The day I felt like Mowgli

One weekend in the not too distant past, we were taken on an overnight retreat to Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, and I I taught the animals how to make fire. Just kidding, I wouldn't do that. That's what separates the men from the animals...right? Everything I needed to know here I learned from The Jungle Book. Anyways, we were taken to a great little homestay about 10 minutes away called Whispering Willows. Here's their website:

http://www.whisperingwillows.in/

They were lovely people and had plenty of clean beds (and a gorgeous garden!), but of course I chose to stay in a tent (which was also very clean). It was so cold that night, we had a bonfire so I was feeling particularly in my camping element that evening. We played a few rousing games of gin rummy and went to bed early because we needed to leave at 6:00 a.m. in order to get to the reserve in time to see some animals before their nap. Once we got into the park, we were on a mission to see elephants. It says tiger reserve, but rarely are tigers seen these days. We saw plenty of peacocks, some bison, a warthog boar/Pumbaa that charged at some unsuspecting woman, monkeys, deer, a malabar squirrel (you wouldn't believe it until you saw it...google it), aaaaaaaaaand....elephants! Sadly there were chains on most of them, but that's fairly common here. I really enjoyed seeing some wildlife of the area so here are some pictures for you to enjoy too!

Just FYI, while at the park, you can only drive through and you're not allowed to stop, so getting some of these pictures was a challenge.