Greetings from Banjaar Tola in Kanha National Park in Madhya Pradesh State ... it's an Indian safari lodge run by &Beyond (fabulous) and Taj (of Tata Suite fame!).

We left the Taj Mahal hotel (boohoohoo) at 0430 ... and left the airport at 0720 ... we arrived in Nagpur ... the "orange city" (loads of oranges there!) at 0930 ... and drove for TEN hours to get here. The journey usually takes around 5 hours BUT the roads are so bad after monsoon that ... well, bridges were down and it was a nightmare!

Tomorrow, I am going to see a tiger ... I hope ... actually the chance of seeing even one is very remote ...

The weather is fabulous ... hot during the day, cold during the night!

At Nagpur Airport ... when everything was so good!

My dear Pops was born in Gwalior, north of the state ... I was SO excited to see it on the map!