KuenselChasing the current in Panbang
Panbang, Zhemgang—April 22, 1:20pm: The morning rain has softened the landscape. Beneath the Dasho Nishioka Bridge, the Drangmechhu moves in a patient, muscular hush, swollen and brown, carrying runoff from distant valleys upstream. On the riverbank, the rafting crew shoulders rafts while passengers wait, half-nervous, half-thrilled, ready to enter the country’s largest river basin as the weather