another group traveling with the same Bhutan company met up with us in the evening in bumthang. 12 older Brits, traveling with their buddy "slime", a charismatic old time kayaker who did a lot of the first descents and explorations of Bhutan rivers in the late 90's with jerry (motorcycle traveler who led us on the Mangda Chhu a few days earlier), and co-authored the whitewater guide for Nepal. they all had a grand reunion, and it was fun to be around guys with so much experience and history in the area. traveling with them as a guide was another guy named Patrick, who happens to own the last resort in Nepal, our destination after leaving Bhutan. small world.
over more beers, some of the local apple wine, and dinner, the guides made the plan for boating the following day on the Chamkha Chhu. even though it was going to be cold, we all wanted to get on the one last river, and the guides picked a section putting in just down from the hotel, and rafting through a pretty canyon with some class II-III Rapids.
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