Namaste!

"Namaste!" - That means "Welcome!", "How are you doing." and simply is a often used word on the street and when you meet people here in Nepal. Nepal that's where we are now. After arriving in Kathmandu we took the bus straight to Pokhara. Pokhara is a nice little town with quite a lot tourism. It is next to the Annapurna massive but even though you can see those mountains it is nice and warm here with banana growing next to the street.

Lake Phewa

Fishtail-Mountain

Pokhara is the Mekka for Outdoorsports in Nepal. Paraglider, Rafter, Trekker, Climber and also kayaker are using Pokhara as a base for ther adventures. So do we. A day after we arrived we packed up our gear and head off to the lower Modi Khola. We paddled the lower Modi Khola into the Kali Gandaki. This is a 2 day trip and a nice warm up for us.

David on the lower Modi

lower Modi

campspot

Flo on the Kali Gantaki

On the way back from the Kali Gandaki we got a ride with a raft company instead of using the local bus. Here in Nepal it is common to take the bus to get to the rivers and back. The bus riding is often more extreme than the kayaking.

The bus to the Modi

Next to Pokhara is the Seti River. Here we did the upper Seti which is a nice fun 2h run really close.

our taxi to the upper Seti

Flo at the put in