Subject: Post: In the night it was raining like I have never seen. At the worst moment it sounded like someone was pouring water from a bucket on our tent, not just like rain anymore. The rain stopped before our 5am wakeup call though, just leaving a lake on our door.This time the park actually was open like it was supposed to be. We entered the park and after just fifteen minutes spotted the first tiger. A big male tiger was walking on the road, but unfortunately it decided to disappear to the bushes and start behaving like a cat: yawning and performing his morning wash by licking himself. We waited almost for half an hour silently for a chance to get better pictures of the cat, but it obviously had no intention to move anywhere before finishing the wash. Finally we just gave up waiting and continued deeper to the park.No more tigers were spotted on that trip, just a lot of deer, a crocodile and some moose-looking animals. One tiger had been seen in bushes and there were some park guards waiting for it to show up. We also stopped there for another half an hour, but the tiger decided to keep hiding. Big branch falling off a tree behind us scared us pretty well, right when we were silently waiting for the tiger to appear. So, new attempt to get a proper tiger picture in the afternoon, another trip to different areas of the park through a different gate.Our future plans have also been settled, heading towards Ajanta caves tomorrow morning. There were unfortunately no night trains, so tomorrow will be spent on the train. The train departs in the morning and only arrives around nine in the evening, so that will be one boring day.. Latitude: Longitude: Security Code:
In the night it was raining like I have never seen. At the worst moment it sounded like someone was pouring water from a bucket on our tent, not just like rain anymore. The rain stopped before our 5am wakeup call though, just leaving a lake on our door.
This time the park actually was open like it was supposed to be. We entered the park and after just fifteen minutes spotted the first tiger. A big male tiger was walking on the road, but unfortunately it decided to disappear to the bushes and start behaving like a cat: yawning and performing his morning wash by licking himself. We waited almost for half an hour silently for a chance to get better pictures of the cat, but it obviously had no intention to move anywhere before finishing the wash. Finally we just gave up waiting and continued deeper to the park.
No more tigers were spotted on that trip, just a lot of deer, a crocodile and some moose-looking animals. One tiger had been seen in bushes and there were some park guards waiting for it to show up. We also stopped there for another half an hour, but the tiger decided to keep hiding. Big branch falling off a tree behind us scared us pretty well, right when we were silently waiting for the tiger to appear. So, new attempt to get a proper tiger picture in the afternoon, another trip to different areas of the park through a different gate.
Our future plans have also been settled, heading towards Ajanta caves tomorrow morning. There were unfortunately no night trains, so tomorrow will be spent on the train. The train departs in the morning and only arrives around nine in the evening, so that will be one boring day..
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