Trips

Fri., 11/2/12 - Pokhara to the Seti River Camp

Today we began our rafting adventure on the Seti River. After an hour and a half bus ride, during which we picked up an itinerant musician who played the Sarangi and sang a couple of folk songs for us, we arrived at our departure site at the confluence of the Modi and Seti Rivers.

Pokhara market - on the way out of town

Pokhara suburbs with a view

Musician and his Sarangi

Doing laundry in the Modi River

On arrival at the rafting site, we dressed in our "splash suits" and our rafting captain gave us instructions

All our duffle bags were placed in dry bags and lashed into the center of a raft and a watertight barrel held our wallets and valuables. We rafted leisurely down the river to a rocky beach for lunch.

After another 1 1/2 hours on the river, we reached our camp. Today we only had a few class I and II rapids - nothing very exciting. Sunday should be wilder water, maybe. Each raft has a boatman in the rear with two oars and occasionally the six passengers got to paddle a little.

We were able to take some pictures with the camera inside a waterproof snorkeling bag - so the pictures are a little blurry.

All dressed up and ready to get wet

Push off

On the river

Farmhouse along the river bluff

Breeches buoy for people to cross the river

Seti River Camp

Our "room" is a tent under a corrugated metal and slate roof. We have 2 beds, a set of shelves, a towel rack, and an end table at the head of each bed. The bathroom is an adjacent room with a nice shower, sink, and toilet. We have a "porch" with two bamboo chairs outside the "door." The accommodations are quite adequate and we overlook the river. We also have our own clothesline, which is full of the wet clothes we wore this morning.