquel, bacon, oeufs sur le plat, patates-poivrons, tomate, un petit pain toaste avec du beurre, un the et un jus d'ananas.. Miam, pare pour aller sauter maintenant.<br>Vais vite fait sur internet voir la meteo et les commentaires sur le match pourri et la victoire volee ...

... fin prets. Croyais ne pas etre trop experimente pour cette categorie de rapides, mais en fait c'est moi qui ai le plus de journees de rafting... 3 fois en fait. Le texan aussi, et les autres une seule fois ou jamais... Donc je suis alle devant, car c'est le plus fun, en fait ca arrangeait tout le monde. moi je prefere car au moins on voit ce sur quoi on arrive, gros rapide, trou, cascade.... Donc pendant une heure et demi on a rafte, l'eau etait fraiche au debut mais apres un ...

... deep in sleep. Cass couldn't sleep and he couldn't keep his fluids down. The minutes ticked by slowly, and Cass checked his watch constantly. To pass the time and get his mind off the current situation, Lindsey began to read from her book, The Gift. She played roles and brought in voices for all the ...

... the porters use to sing but now the mobile rules and tunes play along the way. <br><br>Occasionally the tick tack of 30 odd walking sticks could be heard behind us as all the gear some idea Koreans caught up with us. <br><br>Once we reached Chromrong we rested and soaked up the afternoon sun over an Everest Premium Lager on the terrace overlooking the mountains. Our evening was spent with a crazy Belgium mature lady who it seemed had travelled everywhere and regaled to ...

... Heather and Kevin and our two Nepali guides Janje and Banda. We caught the tourist bus to the launch point which was 2 hours from Pokhara. After helping the guides to blow up the raft and organise the gear we were ready for the off.<br> <br>The first day was about 5 hours on the water, it had a few rapids but spent most of the time cruising down the river admiring the view. The guides ...

... This was all just the effect of the altitude but it was such hard work trying to motivate yourself to keep going. Em got a horse up a steep hill as she was struggling so much, little did we know how much further we had left. The horse ride was brilliant though, fun experience but did feel a bit bad on the horse! We struggled on for 5 and a half hours of freezing cold conditions, feeling so exhausted, sick, headaches and no energy until we ...

... from head to foot in whitewash that we happened across on our way down to the road from the village.<br><br>So back in Pokhara I discovered that Matt had checked into the guesthouse just before me, which was a pleasant surprise. He went on to explain why he was there early. The rafting trip had to be cut short as one of the guides was killed.<br><br>Anyway more of that in later episodes! For now I hope you enjoy looking at the photos and reading about village life!

... isolationist Nepal when, between 1816 and 1951, all borders were closed and it was forbidden for foreigners to enter the country. We set our watches ahead by fifteen minutes and stumbled through the dark streets to our guesthouse, which had been arranged by the bus company and was of the most basic sort. When we had dumped our gear in the allotted room (I had asked for a 'married couples room' for a joke and was surprised to have been given one, instead of being lumped into ...