Chitwan National Park

Chitwan National Park

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October 17th 2008
We got a bus from Pokhara to the national park (very hot and very long). We then got a Jeep and boat to the Island Jungle Resort. The resort was brilliant, lots of wooden lodges nestled in the jungle and on the banks of a river. After settling in, we went on a Jungle walk. We were given a safety briefing first, which was really scary. It went: Rhino - Hide behind a BIG tree (if possib ... read more

Asia » Nepal » Chitwan

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In 1951, the Nepalese monarch ended the century-old system of rule by hereditary premiers and instituted a cabinet system of government. Reforms in 1990 established a multiparty democracy within the framework of a constitutional monarchy. A Maoist in... ... read more