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<\/a>\nThe highlight of the last few days, and for me the high point of the trip, was a visit to the Ranthambore Nature Park<\/a>. Of course the main goal was to see a tiger, but the park has a large number of other indigenous animals. We saw sambar deer<\/a>, spotted deer<\/a>, macaque monkeys<\/a>, mongoose, tree pies<\/a>, green parrots<\/a> to name just a few. It wasn’t until the second of two trips through the park, bouncing furiously on the two-track trail, when the spotter indicated that we should all be quiet. He then after a few tense seconds, pointed into the woods and uttered the word I had been hoping to hear… TIGER<\/a>!<\/p>\n
We lingered for almost an hour as she rolled around under the shade, played in a small pond, and then trotted off. It was amazing!<\/p>\n
I’ve uploaded a few new pics to the Flickr photostream. As always, you can see them on the left, just click on them to see bigger versions.<\/p>\n
There is PLENTY of other stuff to share, but connection time is precious. More later…<\/p>\n
Update [2008-dec-14]:<\/strong> I’ve added links in the original post that lead to related pics in my Flickr India trip photo set<\/a>. The entire set (319 shots) can be viewed as a slide show here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Extraordinary! Everywhere we look is a perfect picture. I have no clue how I’m going to edit down the massive number of photos we’ve taken. I have no idea how I would have done this with a film camera. The highlight of the last few days, and for me the high point of the trip, … Continue reading …then he said the magic word… TIGER!<\/span>