Off to India for some tiger time
Poor John and I are about to board a flight to Singapore, with a final destination—many hours from now—of India.
Looking forward to 45 days of road trip in India’s south with the young naturalists we have travelled with twice before. It’s mostly about the animals—lions and tigers and bears. Yes, India has all three—Asiatic lions, Bengal tigers and sloth bears. When we aren’t exploring, we’ll be enjoying the wonderful cuisines of India.
Obviously, I’ll have a lot less online time, so forgive me if I miss liking or commenting on your blog posts. I’ll do my best. We’ll be travelling remotely a lot of the time.
Where to next? 
Welcome to India, Peggy . Hope you have a wonderful trip here 😊😊
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Thank you. It’s our third visit in three years. I know we’ll have a wonderful time.
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I look forward to reading about your adventures!
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Thanks, I’ll do my best.
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Take pics for the blog Peggy. we’ll share it with you.
Have a great time.
Cheers,
Frank
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Thanks. I always take too many pics. 🙂
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Have a great trip.
F~
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looking forward to reading all about it, Give Anand and Deepti my regards
Don’t forget to show them your culinary skills
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Thanks Derrick. They send their regards in return. They’re coming to a travel expo in London in Feburary
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Oh I’m so envious – lions and tigers and bears! Have a fabulous time. I look forward to the stories on your return.
Alison
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Lions and tigers and bears – oh my! Sounds wonderful.
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Thanks Alison, Don and Louise. We probably won’t see the lions this trip, but tigers and bears are most likely.
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Have fun! I’m a big fan of tigers. And I do hope the day comes when they can re-introduce cheetah to India.
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So do we. Progress is being made.
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Have a wonderful time Peg & John. Look forward to reading about your travels and seeing pics. xxx
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Thanks Day. Home at the end of November.
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Welcome to India Peggy! Hope you have a wonderful time:)
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It’s our third visit in three years and we always love it. This time we have 45 days in the south, starting in Bhopal.
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Enjoy yourselves. (Some day I might learn why it’s ‘Poor John’)
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Haha. Because he gets dragged everywhere? I don’t know. We might need to delve into the archives Derrick? what do you think?
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Hey derrick that was easy –
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I thought that might be the case. 🙂 An explanation might prove an interesting post 🙂
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The post exists that’s the link in the previous comment.
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I’m glad you two are on to the origin of Poor John.
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I tracked it down.
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I saw that you did. Thanks.
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Lions and tigers and bears. Oh my! (Sorry, couldn’t resist.) Enjoy the travels!
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Thanks. Nor could I! 🙂
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Safe travels!!!!
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Thanks so much.
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Forget online time.
REAL TIME in INDIA beats that hands down.
Have a great trip (and don’t forget the camera).
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Excellent advice. I have the camera (including a telephoto).
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Have a great trip! Looking forward to the great photos you always post 😋
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Thanks, I’ll try to deliver.
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Looking forward – perhaps with envy – to hearing about it.
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Thanks for following along, even with a touch of envy.
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Super interesting. Can’t wait for your pictures and descriptions. Have a great time.
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Thanks. Back soon with some posts.
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Have a ball. I LOVE India and who cares about internet service when you have such beauty and wildlife to enjoy!!
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We love India too, and sometimes it’s a blessing NOT to have internet services. 🙂
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Have a fantastic trip! Looking forward to hear about your adventures! Maybe we will catch the next one!
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Thanks Phyllis, a catch-up would be wonderful. Marian is with us on this trip. Jealous? We’ll make space for you for any part of the trip you can do.
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With you in spirit. Take pics please!
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You bet I will.
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Have a fantastic time Peggy – I look forward to pictures. Safe travels! 🙂
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Thanks Terry. Look after yourself.
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Have a wonderful and safe trip! Looking forward to hear your new stories!
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Thanks so much.
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Have fun, very exciting
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Thanks. The fun has begun. We’ve arrived in Bhopal.
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wow exciting, looking forward to hearing and seeing things!
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Sounds like fun. May all your lions wear bow ties. (Still not sure how you got that one in the middle to put one on…)
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Brilliant observation. I’ve also always thought her saggy mouth looked like a bow tie!
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R u coming to bangalore! Please meet us then
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We probably aren’t coming to Bangalore, but I promise to let you know if we do. The final itinerary is being decided this week. It would be wonderful to meet you.
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Ok sure. I ll what’sapp u my phone number if by chance you are coming.
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Sorry to say that Bangalore is just a bit too far out of our way to visit on this trip. But I’m guessing we’ll be back to India to do the rest of the south. I’d love to meet you too.
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Have a wonderful time in India!
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Thanks so much.
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Looking forward to hearing all about it!
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It’s our first time in southern India, so we are looking forward to new adventures.
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Those are stunning pictures. Nothing says ‘noble’ and ‘quiet confidence’ like a stalking tiger or lion.
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She’s a beauty. We followed her for about 20 minutes. Truly humbling.
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Enjoy! Look forward to seeing some amazing pics of some amazing animals!
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Now I just have to get the animals to cooperate. 🙂
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Enjoy your time in India 🙂
Just remember to take a lot of great photos for us to see later 😀 Be careful and safe.
Irene
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I suspect you’ll be bombarded with photos. 🙂
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That sounds perfect 🙂
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Amazing pictures Peggy! Enjoy your time in India 🙂
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Thanks Roberta. I’m sure we will.
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Oh! Have so much fun! Some of my grandbabies, all of my children, and my husband and I, would love to visit India! How exciting!!! :)) Jen
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We’re pleased to be here and to be able to share our adventures in India. Hope you all make it here sometime. We can certainly recommend our guides.
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Thank you and I hope we will visit someday! So many places we want to go and take family with us. 🙂
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Have fun. I wasn’t aware India had lions. You learn something new in blogland every day.
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They are amazing creatures. Follow the link to what I wrote about them before https://leggypeggy.com/2015/02/20/gir-national-park-the-last-refuge-for-the-asiatic-lion/
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Very interesting. Thanks, Peggy.
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Happy travels.
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Thanks so much.
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Woah, sounds exciting! Have a great time.
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Thanks, I’m sure we will.
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Safe trip and looking forward to reading about your adventures later.
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Thank you for following along.
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Have fun, and safe travels – I’m looking forward to any photographs that you take!
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Thanks. I promise plenty of photos to come.
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Welcome to india. Hope you have a great time with lions, and tigers and bears. And I am sure you will love Indian cuisine. All the best
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Thanks. We love Indian food and will most likely have it three meals a day! 🙂
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Snap Away Peggy… and I hope you get a few good keepers, I know not that easy… but even if they may or may not be great photos, your blog comments make up for this. Further, I know I have mentioned this a few times, since you will be in Southern India… take a side trip to Sri Lanka/Ceylon, Tigers, Elephants… and much more.
Sy S.
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Hi Sy, you can be sure I’ll be over-doing it with the photos. We’d love to hop over to Sri Lanka, but it won’t happen this time. We did have two weeks there in 1985 and loved it. Time to plan another visit. 🙂
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Have avery wonderful trip in India Peggy
thank you so much for good sharing
kisses
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Thanks Voulaah, always happy when you visit. Kisses back
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oh you are very welcome
kisses
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May you and Poor John (and your camera, of course) be safe no matter the surprises you find upon the Indian road. 🙂 xxxx
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Thanks Jean. In reality, the greatest danger in India is the traffic. Our driver is excellent.
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Whew! That’s a relief! 🙂 xxx
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We think so too. 🙂
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Have a great time!
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Thanks so much.
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I’m sure that you’ll have a great time in India Peggy. Years ago we visited Ranthambore and were lucky to spot a few tigers. Our driver also got us lost on the way out of the preserve and being inside the park after dark in a topless jeep wasn’t what we’d planned. But that’s another story. Have a great time. ~James
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We’ve never been lost in park, but we’ve overstayed the out-before-dark rule on a couple of occasions. Saw two leopards as a result. We head in to animal territory tomorrow.
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Ooh, enjoy, Peggy. It sounds like a wonderful trip. –Curt
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Thanks Curt. We think it will be. 🙂
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Oh my! this is amazing! I love seeing pictures of wildlife and I wish that I could have been there to see these marvelous animals in person! Such an experience it must have been!
Shay-lon
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It was breathtaking, and we’re hoping to see tigers this time, along with many other kinds of wildlife.
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Peggy, have a wonderful time. There are so few tigers left these days, Blow a kiss to one for me. I so admire your energy and zest for travel.
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Thanks Kerry. You’ll be pleased to know that the tiger population in India is growing—and we’re hoping to spot a few cubs. Fingers crossed.
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Wonderful!
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Late to this as I have been away. Looks like a great trip ahead!
Best wishes, Pete.
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Having a great time. Two weeks done and five to go. 🙂
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Lions? Wow! You learn something new every day.
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The Asiatic lions are beautiful animals.
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lovely post!!
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Thanks so much.
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I love everything about this! Your style, the way you tell your story! Thanks for sharing I can’t wait to read more
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Oh my goodness, thanks so much for the lovely compliment. So glad you’ll be coming along on my travels. 🙂
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I came to India three years ago to “have a look about”….Well, I’m still here, and now I’m blogging about it lol. I must say, so far I love your Blog, I am going to settle in and start reading!
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Oh wow! I can see how you came to India and stayed on. So easy to do. Glad you like my blog. I look forward to checking out yours. 🙂
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So did you spot any lions and tigers? 🙂
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Oh yes, we saw the tiger, Prince, in one park. No lions this time as we didn’t make it to Gujarat. Had an amazing encounter with a leopard (two actually) in Pench.
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Such gorgeous creatures and such an exciting amount of travelling :O
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They are gorgeous. Hoping to get back to India later this year.
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I’m feeling inspired, I hope to travel more and I look forward to more memories on your blog!
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Travel is a wonderful thing to do.
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