April 5, 2012 @ Chitwan National Park


Dugout canoe ride

Another early morning excursion

Everyone seem awake and happy

Sailing down Rapti River

Need to play more point and shot video game for this kind of photo

Chitwan National Park is home to more than 530 species of birds

Glad I bought my DSLR

A red colored bird?

Nope, it is a local lady

Beautiful riverside scenery

Animal and bird watching is hard

White-throated kingfisher

Crocodile

Everyone is looking out for animal

Bird with funny face

Beautiful riverside scenery

White-throated kingfisher in action

Very peaceful water

The canoe ride is about 45 minutes

Cow feeding

Termite mound

Run in zig zag if a rhino appears

Termites

3 birds

Feel like autumn

Our naturalist guide

This tree wraps around the main stem of the other tree until it is killed

Sheep

Must be starving

Eat anything that is green

Learning to cross obstacle

Few months old baby elephant

10 days old baby elephant

Few days to few months old baby elephant

The few days old elephant stays close to mom

Playing with mom

Playing with mom

Suddenly dropped down

Probably too weak to stand for long

Hope everything is okay

Calfs are free to move around until 1 year old

Calf laid down quite often

Sitting post

On your mark

Set

Go!

One of the twin elephant

The other twin

Really tall plant

End of the canoe and jungle walk

Cows crossing

Would be awesome if a rhino come out for a drink

Kitty

Crossing with care

Showing off his

Lunch time

Beside trunk elephants use the road too

Rice field

Lunch finally

Nepali lunch set again

Everyone is tired

4 hours drive to Pokhara

Town enroute

Rice field

Agriculture accounts for about 40% of Nepal*s GDP

Hotel Splendid View

Highly recommended

Trekking the next two days

Looks yummy

Authentic Korean décor

Authentic BBQ pan as well

First pork in Nepal

A lot of food and soju only 400 HKD for 6!