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chrischarly
Our special tour of India
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Safari Round 4 - Chris and Charly 1 vs Tigers 3
Umaria
,
India
We finally saw one!
Our first tiger!!!
Our first tiger!!!
Our first tiger!!!
Our first tiger!!!
Our first tiger!!!
Our first tiger!!!
Granted it ws
Miles
away but at least we know they're real now!!!
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on January 5, 2011
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Umaria
,
India
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Safari Round 3 - Chris and Charly 0 vs Tigers 3
Umaria
,
India
Still not seen any tigers...
As snug as a bug in a rug
Our safari Jeep
A Lesser Educated Stork- apparently
Little elephant
Mother and 2 babies
An Elephant family
Elephant
A kingfisher
A happy Indian family
Pug Prints, yet still no tiger
Cheeky Bastards
Do they really exist ???
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on January 5, 2011
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Umaria
,
India
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Safari Round 5 - Chris and Charly 2 vs Tigers 3 and then our last safari Safari Round 6 - Chris and Charly 3 vs Tigers 3
Umaria
,
India
Today was the best day so far with regards to the success of our safari... We saw loads of amazing animals,
Loads and loads of bats
A bat
3 monkeys by the side of the road
Caves
Monkey
A 1000 year old temple at the park
In the jungle
A pretty bird
A wild boar
A pretty butterfly
Another Lesser-educated stork
not to mention a 14 year old tiger named B2, the oldest and biggest tiger in the park just a few feet away from us!
The first spotting! A close up tiger walking straight at us from out the jungle!!
Walking straight in front of us
The most amazing animal
B2
The gorgeous tiger
At 14 years old- an elderly male he still looks beautiful
Just after B2 walked straight passed us!
B2 walking infornt of us just after sunrise
B2 walking around
Almost thought he was going to slip
B2 climbing down rocks for a rest
Safari Round 6 - Chris and Charly 3 vs Tigers 3
Well this was our last safari and to be honest it was equally as amazing as this morning's.
Almost sunset
The beautiful landscape at Bandhavgarh National Park
A spotted dear and a stork
A male sambar deer
This time almost straight away our guide, Mukesh spotted a female tigress coming out of the jungle heading straight towards us!
Gorgeous animal
Tigress having a rest
JUst got up after a rest
The beautiful tigress we saw
She was so beautiful it was amazing!
walking straight toward us!!!
coming out into the field
Beautiful tiger
The tiger looking around
Walking down a dried up river
We then spent the remaining 3 hours tracking her every move and following her path through the forest in the search of B2, the male tiger we saw this morning for a mate.
Coming right up close to our jeep
Tigress
Walking towards us
Walking away
We knew this as she walked straight towards where we saw him resting this morning and marking the territory by urinating and stratching at trees apparently so he knows she is there as well!
The scratch marks made by a tiger to mark it's territory
The tigress looking at us whilst I am coughing
Clever animals...
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chrischarly
on January 6, 2011
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Umaria
,
India
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A whole day and night on a train... How delightful!!
Balharshah
,
India
A pretty butterfly
Arriving at the airport at midnight in
Katni
we were in plenty of time for our train due to depart at 1:10am. As usual when it comes to luck with public transport, both myself and Chris have very little. We were frozen solid with a metal bench to sit on watching the locals 'go the toilet' anywhere they could find a space... Nice... The train arrived just before 3am in completely the wrong platform, but still we made it, thankfully! So for the next 20 hours we just slept and chilled till the train arrived, of course very late than sceduled in Secunderbad.
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on January 7, 2011
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Balharshah
,
India
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Bye Bye Bandhavgarh
Gondia
,
India
After an amazing time at Bandhavgarh we took a car to the station at 10pm having missed all the trains to
Katni
arriving at midnight in plenty of time for our 1:10am train. As usual when it comes to public transport in India it wasn’t on time but 2 hours late leaving us freezing on the platform. When the train did arrive we had to find our beds in complete darkness as everyone was fast asleep. I think we officially had the worst beds in 2nd class on the aisle where everyone bumped into us opening the curtains throughout the night and my bed was even broken. It’s fair to say we both had rubbish sleeps and we were a little grumpy.
Chris and I
Me, Bhavesh and Chris
When we finally arrived in Secunderbad Bhavesh was there waiting for us at the station ready to take us for something to eat at midnight and back to his home for our second couch surfing experience! He was so friendly and stayed up watching films till almost
Sunrise
.
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on January 7, 2011
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Gondia
,
India
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Fantastic 2nd couch sufing experience!!
Secunderabad
,
India
Our bedroom/ living room
When we’d woken up Bhavesh had already gone out and brought breakfast for us! It was delicious! Then we went off to meet his lovely family before he took us around to see the sights of Secunderbad and Hyderbad.
Chris
It’s so much nicer spending time with the locals in India than staying in a dodgy hostel or hotel.
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on January 8, 2011
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Secunderabad
,
India
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Bye Bye Bhavesh...
Vijayawada
,
India
Today we had to take another train to
Chennai
in the evening and although it only had one stop before us to go, only 20 minutes away, it still managed to be 2 ½ hours late to arrive, maybe it is just the norm but still very irritating!
Lights to tell you when the toilets are being used!! How clever!!
A little bit of luxury on our last journey
Our first-class cabin!
This time however we decided to treat ourselves to a first class ticket for our last train journey and although expensive it was nice to have a little bit of luxury. We managed to get the only compartment on the whole train which was for 2 people and it was fantastic with larger beds and loads of space!
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on January 10, 2011
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Vijayawada
,
India
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Rip-off-Rickshaws...
Chennai
,
India
Once we got off the train we took a rip-off-rickshaw to the main bus stand in
Chennai
. It was huge and in fact in largest bus station in the whole of Asia which isn’t surprising when you see the size of it! Yet somehow the first bus driver we asked was going to
Pondicherry
so it wasn’t as hard as we thought it would be. The journey was long but comfortable as we managed to get the front seats.
Chris having a lie-down
Our neighbours
Charly climbing up the ladder
The view from our little hut
When we arrived in
Pondicherry
we took another rip-off-rickshaw, and then another until many hours later we found suitable accommodation going outside of town. It was such a mission as all the places were either too expensive or right dives. Finally we found somewhere nice yet rustic on the beach.
written by
chrischarly
on January 11, 2011
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Chennai
,
India
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Walking around the French town of Pondicherry
Pondicherry
,
India
The Gandhi statue
Along the beach-front
Happy to be in Pondicherry!!!
Today we did a lot of exploring of the beautiful
Pondicherry
; our last stop before
Sri Lanka
!!
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chrischarly
on January 12, 2011
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Pondicherry
,
India
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Last day in India; quite possibly forever!
Chennai
,
India
Today we chilled in
Pondicherry
for a few hours before getting a bus back to
Chennai
airport ready to fly to
Sri Lanka
!! How exciting!! Although we've had many great experiences here in India; I can't see us hurrying back there. It's pretty hard work to be honest and not as fanastic as we expected it to be...
1st on the plane !
On our flight Chennai to Colombo
Anyway next stop:
Sri Lanka
!!
written by
chrischarly
on January 13, 2011
from
Chennai
,
India
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