Chitwan, Bandipur and spotting rhinos in Nepal After an uneventful stop in Bandipur (well except for New Zealand beating South Africa in the rugby world cup semi final) we proceeded to Chitwan National Park. In the afternoon we went on a Thrau village walk, I initially thought this would be some type of tourist village but it was refreshing to be walking through a genuine traditional village, we continued on our walk to an elephant sanctuary and got to see some...

Trekking in Annapurna Park, Pokhara, Nepal and Maddalenas birthday We absolutely loved our time in Kathmandu it gave us a good insight into the Nepalese culture and religion but we are not city people and we were glad to be leaving to explore a more rural side to Nepal. The drive to Pokhara was 6 hours and half way we had planned to stop for white-water rafting and lunch. When we arrived at the rafting stop we were shown into a rundown building to get ready. I s...

Exploring Kathmandu Valley, Nepal There was an upbeat feeling in the car driving to Delhi airport to catch our flight to Kathmandu, we had love our Indian escape but after 3 weeks it felt time to move. Both I and Edwina love mountain scenery and were very excited at the prospect of seeing some of the highest mountains in the world. We didn't get off to the greatest start, after passing through security where the officer was bemused by the amount of cables and e...