The wifi is hopelessly slow in our villa in the jungle, so I won't attach photos until I can get a better connection.
We've been at two national parks, now: Panna and Bandhavgarh (where we are now). We've been chasing the elusive Bengal tiger for four days, twice a day, for about 10 hours a day, over rocky dirt tracks in an open jeep--and we haven't seen one. We did meet someone on the road who said they'd seen some and showed us photos. Beautiful photos! We're not sure whether we believe him.
So, as you see, we've been very busy. There's hardly any time when you deduct time chasing tigers, meal times, sleep time. And after dinner, I'm not good for anything except to go to bed. Hence the poor output of the blog.
So, we've seen many different types of deer, two different species of monkey, many different and colourful birds, a snake. . . but, as I said, no tigers. We've seen tiger tracks and leopard tracks too. Fresh ones, but not fresh enough.
The other four people on the tour are upbeat, friendly and helpful, just horrendously right wing. I stay out of their redneck conversations and look at the photos on my camera when they start talking about the ratbag left, and how everything was better when you could make pooftah jokes.
Love the food and the accommodation is all luxurious.
Well, I'd better leave off now because soon it will be lunch time, and at 2:30 we're going out tiger hunting again. I haven't managed to look at many of the photos I've taken over the last four days, and I'd like to see if I got any keepers, so that's what I'll try to do as soon as I sign off here.
Glad you’re enjoying your jungle safari. Like stepping into The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling . Pity about the rednecks.However you’ll be delighted to know that Heidi is now deputy mayor for Bayside The mayor is Edward McDougall He was the Labour candidate and I quite liked him when he was campaigning at Rockdale town hall. If I wasn’t voting for Heidi I’d have voted for him so hopefully he doesn’t prove me wrong .
ReplyDeleteYes, I heard about Heidi and Edward McDougall before I left. Sarinovski stepped down (was he pushed by Labor?) before the election under a cloud of suspicion (was it to do with developers and bribes?), but his son is a prince in waiting, apparently, though a notorious hoon driver. How is he going to support Peaceful Bayside? He's one of the hoons we want to stop.
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ReplyDeleteI hope you get to see a tiger before your safari ends. It's very full on all day. No wonder you are exhausted.
Are you enjoying yourself?
It's a shame about the other people in the group. It's not the place to talk about Home politics and views.
I can't wait to see your photos.
Sophie XXOO 🤗