Today we were up at 5:30 am to go on an hour
walk through the rice paddies and banana farms to a local Tharu village.
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| Harvested rice paddies at sunrise |
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| Banana groves |
The village is much like the way they have
lived for centuries (except for the village water faucet).
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| "Cook Top" in a cottage |
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| Playing soccer |
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| Threshing rice |
Walking back to the lodge.
We were back at the lodge for breakfast and
then, mid-morning we went to a talk about elephants, with a real live elephant there as part of show and tell. We all got to feed the
elephant a food “pellet” (slightly smaller than a football).
Roaming the lodge's grounds
After lunch it was a jeep ride into the park where we took off on an hour hike through the forest. We saw three types of deer, a number of
monkeys and some birds.
Termite mound
The walk took us to the gharial
breeding center. Gharial are an
endangered species of crocodiles with long very slender snouts. As they grow older the end of the snout develops a very pronounced knob.
The walk ended at the river where we boarded
a canoe for a trip back to the resort. We
saw deer, more crocodiles, and lots of birds on the trip back.
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| Sunset on the River |
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