John I don't know if it was a good idea to refuse or not. Talking about Chitwan, I spent a week there, the longest i spent outside KTM (in Nepal). Anyway, one of my fren's home is there, so I went there with her. It was great. One main difference that I found was, the ppl are so warm, friendly as compared to KTM. I don't know the name of the gaon we went to, its near that rhino museum. Do u know the name of the place? Your stories brought back those memories. We both have promised to go back there one day. BTW, great narration. all your stories are fun to read. Keep more coming.