Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Southern Nepal




Rare one horn rhino!


Jess' graceful self "climbing" the elephant

Hey all. Borneo hade bad weather so we tried to get into India without any luck. We needed 5 days to get a visa and unfortunately that was time we dont have... So we just packed up and went to the airport and figured Providence would steer us in the right direction. Long story short, we are in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Kathmandu is an amazing and mystical place. Cruising through its old streets in the shadows of the Himalayas to the north, you can't help but be swept up in the romance of the place.

We spent a few days in the south at Chitwan park looking for Tigers but to no avail... We found lots of Tiger prints around the camp and by the river nearby and even bribed our guides to take us out in the middle of the night! That was probably the highlight because these guys were scared to death the whole time. I didn't realize what we were getting ourselves into until an older Nepali man gravely nodded his head and said "Not Good. No Smart." as we took off into the night...

Everything went well tho and we lived to see some rare Asian Rhinos and spend some time with the camps elephants. All in all it was pretty touristy but we had a great time. Talk Soon!

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