Final Days in Nepal

Hey all. Sorry for the delay on updates. After trekking and rafting in the Annapurna region, we spent a few days in the Royal Chitwan Park in southern Nepal. Chitwan park is a animal preserve that once was a game park. One can find animals such as tigers, elephants, bear-sloth, rhinoceros, dear, bison, monkeys, snakes, boars, and crocodiles all in their natural environment. This area also is home to ten percent of the worlds bird species. There we took a day hike thru the park with a couple of guides. We saw almost every animal except tigers and bear sloth, thankfully. For a very detailed account of our safari check out Nick's blog.
(Us hanging in trees, post rhino charge)

The last couple of days we spent in Kathmandu. Mark and I ended our time in Nepal by jumping off a 200 meter wire bridge. We took a ride three hours north of Kathmandu and spent the day bungy jumping off the world's second highest jump at 160 meters. I was pretty calm and cool until I was on the bridge and they were strapping me in. That is the moment you realize you have to jump off a bridge. Jumping off was crazy, it felt like that dream where you are falling. But you fall a few times since the cord springs you up again and again.

We left Nepal on May 19 with about 50 Nepali hats collectively. We also left for Spain down one group member. Mark's journey ended here and he is heading back to San Diego. Bye Mark and Bye Nepal.

Annapurna Update

Hello. Just a brief update. We are all well and safe after four weeks of trekking. I'm having a great time and am loving Nepal. We just finished river rafting out of the Annapurna region. One week left in Nepal. I will give a real update in the near future so until then, some photographs. Enjoy!

Annapurna Trekking Pictures

Annapurna Sanctuary/Circuit

Namaste. We arrived in Pokhara safely yesterday after a six hour bus ride up the Kathmandu Valley.
Pokhara is northwest of Kathmandu and is the starting point of the Annapurna Circuit.
Today we hung out and rented paddle boats on Lake Fewa which Pokhara borders. There was an island pagoda which was cool. Actually, it basically was just a pidgeon sanctuary. Tomorrow we take a short car ride to Phedi, the jump of point of the Annapurna circuit.

We are following the circuit clockwise starting in Pokhara and ending in Besishahar. We will do the Annapurna Sanctuary(dotted red line) portion of the trek first. This trail cuts throught the heart of the mountain range and takes us to the Annapurna Base camp. That portion should take about 12-14 days to complete. After that, we continue clockwise around the mountain range which is the actual Annnapurna Circuit. That portion will take roughly 14-16 days. We look forward to having a fun and epic journey. Wish us luck!

-David