Rafting and canyoning

I went on a tour with Ultimate Decents up to the border of Tibet to go rafting. I could see Tibet from there 15 kms away. It was really fun! Along the river are terraces with crops such as millet, corn and rice. There quite a few bits where the raft got stuck between a couple of boulders and you all have to get out of the raft then get back in.

The canyoning was the really fun bit and way more challenging than I thought it would be! It involves walking up a hill then coming down via abseiling, jumping and sliding. Asia style, the first abseiling instruction you get is when you're over the edge of the waterfall with a waterfall falling on to your face and your feet on really slippery mosses. It does make it more exciting.

Usually when you start abseiling down, you can't see the bottom. There is one where you start abseiling and the rope just finishes half way. At that point, you have to let go of the ropes, spring yourself of the rock slightly and fall 5m, bottom first, into a pool of water.

The other fun bit was a 50 metre abseil. You can barely see where you're putting your feet because a waterfall was falling into my face!