Nepalese Mahouts bathe their elephants in the Rapati river at Chitwan, some 200kms southwest of Kathmandu on December 2, 2010, before heading to a polo ground. The world may be lurching into recession, but in the jungles of southern Nepal, it's business as usual for the eclectic bunch of jetsetters gathered for their annual festival of Pimm's and elephant polo.