My adopted family Rudely awoken this morning by the lightbulb in the lamp above the bed falling out. Narrowly missed husband's head but that was his fault for taking up all the space as usual. Bleary-eyed, we ate our breakfast in occasional darkness as the electricity cut out intermittently. I'd made the sensible decision to skive off again today and catch up on my writing/reading/lazing while Mark cycled round the wetland sanctuary on a bike, hopefully avoiding...

Something ginger and stripey this way comes? Boy did we feel the effects of that bumpy road this morning - there wasn't a joint that didn't feel shaken apart. Add to that a half dozen sneaky mosquito bites and my hair's serious issue with humidity and I'm feeling just peachy! Our last chance this morning to see that damn cat but as we expected, no gypsy turned up so we were relegated to another packed canter. And it even started to rain as we reached the park g...

Rain sent by the gods This day started out innocently enough with a nice cup of char, sorry chai, but rapidly became one of those you put down to experience. We were somehow late setting off for Ranthambore NP again and headed to the other side of the park which made it even later by the time we got to decent tiger habitat. The drive to the park was fairly eventful in itself. Again we were asked if we minded going 'little bit fast' as we needed to be 'on time' ...

Pugs, pudding & unlucky mongoose Awoken this morning by the hotel wake up call. Being our usual cynical British selves however, the pair of us both set independent alarms and can report that the hotel was 6 minutes late - or we were 6 minutes early! A hot shower started the process of getting me going - slept like the proverbial log but considering how little proper sleep we'd had in the last 48 hrs it's not surprising. A sweet hot cup of milky chai and a b...

A Baptism by Traffic Our flight from Heathrow was 30 mins late landing in Delhi so after we'd changed our pounds to rupees, the long drive to Ranthambore was well behind schedule. However, we managed to track down CB, our guide, with no problems despite all the warnings to expect a baptism by fire into Indian culture at Delhi airport. Our vehicle was also a pleasant surprise, a big white MPV with plenty of room for suitcases which was just as well - my usual pr...