as i'm so far behind, i will just summarise the rest of my last trip. we did see 5 other tigers, all asleep and all from the back of elephants, we also spend 2 hours 15 yards from well hidden tigers, a male and female, who were hiding in the bushes and occasionally roaring at us. that was really good, it was a timely reminder that the sleeping cuties are really actually very dnagerous wild animals. their roar is very deep and echos all round the jungle, it...

are notorious for NOT seeing tigers, cos they are all asleep so naturally we are all once again driving around the park clockling up more hours in a still dispirited but now hot way. 1 and half hours in our guide shouts tiger, i start blankly into the distance straining to see a tail or an ear. no tiger, he shouts again and points to the 12 foot long, bright orange,black and white, serevel tonnes of rippling muscles with enormous teeth and claws stand...

india is cold and smells of moth balls. it's quarter to six in the moring and i am wearing all my clothes and a blanket and am still so cold that when given the option of nearly tipping out of the jeep or putting out a hand to hold on, i keep my hand under the balnket and risk the tip 8 oclock, still havent removed a layer and 6 tired cold tiger hunters are feeling very jaded and not wanting the hard boiled egg breakfast provided. mainly cos now all but 1 ...

saw loads have become quite the bird spotter, saw a nightjar and a black bittern which are apparently dead rare, missed the second day cos i threw up during the night.... first member of group to be ill inspite of my month toughening up in vietnam!! Agra is good, the taj mahal is perfect, even if it is a cliche to say so, sad to think the bloke what built it spent the last 7 years of his life under house arrest by his son for wanting to build a matching...

saw a tail, possibly, wouldn't want to swear on it in a court have seen loads of samba (big deer) spotted dear (little deer) antielopes (big and small) wild boar and monkeys. have even at long last been able to genuinelly say "le serge est dans l'arbre" A happy childhood wish forfilled