View from the airplane; air quality from all the dust/pollution not good
You can just see the Himalayas in the distance.
Welcome to Bardia
Local tuk tuk
Check out the on-coming traffic
More road scenes
Everything from cars, tuk-tuks, buses, and horse drawn wagons!
Part of the dam/spillway/bridge the Japanese built
Fresh water crocodiles
Lots of crocodiles, some of which are salties!
Susepnsion bridge
Dal Bhat with fresh water fried fish.....yummers
The local restaurant where we ate lunch
Cooking area
The husband and wife restaurant owners
Leaving the bridge.....that is Kathy with Ketar, our host/guide for the 3 days
Long tail Common Langur monkey
These are really lovely animals!
Large "salties" Crocodiles--called Marsh Muggers here
Impressive, eh?
Crocodile breeding center--Gharial or fresh water crocs here
More Gharial Crocodiles
Nepal One-Horned Rhinocerous
He's blind and lives at the park center.
Captured Leopard
He was eating the villagers' livestock, so the park took him in as it's illegal to kill him
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Kathy at an indeginous people's home
Sunset outside the Rhino Lodge
elephant breeding center
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Ketar playing with the baby
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Elephant snack.....filled with molasses and sugar surrouned by rice hay
Large water buffalo
Converter plug into a surge protector into a converter plug inot a camer battery charger with a USB phone charge cord beneath.....the joys of traveling!!!!
Spotted Deer
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Green Bee Eater
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Rhino scat
Rhino outhouse.....they seem to like the sameplace over and over
Crocodile
Gharial
Spotted Deer
Peacock
One of many animal viewing spots
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Crested Serpent Eagle
The "best" viewing spot
Beautiful moth. it's design perfectly mimmicked the flowers nearby!
Kingfisher
Our first Rhino in the wild!
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Swamp Deer
Hornbills
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Taking flight. Their flight is a bit ungainly with that bill!
Swamp Deer
Tiger tracks .....female and male track....probably a male following a female
Females have sharper claws than males :) You can easily see the difference in this photo
Another fresh track. This one a larger male
Picture of the various animals
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