Throughout the busy streets people of many different castes and regional origin bustle about doing daily business. Mostly this revolves around the supply and purchase of food. Every street has fresh vegetables, spices, rice and cooked food available. The fact that Nepal is an agricultural nation is very evident. From the royal cities of the valley, I embarked on a few days of adventure inthe lowlands of the South.
Access is via a hair-raising road that form the main supply route from India.
The trucks and buses come at you on random sides of the road, and often two abreast. In general, driving in Nepal is nerve wracking, but this road was really quite extreme. Further into the lowland Terai, I arrived at the safari area in Royal Chitwan National Park. Here, in the luxury of Tiger Tops Jungle Lodge, I had the most magical two days. The chance to see truly wild animals from the back of an elephant was something I hope never to forget.