Nepal's Bardia National Park was beautiful and well worth the 30+ hours we spent in the back of an explosively bumpy and overcrowded bus. Every 5-15 seconds, the bumpy roads would propel us into the roof and smash our heads. If that wasn't happening, then the bus would lurch forward and whiplash our knecks, or screech to a halt and give our bruised knees one more knock on the seat in front of us. Nonetheless, the park rewarded us with it's beautiful nature and animals.
Rusty decided to try out fly-fishing in the Karnali river for the agressive and often massive fish called "Mahseer." Although he had envisioned something 60 plus pounds, he only managed to pull in a few little minows of (maybe) 60 grams. All the same, we were pleased that he wasn't eaten by the crocodiles on the sandy banks downstream from him (see below).
The wild elephants in Bardia frequently roam into the local Taru villages at night and tear the roofs off of houses and sheds looking for a tastey midnight snack (no exaggeration). The park also has tigers and Rhinos, but we didn't see any during our jungle trampses. This might have been for the best since our guide's only weapon was a walking stick!
4 comments:
Wow! Glad you're safe! Although that bus ride sounds like a bit of a nightmare!
Forget Terrorists, now I've got to worry about crocodiles and man-eating elephants...
That sounds awesome (except for the bus ride part). If you're in northern India, perhaps "Benji Village" isn't too far out of your way. You should check it out.
those crocodiles sound freaky.But they look cool.And i'm just wondering when your gonna come back.
Merry Christmas and a happy new year.
Love Ashley
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