Part Five: I swear this is the end

Last, but not least, my family wrapped up their vacation with a quick trip to Chitwan National Park. We stayed in the adorable Sapana Village Lodge and got to meet the hotel's privately owned elephants. Including a teeny-tiny (well, teeny-tiny for an elephant) baby that was born the day before we arrived!

Other highlights included an elephant safari (not very comfortable, but worth doing), a magical canoe ride down the river spotting crocodiles all the way, and a fortunately/unfortunately uneventful walk through the jungle.

All baby animals are cute, but this baby elephant was stinkin' precious.

 

 

This moment may have been the highlight of having my family in Nepal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part Four: Because I took over 800 pictures in two weeks

Both of my camera batteries and my new 64gb memory card certainly got a workout while my family was here! This is a random spattering of other photos I took while trekking. The last pictures is one of the most adventurous things I've ever done...

Paragliding.

"Okay, so when I say run, just run down the hill."
"You mean towards the edge of the hill where it steeply falls into the valley?"
"Yeah. And you have to run or it won't work."

Give me one second while I turn off all forms of common sense...okay sure.
(Actually, less terrifying than I anticipated, and once you're off the ground it's quite peaceful.)