Karnali River Bimble
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Mon 16 Apr 2018 22:57
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Karnali River Bimble  We set off from our digs for what
began as a gentle bimble along the river, it grew into “lets go to the next
bend” and we ended up staying out for hours, returning
with aching feet and the need for a cold beer.... We saw lots of
little herds of cattle, some on their own, some with a child in charge all
looking well fed and happy. Here like India, the cow
is sacred.
   We met domesticated water buffalo who eyed us with nary more than
bored acknowledgement (wild ones can be very dangerous creatures).
   Loads of
bee eaters, this one happy to pose. Skittish lizard and an egret busy
fishing.
 At the next bend in the river we
watched loads of kids enjoying splashing
about.
The Karnali River, also known as the Ghaghara, is
a perennial trans-boundary river originating on the Tibetan Plateau near Lake
Manasarovar. It cuts through the Himalayas in Nepal and joins the Sharda River
(or Sarda) at Brahmaghat in India. The longest river in Nepal, it flows
through some relatively unpopulated areas of untouched jungle that houses
abundant wildlife which includes tiger and leopard.
 Near the elephant sanctuary we
looked at what happens when Jumbo takes offence at a
fence......
   We thoroughly enjoyed loads of
blue tailed bee eaters who one minute shot off after
an insect and then perked, panting to cool off, their fine tongues waggling in
the air.
   Couldn’t resist
another one.
 Couldn’t ignore the pigeons.
 At half past four these workers
came home, carrying sticks for
firewood.
 The Asian
elephant lives up to sixty years, stand six foot six to nine foot eight
and weigh between two and a quarter to five and a half tons. The trunk alone has
more than 100,000 muscles. Asian elephants have a fingerlike feature at their
end of their trunk that can be utilised on small bits and bobs (African
elephants have two). An adult can eat as much three hundred pounds a day, as a
result of the constant need to eat means they need little sleep and can walk
fifty miles. Most days they only cover only a few miles and don’t stray too far
from water.
     The Asian elephant has a more prominent bi-domes on their heads.
        Incoming, mum and baby. The mum had a heavy chain on her left front
paw – baby not until she’s independent (the boys can roam). Mum carried her
chick for twenty two months and baby weighed two hundred pounds at
birth.
 As we bimbled back, we took a
picture of the list of elephants born
here.
 
ALL IN ALL A QUIET LOOK AT OUR LOCAL AREA LONGER THAN EXPECTED BUT A VERY PRETTY BIMBLE
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