The mighty jungle!

5/28/10

Just an ordinary day :)

5/29/10

Today Kevin, Christianna and I rented a taxi and drove an hour down the mountain to a getaway/resort place called the "Jungle Retreat" where we went on an "Indian Safari"! The drive was a lovely one indeed, but imagine a bunch of drivers and traffic who already disregard traffic laws and sharing a mountain?! It was intense, but I just tried to find the humor in Indian driving yet again. We arrived fairly early and enjoyed an Indian lunch ( yet with garlic bread?) We spent time playing 20 questions and I enjoyed hearing about Kevin (Mr. Ross's) job as a judge for the Minnesota Court of Appeals! I totally let lose my secret fascination with law and picked his brain for a good solid 3 hours! It was so exhilarating! Then, around 4:30 we headed out in our jeep (which is yet another obsession) and headed out for our 3 hour venture! We saw an assortment of animals, ranging from monkeys, Indian "bison" (though they look just like cows) a different species of squirrels, wild boars, and elephants in the wild! We were hoping to spot a tiger (because apparently the night before there had been a sighting) but tonight was not our lucky night. The funny thing about this "Indian safari" is that that it took place on a national highway. Here I was thinking it would be like an "African safari" and we would get to go "off-roading" but the government doesn't allow it! (However, they make exceptions for large vans to be able to? I don't get it.) Anyway, we had one interesting encounter with a whole family of elephants that were casually feasting away on some grass right next to the highway! I found out that many people actually die from elephant attacks, so we didn't get too close (unlike some other foolish people who literally were only feet away and could have been crushed at any second had the elephants been aggravated). We didn't get back home until late, but it was well worth it!