It's now been 4 days since I've
arrived in Nepal, of which the first 3 were spent in Kathmandu, while the 4th
was spent in a 7 and a half hour bus ride to Pokhara. The trip hasn't been
entirely exciting to date. Am however looking forward to 4 adrenaline pumped
days ahead as part of a kayaking clinic down the Seti river.
Plans have changed quite a bit
since arriving. I am no longer going for the 9 day Sunkosi white water rafting
trip I was so eagerly anticipating before. My tour agent wasn’t able to secure
enough customers to fill a raft for this trip. Was pretty disappointed when I
heard this. Curse the dreaded monsoon! Tourists have been leaving Nepal
by the throngs in anticipation of the upcoming humid/hot weather. Oh well… no
point crying over spilt milk. At least I’ll get to put my new camera (now
dubbed ‘the sub’) to good use with some underwater action on the Seti River =)
Kathmandu
really reminds me of a smaller version of Indonesia/India. Highly populated,
dusty, crammed and with never ended sounds of vehicle honks ringing in my ears.
Am quite glad I’ve finally escaped from the chaos to Pokhara.
Nevertheless, chaos or no chaos, I
was still happily photographing away =) Have uploaded some ‘untouched and
unedited’ in the photo gallery of the blog. Mr Rosien… you’d better be a very loyal reader… you know who’s to blame for its creation!
