Rafting and penis fish

Today so far has been awesome.

I am currently writing this on top of a bus and it's hot. Very hot. My legs have now gone a lovely pink colour. That's going to hurt tomorrow morning...if I live until then judging by this bus ride as we weave in and out of the Himalayan valleys on a road no wider than the bus itself.

We woke up at 5AM, packed for 6AM and met Harri, our PSD guide who took us to the bus to Pokhara.
On our way we had another toilet stop where we had yet another interesting experience where this time we didn't even have any ceramic surroundings, just a hole. It was disgusting. Christina and I were gagging at the smell, but anyways, back to a more pleasant topic...

Pokhara is a nice tourist town which people use as a base to go trekking and white water rafting.

I have to say, white water rafting is the only way to truly appreciate the beauty of the Himalayan valleys. It's been my favourite part of this trip so far.

None of us had ever rafted before so we had a guide (who, may I add was fecking mental) steering and commanding the crew.

I have never seen so many rapids in my life. Phil and I were at the very front so we got the first brunt of every wave and got completely soaked. 

The rapids were breath taking and there were points where I was so sure that I was going to fall out of the raft and die of laceration against the rocks. 

Let me tell you one thing. If you ever want to go white water rafting, go to Nepal. You wont be disappointed and you will get more than what you pay for.

The guides were friendly and so much fun. At one point I was talking to Phil when all of a sudden I was grabbed from behind and dragged into the water by one of the guys, and with a scream I hit the water whilst everyone else either jumped into the middle of the boat to avoid being grabbed as well or jumped into the cool refreshing water.

Sam* had to leave us at lunch time as he turned a shade of green. Perhaps after effects of Kathmandu. Apart from that, the rest of us are all fine.

Ella* kept on tormenting Phil about the Candiru fish which accidentally swims up the penis and feasts on it from the inside out. Later on, Wikipedia told me that they are only found in the Amazon but due to Phil's reactions and wincing at the idea we decided to withdraw this information from him.  (Phil, if you are reading this, sorry.)

Anyways, bus is not co-operating with my writing at the minute so I'll write more later.

Jessxo