After a couple of days in Jaipur I went to Ranthombore, the site of a huge national park, home to endangered tigers.
During the safari I saw 100s of monkeys, 100s of deer, a handful of peacocks, a couple of salamanders and half a tiger (just its hind legs as it walked into a bush).
At the point of spotting the tiger,just 20metres from us our driver managed to get our truck stuck against a tree leaving the tyres spinning deeper and deeper into the dust. In the end we all got out and physically lifted the truck from its position against the tree. The thought did cross my mind that the tiger we'd seen could suddenly launch an attack, but having seen that the park ranger was wearing flip flops and was armed with a big stick I knew we were in safe hands.
For the remainder of the safari we were chasing shadows, looking for another tiger. By the end of it I had a camera full of deer pictures and was covered in shit loads of dust.
