Chitwan

After a couple of days spent recuperating (i.e gorging on lashings of steak and pizzas) from the rigours of our wee stroll, we hopped on the luxury (it had seats), air-conditioned (and windows), tourist (and a handful of other tourists amongst the throngs of locals squashed up the aisles and on the roof) bus to the outskirts of the Royal Chitwan National Park in the south of Nepal. Here we spent an idyllic 5 days enjoying an assortment of (predominantly)heffalump related activities.

We cooed (well Jools did) over the cute babies at the elephant breeding centre:

Took a bone-shoogling elephant-back ride through the local forest:
The elephants got wind of a rare event occurring down by the river, and turned up for Kev's bath time:

Spent a day on a guided jungle walk, spotting an assortment of dangerous snakes(including a cobra), crocodiles, deer, monkeys and a heap of gorgeous burdz. The highlight of the day being a (reasonably) close encounter with a rhino.

Another thrilling experience was a high speed, white-knuckle minibus journey which we enjoyed from the roof rack of the vehicle - almost (but not quite) as scary an experience as sitting in the passenger seat whilst Col drives to Glen Coe! (only joking matey)

Cribbage Update: Who knows? I've lost count