Ranthambore 2 - Jay
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Wed 17 Apr 2019 22:57
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Safari
Number Two, Zone Six in the Ranthambore National
Park
  We
settled in the foyer of our digs at two and reception
said “No, two-thirty”. Back at two-thirty to watch the boys
mow the front lawn. Our jeep arrived at three with a guide, driver and
two passengers, a lovely couple from Colombo, Sri Lanka. We sat together in the
back and nearer town we picked up two smashing chaps from Manchester, one was a
British-born of a family that originated from the Punjab – very, very useful
later on as our interpreter.
  By
twenty past three we were at Zone Two check-in and
soon in pretty scenery.
 We
passed through one of Ranthambore Fort
gateways.
  We
raced along the track and six minutes later got our first
look at Jay. There were lots of people looking
at Jay.
   Lots and lots of people in jeeps and lorries. Over the next
three hours we jostled for position, moved, watched as vehicles bumped, drivers
shouting at one another, one getting stuck in a rut and everyone on board
sitting on the bonnet as counterweights (they were careful not to set foot on
the ground). People who had paid more money were in government vehicles and
stayed put. It was more of a zoo than most animal enclosures. Jay is a three
year old who has a twin called Virol. If Jay twitched a thousand pictures were
taken on rapid fire shooting, between the two of us we took 173
pictures......... The reason we all stayed put, drivers ready to move in a
second, was the assumption Jay would bimble leisurely over to the pond to cool
off – however, yesterday was unseasonable cold and it had rained all day. Had it
been forty degrees Jay may well have moved but no, all he did was roll over,
stand, stretch, reposition, turn over, stick his paws up a small tree and
eventually plod twenty feet only to plop down once more. He did hear something,
we did wonder if it was his twin some distance away, after yawning he bimbled
off to find a nice spot to settle for the night. We were both elated to finally
see a tiger in the wild and here are the best shots of the
afternoon.
                               ALL
IN ALL AMAZING TO WATCH JAY
BRILLIANT TO SEE A
TIGER |