Riding on an elephant through Chitwan National Park showed me many amazing wonders that the park had to offer. Trying to hold on and balance three metres in the air, on a platform strapped to a three tonne elephant while it bumpily lumbered along the forest paths, was by no means easy. It also didn’t [...]
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Streets in Nepal, a Hazard to Life
Posted: 17 November, 2011 in 2011: Nepal, 2011: Pokhara, by MITCHELLPokharas’ streets are generally safe, there is a footpath for pedestrians and vehciles and bicycles generally stay on the road only. The roads are generally paved and the gutters are mostly clean and swept. I have only seen one set of traffic lights in Nepal and that was in Kathmandu on our way to the hotel [...]
Arrived in Kathmandu yesterday and got through customs easily, but then it came to the real challenge: we had to find a hotel. As soon as we got out of customs and before we were out of the airport, we were being harrassed by hotel touts, looking to take us to different hotels. Airport security [...]
Arrived in Singapore half an hour ago. It is 6:30 in the morning Singapore time and 8:30 Brisbane time. The flight left at 11:45pm and we didnt get fed on the plane till 1:15am. It was a VERY bumpy flight because of rough turbulance, so I got hardly any sleep. Dad was worse, he only [...]
10 years ago…
Posted: 4 November, 2011 in 2001: Nepal trip 10 years ago, by MITCHELL, by TASHI, Photo GalleryPhotos of Mitchell & Tashi from their last visit to Nepal, in 2001.
