We’re in the Chitawan Reserve in Nepal, a 900 sq km reserve with elephants, rhinos, tigers, and more. Antoine, Anais, and us have decided to embark on a 4.5 day trek through the reserve (with two local guides)– all for $82 including meals and lodging. It’s the ultimate wild life viewing trek, which may render us incapacitated after walking for 6-7 hours a day, not to mention the possibility of being lower on the food chain for the first time.
Anais is worried because our Lonely Planet guidebook warns of the possibility of being trampled to death by rhinocerouses– but this happens once every few years, and mostly to a stupid tourist venturing inside the park without local guides. Antoine says he would like to see a tiger upfront because he relishes the idea of pooping his pants in fear. I, on the other hand, would prefer to be chased to death by a tiger, than being hit by a drunk driver while cycling at home. Death by tiger sounds much better in an eulogy than cycling accident.
(Holy shit, I just saw an elephant go by the dirt road next to the internet cafe! There was a local sitting on top of a big pile of hay. That’s definitely not something I’ve ever seen while sitting in front of a computer).
Crap, I forgot what I was going to write about. Anyways, we’re taking off for a few days. If we don’t write back in 5-6 days, we’ve probably outrunning some large mammal.
Wish us luck!
p.s. I promise to upload pictures when we return to Delhi, and hopefully insert some of them in past blog entries to describe things better. I know nobody wants to be reading my blog, just seeing cool pictures, but you’ll have to put up with my prose for now.
great reading the stories . keep it up .
call me when you are back . wd love to have you over for dinner and /or drinks to hear and see some of yr photos and maybe plan myself a trip that way
Aldy What are you talking about man, i love reading your blogs, i check your page everyday and laugh about the experience you guys are going through, especially didn’t you shower yesterday, that story made my day, wish you guys the best in this trip, say hi to Yano!
chu que brutal les esta el viaje
mas FOTOS PLEASE pero ponlas derechas loco me tienes con un dolor de cuello bien chevere
se le quiere
D.,Pao y JD
huhhhhh ? on tan?
Saludos! Guevon yo siempre leo tu blog para ver como van las cosas, solo cuidate de los tigres de bengala, usalo de experiencia, acuerdate que los maratonistas de alla lo utilizan como conejillos de india para mejorar en su entranamiento. Dios los cuide!
Wow I see that married life has not stifled your spirit of adventure. It’s actually great to see that your wife is willing to strap on a backback and follow her man into God knows where. (You never were the room service type) You know my wife to be is a bit of a world traveler herself maybe one day we can double date in Dubai or some place. We both have that itch to expand our experiences. Anyway please keep blogging I love to read them and it allows the rest of us, who are on lockdown, to live vicariously through yours. Good Luck!