Bhote Kosi!

Just got back from 2 days white water rafting on the Bhote Kosi - incredible rapids, I know very little about the sport but from what I can gather we rafted over rapids up to class 4, which is serious stuff. Incredibly good fun, great guiding from the company we went with (Ultimate Rivers) and a real exciting ride. We only had one person fall out of the raft, but it was right in the middle of a rapid (as you would expect - you'd hardly fall out on calm water!) and she looked in some trouble, just held in place next to a rock by the strength of the current. The guide instructed her to swim to one side, and after some effort she escaped, but she ran the rest of the rapid "solo" until one of the safety kayakkers could pick her up and help her to the shore. Up until that had happened, I was just feeling like the raft was an invincible floating dodgem, and that there was no real danger.

So - I've posted a few more pictures on fatcat here - plenty of shots from the Annapurna trek too. I'm already planning on coming back here for the Everest Base Camp trek... :)