Day 20

We are traveling for 20 days now. On our latest adventure we went to kayak the Madi Khola as well as the Marsyandi Khola. The Madi and Marsyandi are easy to link and this way we avoid several hours off bus riding. We started from our base in Pokhara with a Jeep ride to the Madi Khola put in near Lamarkhet.

camp at put in near Lamarkhet

For this trip we teamed up with Ross from NZ. After a day of good paddling we arrived in Karputar where we were the attraction for some kids.

nice mountain backdrop

@ work

what's up?

Nepali kid playing with our boats

At 6am the next morning we caught the bus to Besishahar. From there we took another bus to Khudi. On this last busride some kids stole two carabiners out of our boats. Also we had to pay 8-times the price a Nepali pays and additional the same amount for each boat. This is not the nicest way to welcome tourists. In Khudi we stayed the night. The next day we were supposed to take the bus to Syange at 9am. The bus drove by at 8:40am and didn't stop and so we got offered a Jeep ride for 8000 Nepali Rupies (app. 80€ / $105). While we were gearing up to hike ourself the price suddenly dropped to 3000 Rupies. That's how they do business in Nepal. Kayaking down from Syange we shortly realized the high waterlevels and called it a mission after three or so rapids. The next day we spent hiking back to The Nadi Khola confluence.

Flo enjoying the hike

From there on kayaking was possible at that level. We reached Khudi pretty quick where we reunited with Ross who had stayed here for the last days. The same day we paddled close to Besishahar. The day after down to Bimalnagar where river meets the main highway between Kathmandu and Pokhara.

setting up a campfire

Shiva temple at the take out in Bimalnagar

Here we got lucky the following day with catching a comfy Minibus to Pokhara with the three of us being the only customers.

Stay tuned for the next adventures to come!