Subject: Post: The train trip was surprisingly comfortable. We had booked beds in the cheapest of the airconditioned sleeper wagons, and spent basically the entire trip sleeping. That five hours of proper sleep was extremely welcome, now feeling so much more alive again. Seems like we are in places where white guys are not too common sight, as everyone wants to take group photos with us.. Even the train personnel. :)We arrived to Chandarpur in strong thunderstorm, lightning flashing in the sky every two seconds and rain pouring. The station electricity had been cut by the storm, so finding our way through the station and finding the driver to the tiger camp was not the easiest task. After some confusion and phone calls we found they guys and continued the last 40 kilometers to the national park by car.Seems like we are the only customers of this camp made out of semi-permanent tents and located right in the national park. The monsoon season is reducing the amount of tourists radically, but for us that is actually handy. Service is now excellent and no queues anywhere. Tomorrow morning we should be leaving for the first day of tiger safaris at 05:30 so one more early wakeup coming. The actual national park is closed on Tuesdays, but the nearby buffer area should contain a lot of wildlife too. The actual park will be visited on Wednesday.The internet access here is basically inexistent, so no photos in the next few days.. Latitude: Longitude: Security Code:
The train trip was surprisingly comfortable. We had booked beds in the cheapest of the airconditioned sleeper wagons, and spent basically the entire trip sleeping. That five hours of proper sleep was extremely welcome, now feeling so much more alive again. Seems like we are in places where white guys are not too common sight, as everyone wants to take group photos with us.. Even the train personnel. :)
We arrived to Chandarpur in strong thunderstorm, lightning flashing in the sky every two seconds and rain pouring. The station electricity had been cut by the storm, so finding our way through the station and finding the driver to the tiger camp was not the easiest task. After some confusion and phone calls we found they guys and continued the last 40 kilometers to the national park by car.
Seems like we are the only customers of this camp made out of semi-permanent tents and located right in the national park. The monsoon season is reducing the amount of tourists radically, but for us that is actually handy. Service is now excellent and no queues anywhere. Tomorrow morning we should be leaving for the first day of tiger safaris at 05:30 so one more early wakeup coming. The actual national park is closed on Tuesdays, but the nearby buffer area should contain a lot of wildlife too. The actual park will be visited on Wednesday.
The internet access here is basically inexistent, so no photos in the next few days..
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