Blogs from Chitwan, Nepal, Asia - page 9

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

Sunday 2-27 to Tuesday 3-1 Off to another Nepali World Heritage Sight – this one, a natural one. (Sadly) We left Tiffany in Hetauda and headed toward Chitwan National Park, where I immediately started coughing and sneezing. Turns out, it’s controlled burn season in Chitwan and a lot of the forest was smoldering while we were there, so the sky was raining ash and it drove my sinuses nuts. Nick found us a beautiful bungalow hotel right along the river and we had an endless supply of fresh, hot, absolutely delicious Nepali tea whenever we wanted it! Seriously, this was amazingly good tea! No offense Thailand; I love you and I love your thai iced tea, but this was even better, if that can be believed! Nick Note: No way, Nepali tea is great but thai ... read more

Chitwan NP! Finally the time arrived to go to Chitwan Np! Early morning (06.15am) walking with our backpacks on through Thamel to find our bus on the side of a street!! Interesting but no problems at all!! Smooth bus ride again!! Our bus was smooth.. some vehicles that weren’t that lucky!! 4 cars, busses, trucks where upside down on the road and that in a space of say 100 kilometers!! We booked a “package” with Sapana Village Lodge (www.sapanalodge.com) for 5 days/ 4 nights! Packed with excitement!! Arriving in Sauraha we got picked up with a jeep at the busstop..Really nice to expierence..Cause normally we have to find our own way. But it was all organised really well! Sapana Lodge was overwhelming for us... It's quiet with all little sitting areas everywhere..The room we got was ... read more

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After a bit of repacking and post trek binge eating,we were ready to leave the dusty streets of Kathmandu and head for greener pastures. Our destination for a bit of relaxation was Pokhara. A small lakeside town with views of the Annapurna Ranges. It felt like a million miles away from Kathmandu and was exactly the sort of place where we needed to chill out for a bit. As it turned out, it was lucky that we arranged to stay here for nearly a week because we both picked up colds and didn't feel like doing much at all. The only activities we did were taking boat out on the lake for a three hour paddle and visiting a few museums. The rest of the time was spent eating, sleeping and catching up with our friends ... read more