On Friday I travelled, with the rest of the group of volunteers, from Kathmandu to Chitwan. I can't say I was feeling 100%, as we all went out in Thamel again the previous evening - hangovers seem to last forever at this altitude. Mid journey we stopped to go white water rafting, which definitely lived up to expectations - at one point we went for a swim/drift down river amongst the gorges, suspension bridges, many hills and generally stunning scenerery. Yesterday was also a lot of fun. Rode elephants in the jungle, went for 'elephant bath' and visited an elephant breeding centre. The highlight was the elephant bath - involved climbing onto the elephant (up the trunk on a couple of occasions), getting sprayed a bit, then the elephant tipping everyone off. Repeated many times.
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