Nepal & Thailand
October 7th-17th, 2010
Tour Operator: Geographic Expeditions
Transportation: Car, Plane, Elephant, Boat
Accommodations: Hotels, Tented Camp
Destinations:
Nepal – Kathmandu, Chitwan National Park
Thailand – Bangkok
Nepal, Thailand & Japan 2010
A waterfall near the Nepal/Tibet border
There are three Durbar Squares in Kathmandu - Patan, Kathmandu and this one - Bhaktapur. All three were once separate kingdoms.
An old lady in Bhaktapur Durbar Square
A rhesus macaque at Swayambhunath
Swayambhunath stupa
Kathmandu
The third of the Durbar Squares we visited was Patan. All these sites were badly damaged by the earthquake in 2015
Street food in Patan Durbar Square
Streets of Kathmandu
Chitwan National Park - home to tigers, sloth bears and the greater one-horned rhinoceros.
Red-wattled Lapwing
We experienced a little of the monsoons in Chitwan, so the mornings were damp and foggy.
Oriental Garden Lizard with lunch
Grey Langur
Chital Deer
Greater One-horned Rhinoceros
Grey Langur surveilling from treetop
Early morning over Chitwan
Scaly-breasted Munia
Tuk-tuk ride through the streets of Bangkok.