奇旺國家公園(Chitwan National Park) 是尼泊爾最受歡迎的國家公園，以獨角犀牛、孟加拉虎、大象與長吻鱷聞名。相較於位於尼泊爾西部的巴迪亞國家公園(Bardia National Park) ，位於南部的奇旺國家公園擁有交通便利，距離加德滿都(Kathmandu)與博卡拉(Pokhara) 近的地理優勢。
整個尼泊爾約有 650 頭獨角犀牛與近 200 隻孟加拉虎，其中奇旺國家公園就擁有 600 頭獨角犀牛與 120 隻孟加拉虎。上述兩項優勢使得它成為尼泊爾最受歡迎的旅遊景點之一。
Overview
Travel is the movement of people between relatively distant geographical locations, and can involve travel by foot, bicycle, automobile, train, boat, bus, airplane, or other means, with or without luggage, and can be one way or round trip. Travel can also include relatively short stays between successive movements.
The origin of the word “travel” is most likely lost to history. The term “travel” may originate from the Old French word travail, which means ‘work’. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, the first known use of the word travel was in the 14th century.
It also states that the word comes from Middle English travailen, travelen (which means to torment, labor, strive, journey) and earlier from Old French travailler (which means to work strenuously, toil). In English we still occasionally use the words “travail”, which means struggle. According to Simon Winchester in his book The Best Travelers’ Tales (2004), the words “travel” and “travail” both share an even more ancient root: a Roman instrument of torture called the tripalium (in Latin it means “three stakes”, as in to impale).
