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Downtown Pokhara - note the wires on the telephone pole

Obviously there are no sign ordinances

Downtown Pokhara

Hang gliders coming in for landing by the lake

Great place to have lunch on Lake Phewa and spend the night.

This is the home of the Para Hawking Project. There are 5 Guesthouses and a restaurant. You can have the experience of parahawking and having an Egyptian Vulture literally fly alongside of you and your trained paragliding expert flying tandem. You learn basic fundamental training of these birds of prey.

Once you take to the skies accompanied by a feathered friend trained to fly alongside the tandum glider you and your pilot will be led by the Vulture to the best thermal drafts. Look up Para-hawking. Very interesting.

When finished you land in front of the lodge alongside of Lake Phewa.

Breaking open an egg with the birds beak.

The adventure keeps on going. Today we set out for our rafting journey along the Seti river. We drive to our rafting launch site after breakfast and receive information and instruction from our river guides. We have 3 rafts. with 3 and 4 in each raft with a guide.

The river is lower than usual due to lack of rain but still has some fun rapids along the trip. We stop during the trip and have lunch along the river. There is no road accesss to this area. The views of plant and wildlife are truly untouched and thrilling. Along the banks we see women wash clothes, men fish with sticks and cloth nets and children swim and play. There are a few class II rapids with waves up to three and four feet.

After landing on the banks of the Seti River to settle into our safari style camp surrounded by beautiful trees. Home sweet home. The name of the camp is Seti River Camp. No electricity or very little. Everything is basic and I love it.

Guides deflating our rafts so no one will come along and try and take them. During the rainy season the river will be bank to bank and moving very fast. The weather will be much colder then too.

Mother nature in the evening put on a couple of incredible lightning displays during the night.

Inside. You use a flash light in the evening. You must keep the mesh curtains closed at all times to keep out the nats, flies and the red ants.

The delux outdoor bathroom. Make sure you lift the lid if you need to sit on the toilet as those sucker red ants move fast as they circle the toilet in the mornings. You chase them out of the shower too. All and all I enjoyed staying there.

Binoy our local guide standing in front of the dining room. The food was excellent. Great soups.

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