Nepal craziness

From the moment I arrived in Nepal everything was a little crazy as I kind of expected. My darling little pappu did meet me at the airport which made me happy and from there we went to the office dropped off bags, had dinner and went for a beer with some pool. He then gave me very little time to pack my stuff I needed for the next few days as we were leaving in the morning for the trisuli river as he was working a kayak clinic. 

We left early in the morning and I was a little confused and disorientated. I was shoved on a bus for several hours longer than what it should have taken due to the traffic on the road! Not suprising really as it's nepal - and just as bad a India when it comes to road rules and traffic. 

However we did eventually arrive which was welcomed as the bus comfyness was at a high as usual and it was nice to get some fresh air - after a quick set up of camp and we were off for a short kayak trip. I got in the playboat that I brought over for my little pappu which was a bad idea as on the first big wave that I hit threw me in the water and that was it I was swimming! Oh well never mind. I would have been ok but my darling wasn't too happy with me. After that experience I learnt that i need to paddle a sensible boat on big water.

The following day I had some rolling practise in the morning which was good. Although I'm a backwards roller which hasn't been helping my cause! It's ok I'll get it sorted out. In the afternoon we went down the river again which managed to stay upright in a big boat! At the get out here there is a cable car that goes up to the top of a mountain where there is a temple which I would like to visit one day. 

The following day we travelled up the river and got on at a place called phishling. This is where we are going to be living for a while - right on the river which is pretty cool. As we got on straight away there is a rapid - a minor epic followed with two people going for a swim. I was fairly near the back so I lost sight of the line that everyone was shown to follow down and so chose my own line - and survived! I'm not that bad really! 

After lunch it was time to pack and get sorted as we were leaving to go on a trip to the tamur, so we had to get our kit ready so that we could leave that evening.