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!