Up early with packed lunch boxes, ready for our two day jungle excursion. It began with a one & a half hour canoe ride to the starting point of our trek, followed by a brief safety talk on what to do if attacked by various wild animals!!! Feeling confident, we split into two groups & headed into the jungle about twenty minutes apart. We saw a couple of crocs from the river bank before heading off, so that gave us hope of seeing more animals on the walk. The first fifteen minutes was pretty easy going, then we headed into the [View Full Entry]

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Back on our dodgy bus (that almost caught fire yesterday) for yet another long day of travelling. Had a few beers with lunch at the hotel, which made for an interestingly tipsy half hour push bike ride to the elephant breeding site. Had fortunately sobered up in time for the tiny canoe ride across the river to the centre. Felt sorry for the elephants because they were mostly chained up & Deb was so upset she decided to cancel the trip she'd booked to go work there next week. Dinner was at a local restaurant Hannah took us to, followed by [View Full Entry]

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A long time ago my father told me that there might be places I would go in the world where I would have to tell the people I was from Canada and not the US. About two years ago this was almost true - I met a lot of people hostile towards Americans. But I've never pretended to be from Canada, and why should I? Just as I shouldn't have to try not to be while I shouldn't have to try not to be American. I don't support Bush at all so I need all the more to say I'm American [View Full Entry]

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Today was a very tiring day filled with experiences in the jungle and small animals. This morning we took a nice peaceful canoe trip down the river and hiked through the jungle. Before we got into the canoe we saw a type of crocodile and some deer. In the river we saw some Kingfishers - beautiful birds. In the jungle we saw tiger prints, monkeys and rhino dung but not much else but jungle. I got leeched for the first time in my life on my ankle and after someone flicked it off ended up with a shoe full of blood [View Full Entry]

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Today I had a great time getting into my new environment - a half Indian, half Costa Rican mix that is a bit strange at first. I took a bus really early in the morning to Royal Chitwan National Park. Before I got on the bus we were waiting to get on and of course getting haggled by people wanting us to buy things after about 2 minutes I settled into my usual habit of standing in one place and staring away from all of them and not answering. A man from Holland walked up trying to find the right bus [View Full Entry]

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Chitwan National Park - Part I We had a wonderful stay of two days at the Chitwan National Park marred only by the perfidy of the Royal Nepal Travel Company (RNTC) through which we had booked the tour. We had booked an independent unit of two bedrooms because our daughter Bunny was also with us and we did not want to treat her as a child and make her sleep in our bedroom. She was past her teens at that time. However, we were forced to do so, because in the evening a very big group from Mumbai arrived and [View Full Entry]

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Chitwan - Part II Chitwan National Park of Nepal used to be the Royal hunting preserve of the kings of Nepal. While Nepal is more famous for its lofty mountains, the southern part of Nepal, which borders on India, is in the flat ‘Terai’ region, which is hardly 200 meters above sea level, and characterized by marshy grasslands, forests and savanna type land. Given these characteristics, it is no wonder that it supports diverse wildlife. It is mostly famous as the habitat of the Indian one-horned rhino. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terai The Rapti river demarcates the s [View Full Entry]

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okay so here is the update on how our weekend was - after we stopped sweating.. wait that didnt happen - it was more humid there than any pace we had ever been. all 9 of us didnt stop sweating the three days that we were there, but we all dealt with it; there was nothing we could do about it anyways... so half way there we got off of the bus and rafted for 2.5 hours. they said it was a grade 3+.. it was our first time, but it wasnt too bad, it was really rough every now and [View Full Entry]

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hello everyone! we made it back safe and sound from the Chitwan National Park Rainbow Safari Resort!! It was A LOT of fun!!! but we need to get back to our home in time for dinner so we will tell you all about it later :) miss and love everyone very much! XOXO - keep sending messages/comments we love to hear from you guys too!! [View Full Entry]

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So we have just spent more or less 3 great days at Chitwan National Park in Southern Nepal. It has been absolutely fantastic with limitless food, great weather (though quite hot), friendly people and lots of animals. Our first day we visited the Elephant Breeding Centre which was one of the highlights of the trip so far for me. Not only did we learn lots about the role of elephants in Nepal and the creatures themselves, but we actually got to play with several baby elephants! It was soo neat to be able to pat them and feed them and just [View Full Entry]

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