Nepal-Chitwan

Nepal was amazing. I couldn't believe how much there is to do there considering how small the country is. We spent 32 days there and still didn't get close to experiencing everything it has to offer.

We spent the first few days in Kathmandu. This is the biggest city in Nepal, but by no means is it a city. It was nice and there were some temples and things to visit, but that is not what we went to Nepal for. We wanted to get outdoors and see the beautiful landscape and wildlife. Our first adventure took us to Chitwan National Park. This is in the southern region of Nepal not too far from India. Chitwan was a nice quite little town right on the banks of a river. Everything revolved around the national park. I think in the town was a licensed guide. Every person that I passed asked me if I needed a guide. Chitwan is famous for the rhinos and sloth bears. Sometimes if you are lucky you see a tiger, but not too often. Unfortunately we didn't see a tiger or a bear. We did get to see some rhinos and that was amazing. I couldn't believe how big they were. They are like living tanks. At one point we climbed a tree to get a better look at one. While we were in the tree a local worker came up riding an elephant. Our guide got him to ride up on the rhino and make him honk. It was funny to see the rhino run off, but compared to the elephant he was small.

We also got to ride elephants there. I have done that before and it's fun, but here we took them in the water. It was sweet. The elephant was rolling around and squirting water with his trunk everywhere. At first the elephant didn't want to do much, but after some time he warmed up to the whole idea. There is an elephant breeding center which we visited as well. Next to the Rhino this was probably my favorite part. There was a baby there just maybe 1 month old. It was so funny to watch him play. He kept running at the guide and just before getting to him he would stop and run away. It was funny because the elephant was scared of the guide even though he was still bigger. I have some good video of this I will try and get some posted up.