Kayaking next to corpses.....three days down the Kali Gandaki

We spent three days northwest of Pokara rafting down the Kali Gnadaki. Although it was not the 4+ rapids they promised it was an amazing trip down a river filled with canyons, villages, the occasional rapid, and, oh yeah, funeral pyres where ashes go straight into the river. It was pretty surreal to be in a kayak with a burning body a few feet away.
The trips highlight was spending the night on a beach by a village where kids came down for a photo shoot and volleyball game before bed time.