Change of plan, we decided to head to Ranthambore for a tiger safari. Once we checked in to our hotel we asked to buy tickets for the safari. We were told the system had changed and to get tickets for the morning safari we would have to go to the ticket office at 4am. We weren't over the moon about this but we were keen to go. So we set our alarm for 3.45am and we headed down to the ticket office with our driver, and got in a queue. We teamed up with some other guys from our hotel and got in the line for the gypsies (which is a jeep to you and me). We were 5th and 6th in the line. When the office eventually opened at 5.30am we were told that there were no more seats left and we would have to join the back of the cantor queue (cantor being an open top bus). This was very frustrating, and after waiting for another hour we were told there were no more spaces left. Suffice to say we weren't impressed. It turned out that a government train had turned up that morning and they took all the spaces, along with the top hotels getting preferential treatment, it's all a bit corrupt, and a rubbish system. So, we headed back to the hotel and thought we would try again for the afternoon safari. When we got back the manager was very upset that we hadn't managed to get a seat so he went down to the ticket office and paid 4 boys to stand in line for us until the office reopened at 11.30am. So these poor boys waited in line from 7am until 11am when we went and took there places in the queue. Luckily we were at the front of the queue and managed to book onto the cantor. The safari was great fun. Although we didn't get to see a tiger, we did get to see loads of birds, monkeys, deer, crocodiles, antelope, snakes and a bear. Apparently it is very rare to see a bear. The scenery was also breathtaking; we drove through valleys between sheer cliffs, this is where the leopards live as the tigers can't get up there. There was also a fort in the safari park as this park was once owned by the Maharaja of Jaipur, these were his hunting grounds which is part of the reason there are so few tigers left in India. We are very happy we went and are keen to do another safari.