The Bhote Kosi
Hello! Last night I got back from a two day rafting trip down the Bhote Kosi. It was a pretty wild ride. The rapids we did on the second day were level III and level IV and it was really fun. On one of the rapids our guide told us to "hold on!" so we held on, and then he didn't say anything else. When we looked back we were like, "Uh...where did he go?" He had fallen off the back and was hanging off the end of the raft. He eventually hauled himself up.
Then, five minutes later our raft hit a big rock on our side and water starting filling up on my side of the raft. Everyone on my side had to jump and cling to the other side of the raft and we were just hanging there until we could climb out onto the rock. The rock was really slippery so we had to hold onto the one side of the raft that wasn't underwater so we wouldn't slip into the rapids. The people on shore started throwing a rope and pulling people to shore when the raft started floating again. I was getting kind of nervous, because if the raft got free of the rock, it would knock us all into the water. But it was fine, and we tied a rope to the raft, nudged it a little, and then all jumped in. It was cool.
The night before was really nice too. We stayed in tents at a resort and that night, one of the owners of the resort was having his wedding. So we got to watch the wedding ceremony from afar and saw the couple walking around the fire. The groom was Canadian and the bride was Nepali. Afterwards, we ate dinner with the wedding party and even got wedding cake! The groom was a musician, so he and all his musician friends were performing and they would do classic rock, jazz, traditional Nepali songs and then a fusion of Nepali and Western songs. One guy was playing the wooden flute and he was amazing. I really enjoyed the music and I had a fun time at the wedding despite not knowing anyone.
It was a really fun trip and I met a lot of cool people. Vera and I are going to go trekking with Andy and Alice. Hopefully the weather will cooperate and we'll actually get to see some mountains.
Then, five minutes later our raft hit a big rock on our side and water starting filling up on my side of the raft. Everyone on my side had to jump and cling to the other side of the raft and we were just hanging there until we could climb out onto the rock. The rock was really slippery so we had to hold onto the one side of the raft that wasn't underwater so we wouldn't slip into the rapids. The people on shore started throwing a rope and pulling people to shore when the raft started floating again. I was getting kind of nervous, because if the raft got free of the rock, it would knock us all into the water. But it was fine, and we tied a rope to the raft, nudged it a little, and then all jumped in. It was cool.
The night before was really nice too. We stayed in tents at a resort and that night, one of the owners of the resort was having his wedding. So we got to watch the wedding ceremony from afar and saw the couple walking around the fire. The groom was Canadian and the bride was Nepali. Afterwards, we ate dinner with the wedding party and even got wedding cake! The groom was a musician, so he and all his musician friends were performing and they would do classic rock, jazz, traditional Nepali songs and then a fusion of Nepali and Western songs. One guy was playing the wooden flute and he was amazing. I really enjoyed the music and I had a fun time at the wedding despite not knowing anyone.
It was a really fun trip and I met a lot of cool people. Vera and I are going to go trekking with Andy and Alice. Hopefully the weather will cooperate and we'll actually get to see some mountains.
posted by Jenna Furley | 9:45 PM
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