Sapana Village Lodge Royal Chitwan National Park

... distance. Luckily it didn't attack and we continued on our walk seeing some small animals, but nothing like that rhino again. The next morning I went to the elephant breeding center to see some cute little elephants who could walk freely around and were very playful. From 10 - 12 there is elephant bathing in the town so I went up there in my swimming shorts and washed an elephant! Well she washed me more than I her, but it was lots of fun to do it ...

... for a fleeting second and tried to chase after it in the bush but lost it. In hind sight, I'm kind of glad we didn't have an encounter with it deep in the sal forest :).)

Mammals (Carnivores)
Tiger (We only saw one 4-yr-old in a cage; her mother killed several villagers when the ...

Hello Everyone,
Just wanted to say hello. We just spent two days in Royal Chitwan National Park hoping to see some animals. It is a beautiful place and we got to see a huge one horned rhino. It was a fun and quick trip. We did more looking than picture taking so sorry no photos.

Hope all is well
Bryan and Deb

... We did however see several 'dead' lorries but arrived safely. This was a Nepalese 'resort' hotel, please suspend all western images; Jacqueline tried a different room each of the 3 nights & only once did we get them to light the candles under the buffet - the tecnique was to get in quick. No-one had told us on booking that we were 3km from town (&internet & laundry) so the trekking gear went in the bath. Nepalese life enchroaches everywhere so the canoe rides, nature ...

... make her look all pretty. i just recetnly started putting lightening bolts on her forhead to represent how fast she is (actually she is one of the slowest elephants around the park!). Lunch is back at the hotel around 1. from there i have 5 hours off while saki and sundar kali are doing jungle trekks. this is a good time to go explore the town i am, hop on the internet, read, or just go have a beer or two down by the river. just the other day i ...

... is to spot one-horn rhinos while sitting on top of an elephant, and if you are lucky, and I mean you have to be really, really lucky and with plenty of time, a tiger or a leopard. I get there with a good mood and sort of enthusiastic to do this activity, but this doesn't last long, as I met a couple of Israeli girls I walked with in the Annapurnas that narrate me their disappointment with the whole program. I have to admit that their not so optimistic comments end ...

... got really close to them. The elephant wasn't that comfy which wasn't brill for Em's stomach and we kept on getting hit by branches which was pretty funny. Was a cool experience to ride an elephant.

After the safari we went down to the Rapti river were all the mahouts bring their elephants to wash them in the morning. You can pay 100 rupees (70p) to go in the water with them so we gave it a go. It was brilliant. You have to climb ...

... way to spend the festival with his family and agreed to take me along if I wanted to take the local bus. I agreed, as I usually prefer the local busses just to be able to meet some locals. What I didn't know is that he was giving up his seat to me. He rode sitting on the console near the shifter and his son spent most of the trip on my lap - the kid was motion sick and puking most of our journey. Joy.

I eventually made it near my destination and negotiated with a horse-and ...