24 Nov - Bhupindra wakes us at 5.30am so that we're ready to get off the train. We drive straight to Bandhavargh National Park for our first jeep safari ride here. It's a different experience to Ranthambore - great scenery, smaller jeep with just Bhupindra, Liam, Ginny, Mark and myself. Within an hour of driving round the park...we see our first tigers. We spot one some distance away feeding on a kill from the previous day, while enjoying watching that tiger, another one pounces from nowhere right beside us, what an encounter. We stay and watch for a while, what beautiful big pussy cats! The national parks have a good system whereby you can roam around in the jeeps taking your luck that you will spot tigers but meantime, the expert trackers each day find the
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