We did wonder if our luck could hold. We had our fingers crossed to draw zone 3 and have a chance to see the two tiger cubs - but we were out of tiger luck it seems. We were in zone 5 and it was pretty dry altogether - a long horrendously rough drive to pick up other guests from the back of beyond, a long and horrendously rough drive back to the main road, a long and horrendously rough(er) drive to get into zone 5, a few half hearted examples of wildlife standin...

Tiger Safari #3 - (morning 8 March) - What can we say, we’ve found our calling. We’re in the process of starting a tiger whispering service where, for a modest fee, we will sit in safari vehicles with other people and gather tigers around us like moths to a flame. It’s not to say that we actually saw the 2 cubs today... or a leopard doing the Can-Can. Or even the rare hyena (with a kill) or a sloth bear. The hyena and the bear were definitely seen today, ...

Tiger Safari #2 - (afternoon 6 March) After yesterday’s success in the tiger spotting stakes, we were very relaxed indeed getting ourselves together and loaded into the jeep for an afternoon safari. We left the hotel at 2 pm wrapped up and protected from the sun, the glare and the dust. All of which are on the ‘guaranteed’ list. We know (really we do) that tigers aren’t on the guaranteed list. We did however assure the 4 others in the jeep that they...

Tiger Safari #1 - (morning) - The moratorium on early rising ended all too soon and we were up at 5.45 am on our first day in Rajasthan - much brighter than usual due to the veritable squishiness and comfort of our massive king size bed. And the excitement - don’t forget the excitement. Theoretically we shouldn’t have been too excited. It is a game preserve and not a zoo... the tigers aren’t in cages... the Ranthambore National Park / Tiger preserve is hu...

There is no worse feeling in a travellers stomach than the sinking feeling when you are sitting in an airport lounge and googling something minor... airport taxis in Delhi for instance, and there at the top of the google search page is a big announcement saying your flight has been delayed 4 hours. Really? Really?! Our stomachs were doing quite enough sinking of their own accord after suffering 48 hours of the Myanmar Malady. We checked at the front desk and whi...