For the next few days I am a going to have fun as a tourist on holiday. The main reason for my travelling however is to visit some schools, both government and private, in the south of the country.
I had another hairy road journey down to the Terai district of Nepal, to the Chitwan National Park. We passed yet more crashed buses that had gone over the edge, and lorries that had one wheel off the track. The journey took about 5 hours but it may well have taken about 8 hours if I had travelled by bus.
The road was unbelievably rough, with enormous potholes and through small rivers. It sounded as though the exhaust had dropped off the car at one point. There was an ominous clunking sound coming from underneath. The driver got an unusally hefty tip from me!
It was just the mahout and me so I sat astride the elephant. I didn't realise that I was using latent muscles and now feel very stiff - but what an amazing experience. (Photos of me on the elephant arriving later)
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| The rhinos have very bad eyesight, but elephants are large and this one must have seen us! |
All guests to Tiger Tops hope to see the elusive tigers. It is said there have been recent sightings. Would it be cynical of me to suggest that rumour is spread to help the tourism industry?
It is incredibly noisy here after the peace of the mountains. When another guest flushes their loo it sounds as though a waterfall is about to hit my room. And I think the elephants are lodged in the room above, but I can hear them trumpeting outside so it must be guests upstairs.
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