Kathmandu, is a great place (so far...i haven't been here long enough to hate it) but it is seriously polluted. riding home on my bike at the end of the day i usually come home feeling like i've eaten a litre of lead or just sucked on an exhaust pipe for 20 minutes. the traffic is a bit of nightmare anytime after about 10am. which is easy enough to avoid on the back of a bike......anyway, we left the valley, and headed for the tibetan/china border (or 100km from there) for some rafting. good times ensued. the drive out was quite spectacular, with more himalayan views etc. its nice to be able to get a glimpse of Nepali life outside Kathmandu without getting to far form the city.
anyway, I digress. rafting was amazeballs. s much fun, the water was freezing, but i kept reminding myself that it was probably the last time i'd be getting underwater until i take another rafting trip, a trip to thailand or when i finally go home....plus it was likely to be the shower temp i can expect through winter...
we managed to not flip the raft but we all goat soaked in tibetan water, though the more villages we floated through, the harder I attempted to close my mouth through the rapids, seeing the sewarage run straight into the rivier had me fearing the big G.
team extreme rafting feat. american girl , JD , Winnie our new aussie friend, Me Feat. Rangi Changi boardies and K Mac.
lead succesfully by the Nepali Roger Federer
day 2: more extreme rapids Class IV and more awesome sun and fresh air.
on the cards for this week ? momos, emergency nutrition work, zumba, bikram yoga, salsa and i dare say a few beers,
xL
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