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January 27th 2012
October 12, 2011 ...the mighty Jungle...otherwise known as Chitwan National Park, the next leg of our journey through Nepal... After a long, hot, six hour bus ride from Kat we arrived in the town of Tandi Bazaar where we were to hook up with a shuttle from the Chitwan Jungle Lodge, our destination for the next three days... Being on the UNESCO World Heritage list, Chitwan National Park is one of the more popular destinations in Nepal, and it is certainly worth the visit...at almost a thousand square kilometers, it hosts a variety of flora and fauna, including one-horned rhinos, deer, sloth bears and the elusive and sought after Bengal tiger... Most accommodation is on the fringe of the park in a town called Sauraha, but we opted to spend more and stay at one of ... read more
December 11th 2011
To get our frost bitten bodies warm again, we decide to change the scenery from mountain walls of the Himalayas to bustling jungles of Chitwan. Enduring another 6 hour bus journey in a crammed bus with Bollywood music blasting away, we are relieved when we finally reach the gates of Chitwan and are looking forward to having a rendezvous with some feisty beasts. Chitwan, a UNESCO world heritage site, is the oldest national park in Nepal and is home for a multitude of endangered species including the king of the jungle - the Bengal tiger, a lean mean killing machine a.k.a. the jungle pussycat. We learn that our best chance to have a close encounter with wild animals is having a jungle safari on foot, although it comes naturally with a considerable risk factor since some ... read more
October 14th 2011
Our trip to Nepal would not be complete without an obligatory excursion to the famous Chitwan National Park. Chitwan supposedly boasts a great variety of animals including a healthy population of rhinos and tigers, but it’s not known for being the easiest place to spot them. Especially at this time of year, the grass is so tall and thick that spotting anything is nothing short of a miracle. Our closest encounters with wildlife were a few spotted deer and the odd bird or two. Really, the main reason to come to Chitwan is the experience of riding elephants through the jungle. And ride elephants we did, as we spent approximately 9 hours on the backs of these pachyderms over the course of 3 days. Riding through the forest was actually quite relaxing and tranquil. Jordan even ... read more
September 23rd 2011
Chitwan National Park – Rhino spotting, elephant riding and being attacked by leaches, just another normal day at the office really. Although I may have spoken rather negatively about Kathmandu and Pokhara in my last blog my time in Chitwan National Park was a totally different experience. After a 5 hour bus journey from Kathmandu I reached the national park gates and was greeted by my guide in his flame red open back pickup truck. Several of us piled in and we headed to our hotel on some very bumpy dirt tracks. It was a very strange experience because the vast majority of the traffic on the roads inside the national park were that well known automotive brand from back home…… the elephant! It was the most bizarre thing I’ve seen, elephants were almost replacing taxi’s! ... read more
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June 15th 2011
After an amazing trip into Tibet, I was back in Nepal, and I had a week to burn before i was due to fly to Indonesia! So, here is what I got up to :D Ashok, my tour guide from my Tibet tour, was such a sweetie. Even though the tour was officially over, and most of the group had already left for home, he took us stragglers out to see some of the sights in Kathmandu. First, he took us to the monkey temple, otherwise known by it's proper name Swayambhunath. This invovled about a half an hour walk, the last bit completely uphill. Still, it was worth it! Once I had conquered the millionth or so step I've climbed since I left home, I had a great view out over Kathmandu. It was easy ... read more
Is that Rhino about to trample you? No?... Dammit that photo would have been good...
Published: June 8th 2011Asia » Nepal » Chitwan
June 8th 2011
So it's official, I LOVE Nepal. Honestly it feels like it's a world away from India and I feel like I'm a world away from... well the world. I wasn't sure at first if I was simply projecting my expectations onto Nepal when we first arrived in Lumbini so I was quite reserved in my last description. Let me amend that, Nepal is EVERYTHING it's cracked up to be. The peace, the serenity, the green, the absolutely wonderful people... it's just so simple/b. After a quick visit to the Maya Devi temple in Lumbini - birthplace of Buddha - we were on the road to Chitwan. I don't really mean to brush over the visit of one of the most historic sites of Buddhism but I'm not particularly religious... and I didn't find it particularly enlightening. ... read more
April 2nd 2011
Chicken, geese, goats, cats, dogs, cows, buffalo, lizards, spiders, miniature frogs, monkeys, spotted deer, sambar deer, rhinos, elephants and crocodiles - welcome to Chitwan National Park where we have truly been immersed into the Nepali "wildlife" and encountered each and everyone of the animals listed above..... We arrived in a tropical downpour after a surprisingly short and relatively comfy (i.e. we could fit our apparently gigantic legs into the seat) bus ride and and made our way through the backstreets of Sauraha to our little guest house. Cute at first with its clucking chickens and organic vegetable garden, not so much so after being reassured that the big spiders in the thatched roof were not poisonous, seeing the mosquito infested pit of a toilet and waking up to realise that we had shared our hut with ... read more
Ultimos dias de viaje entre elefantes y visitas por el valle de Kathmandu
Published: April 1st 2011Asia » Nepal » Chitwan
April 1st 2011
Dijimos que no lo volveriamos a hacer....que no caeriamos en la tentación vista la experiencia en Periyar (India)....pero lo hacemos! :) digamos que subido en un elefante el safari resulta mas atractivo, ¿¿no?? Bueno, pues caemos de nuevo de cuatro patas y nos subimos a un autobús "turistico" rumbo al parque nacional de Chitwan. El susodicho autobús sigue siendo el mismo cacharro de siempre y los equipajes siguen viajando en el techo. Parece ser que los requisitos para ser un autobus turistico son los siguientes: 1- la mayoria de pasajeros son... turistas! ( ¿sorprendente?) 2- el billete es mas caro 3- Hay algo mas de espacio para las piernas ( esto se agradece mucho) 4- Mas rapido quizas???? 5- Llevar escrito en letras chillonas: TOURISTIC! Llegamos a Chitwan, un pequeño pueblo en el que la mitad ... read more
March 24th 2011
Op het laatste moment besliste ik toch mee te gaan met Bert en Jeroen op een 4-daagse trektocht in de streek van Chitwan. Om toch wat ergonomisch te doen - voor zover dit hier mogelijk is- leende ik een matje die mijn rug enige comfort zou bieden. Gepakt en gezakt stonden we zondagmorgen omstreeks 6 uur vroeg in de morgen klaar om te vertrekken. Jammer genoeg had Bert te kampen met wat maagproblemen waardoor we nog maar met z'n tweetjes overbleven. Na een 4-tal uur rijden op een hobbelige aardeweg bereikten we Narayangarh. Daar pikte Roman (onze Duitse trekkingsbegeleider) ons op na een half uurke in de blakende zon te staan bakken. Toen bleek dat we nog lang niet aan het startpunt van de trekking gekomen waren. We stapten de bus in, bus uit waarna we ... read more
