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<\/a>We met our guides in Pokhara and rode to the put in point. We were the only guests on the raft. The Seti is the warmest river in Nepal, and goes through gorgeous gorges and jungle forest, and has views of the Annapurna range.<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t long after we got our instructions on \u201cPaddle forward\u201d, \u201cPaddle back\u201d and \u201cGET DOOOOWN!\u201d that we hit our first rapids. The raft twisted around and we paddled hard and made it through \u2013 I only thought I was going to fall out of the raft once. Rick says he wasn\u2019t going to, but I\u2019m pretty sure his back touched the water.<\/p>\n Then we reached a calm stretch and the guides said time to swim. In the back of my mind I\u2019m thinking\u2026 hey, once we get to Chitwan, aren\u2019t we going on a crocodile watching expedition? And we\u2019re rafting to there now. And I\u2019m swimming in this warm river. Hmmm\u2026. But we jumped in anyway! We actually got to swim through some small rapids which was really fun!<\/p>\n We continued and hit a couple more sets then reached our stopping point for lunch. The guides made this amazing set up. They prepared everything from scratch and we got to eat on the beach, and relax a little. More rafting, with the rapids getting a little bigger each time! It was so fun!<\/p>\n We were tired when we reached our camping beach. Since it was an overnight trip we got to camp right next to the river. I was totally surprised by everything those four guys were about to pull out of the raft – we had a sweet camping set up. We got a tent, and they created a \u201clounge area\u201d out of the raft and a tarp.<\/p>\n And then we started to learn that our guides were also chefs. I think we got a 7 course dinner that night\u2026 the food just kept coming and it was all good! We started with f\u00a0\u00a0freshly popped (over an open fire) popcorn. Next was this \u201cparty mix\u201d of what I think were dry ramen noodles, popcorn, diced up cucumber and onion and spices \u2013 it was super addictive! Then we had soup. Then we had bread. Then we had the main meal, which was spaghetti with meat sauce and a couple of sides of vegetables. It was all delicious and it all came from our raft!<\/p>\n As they prepared the meal, we played games with them\u2026 just little games with rock and sticks but it was fun. Rick was building things out of little bamboo sticks \u2013 and he, feeling highly confident in his skills, challenged me \u201cok, Liz, what do you want me to make? Anything!\u201d first thing that came to mind was a rocking horse! Rick did not like that challenge so much at first\u2026 but of course, if you know him at all, he\u2019s going to take it on and figure it out. So about 30 minutes later, here is the bamboo rocking horse! J pretty impressive!!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n