Just like my India post, I’ll keep this short and sweet. I’d have loved to have included more here, especially about our fantastic 3 day trek (30 miles on undulating mountain paths through dense Nepalese jungle with a view of Everest on the third day following a 1,000 metre gain in elevation on the first), but I’ve written far too much about it to do that. This will be a photo diary as the last post was.

Jill standing by a 2,500 year old tree, close to the birthplace of Buddha.

Two Nepalese villages that we cycled through.

An animal spotting boat ride in a dug-out canoe. It sat very low in the water. We managed to spot crocodiles, rhinos and an assortment of birds that no one cared about.

Jeep Safari! Over the four hours we drove around Chitwan National Park we saw: crocodiles, lots of deer, a monitor lizard hiding in a tree, a plethora of birds (including among others: various kingfishers, peacocks, a fish eagle, a woodpecker and huge hawk eagle that was trying to carry off an injured komodo dragon. We inadvertently saved the dragon when the sound of our engine scared the eagle away. The driver of the jeep got out and helped the komodo dragon to safety with a stick. The dragon hissed at us from behind a tree as we left). We also saw: quite a few monkeys (two different species), a mother and a young rhino, more wild boar than we cared for and the icing on the cake, a sloth bear. Note that I didn’t say “sloth”. I hadn’t even heard of a sloth bear before and I’m confident that I’ll never see one again unless I come back here.

Pashpatinath, a Hindu temple (Mandir) in Kathmandu. We were here on the anniversary of Hindu God Shiva’s wedding, which is why the crowd numbered in the hundreds of thousands (though it felt like it was in the millions).

Swayambhu, a Mandir where lots of naughty monkeys like to hang out.

Pictures from our three day trek through Nepalese mountains and jungle.

This goat from Bhaktapur cracked me and Jill up. He was just chilling nonchalantly on the hood of a taxi. Unfortunately, I missed the magic moment when the taxi owner showed up and had to figure out how to get the goat off.