Republic day greetings from a rather soggy Kolkata - back where we started and having a rest day before train to BHubaneshwar, Orissa to see the temples.
Came down from Darjeeling by jeep - quicker than toy train but still several hours on horrendous roads, via misty Mirik lake. Renewed our acquaintance with station rice plates (thalis) and sleeper class travel, then successful transfer to sunderban Tiger Camp bus with a couple of Germans and a dozen middle class Indians with loads of camera equipment. Afraid we didn't see one of the 287 man-eating tigers, but chugged round mangroves and saw wild boar, deer and two lovely river dolphins. Also treated to film explaining why Sunderban tigers like human flesh (at least 5 theories) and folk dances and interminable theatre production (an extra), but this is what we came for, I suppose...
M&P
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