LHR-Delhi. BA747 Top deck. I do spoil her. |
Indian House Crow. |
Green BeeEater in Uppal's Orchid grounds. |
Brown-headed Barbet. |
We love Indian Hotels. |
Here is a rare sighting of Mr Perfect (Vinod Goswami) at work. |
Now we are aboard the overnight AP Express, destination Nagpur. |
Inside our Tent in Pench Jungle Camp. |
Beds are fine. |
Sitting outside overlooking the grounds. |
Spotted Deer or Chital. |
Wood Sandpiper. |
The scrum waiting for 'news'. They do it different in India. |
Green BeeEater. |
Time for a "Tiger Show". |
And here he is! |
Pench Reserve is the setting for Jungle book! |
Malabar Pied Hornbill. |
Langur Monkey. In the rain. |
Family ties. |
Rose-ringed Parakeet. |
It's raining again. |
Black-hooded Oriole. |
Jungle Owlet. |
Plum-headed Parakeet. |
Sounder of Wild Pigs. |
Little-ringed Plover. |
Indian Roller. |
Ms Wood-Hoopoe dismounts. |
Dining room. Pench Lodge. |
This is what Ms WH had been to see. Tiger #2. |
Golden (Asiatic) Jackal. |
A rare sighting of a Leopard as it grew dark. |
Apologies for the quality. |
Our room in "The Baagh" Lodge, Khana Reserve. |
Bathroom. |
Our Bungalow. |
The Restaurant. |
Forest Wagtail. |
Chital. |
Dining in The Baagh. |
Crested Serpent Eagle. |
Common Jackal. |
Red-wattled Lapwing |
Asian Paradise Flycatcher |
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher. |
Rose-ringed Parakeet. |
Wild Boar |
White-eyed Buzzard |
Wolly-necked Stork |
Fuzzy headed Elephant. |
Our first Tiger and she is sleeping. |
Collared Scops Owl |
Two's company. |
Black-rumped Flameback |
Black-hooded Oriole |
Indian Pond Heron |
White-throated Kingfisher. |
Eurasian Golden Oriole |
Spotted Owlet |
Eurasian Thick-knee. (Stone Curlew in England) |
Shrikra or Little-banded Goshawk, |
Indian Leopard. |
Late evening Tigress. |
Totally ignored us. |
Lovely sighting. All to ourselves. |
Oriental Magpie Robin. |
Eurasian Kingfisher. |
Ghost Tree. |
Eurasian Hoopoe. |
On the road to Khana. |
Indian traffic. |
Indian road |
Collared Scops Owl |
Shikra |
Little Cormorant |
Orange-headed Thrush |
Indian Roller |
Common Hawk Cuckoo |
Forest Wagtail |
Crested Swift |
Chital |
Red-wattled Lapwing |
Red Jungle Fowl. Ancestor of the Chicken. |
Black-shouldered Kite. |
Tiger in the Grass. |
Peacock of course. |
Gaur or Indian Bison. |
Gaur |
Dhole or Indian wild Dog. |
Pups playing. |
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Dragonfly. |
Swamp Deer |
Crested Serpent Eagle |
Crested Serpent Eagle |
Indian Kid. |
Shikra with prey. |
Brown Fish Owl. |
Crows at a tiger show. |
Gaur |
Gaurs |
Red Jungle Fowl. |
Our best Tiger of the trip. Came out of the grass. |
Had a good look at me. |
Decided she liked what she saw. |
So followed me. |
This was tricky as I was lying down out the back of the car. |
Licking her lips for me. |
and still coming along. |
Hard to judge distance through the viewfinder. |
I think she wanted me to take her home. |
Close enough. She could jump from there! |
Our village near Khana. |
Drying crops on the roof. |
These two Gaur stopped traffic. |
My driver refused to pass close. |
Another Collared Scops Owl. |
Common Snipe |
Common Snipe |
Bathtime for Gaur. |
Sambar Deer. |
Muntjac or Barking Deer. |
Muntjac |
The Taj from Taj View Hotel |
Nilgia or Blue Bull |
Spot-billed Duck. |
Sarus Crane |
Sambar Stag. |
Oriental Magpie Robin. |
Black-winged Stilts. |
Sarus Cranes |
Sambar Stag |
Jungle Babbler |
We visit the Taj Mahal |
And admire the intricate marble workings. |
A Lizard with a funny Indian name. |
Richard's Pipit. |
Striped Squirrel. |
Nilgai. Bull in the Bikeshed. |
Large Terrapin. |
Rose-ringed Parakeet. |
Spotted Owlet. |
Yellow-footed Pigeon. |
Jakdish and Elizabeth in Bharatphur. |
Taj View Bedroom |
Floral display. |
Doorman. |
Taking it easy. |
Mum Taj. |
Mum and Taj. |
Mum Taj |
Cloisters |
View over to the Taj Mahal. |
Details of doorway. |
Spandrels. |
The Classic view. |
Sunrise. |
Fatephur Sikri. |
Fatephur Sikri. |
With our trusty guide. |
The Baargh. Bharatphur. |
Our room. |
The cloisters , Baagh. |
All in Marble. |
Inlay details. |
Inlay. |
On the road to Delhi. |
How many CAN you get in a Tuc tuc? |
Trikshaws. |
Is this Civilisation? From our bedroom in Delhi. |
More civilised inside. |
Writng up the diary. the End. |
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