Time Difference: 12 hours 45 minutes ahead of PST
Cost of a room: $30USD
Preferred method of transportation: taxi or bicycle driven rickshaw with small carriage in back.
I fell in love with Nepal on the flight into Katmandu. The mountains terraced with rice fields, covering every available square foot in the Katmandu Valley, provides some of the most beautiful scenery I have ever seen. The people are great! We went white water rafting down the Himalayan river, Bhote Kosi, yesterday. The rapids are class II-III with one class IV that knocked a few people off the raft. Sia was one of the fallen. Like a pro, she held on to her paddle as she slipped under the raft and held it high when she surfaced for air. Thank goodness for the British Army, who were there to pull her out of the freezing cold water!
The river cut through the mountains yielding hours of amazing scenery. We rafted past villages and under suspended wooden foot bridges. We were often followed by Nepalese children who either ran down the side of the river along side us or jumped in and swam with us. Lunch was made on the side of the river: pasta, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and coleslaw made from fresh ingredients. What a great introduction to Nepal.
I cancelled my return flight today, as it was for October 18th and I decided that the national economy was not ready for me to return yet.
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