A very bored leopard

February 25th 2017
Our plans to visit Jawai changed a couple of times, or rather the place at which we’d be staying changed. Originally, Lajpal had arranged for us to stay at a new guesthouse owned by a friend of a friend, but it turned out that it wouldn’t be finished in time. Then we were going to stay at an inexpensive hotel that Lajpal had been told about. Then, we had that party with Khuman at Mount Abu ... read more

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Mike Fossey

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Once upon a time, I was something important in the UK travel industry, where I spent more than 35 years of my working life roaming the globe at someone else's expense. So, if you dream of living overseas on less than 10 Dollars a day, be warned: I'm an experienced, mature traveller - not a backpacker. You won't find stories here about me thumbing my way across the Sahara, slumming it in cockroach-infested hostels, or sharing a room with giant mosquitoes! Oh, and I'm British - so you can expect a stiff upper lip in times of adversity and a sense of humour that's often not understood by other... full info

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1st March 2017

RENanDREW
Ren & Andrew

Fangs :)
What a beautiful shot!

3rd March 2017

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Mike Fossey

The bored leopard
Thanks. Leopards are not easy to photograph - they're well camouflaged and always too far away! This one was fairly obliging and a very long lens helped to capture that fleeting moment before she disappeared into the gloom. I'm hoping for better shots when I reach Jaipur. Watch this space...

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