bandipur extravaganza

hey guyz i'm back after a long time. i am posting some more pics of bandipur . when i think of bandipur trip two incidents come to my
mind. First one is, We were going through a open gypsy ride in bandipur and i had bribed my driver to take us deep into the core area . at first

he was apprehensive but later when he saw 300rs!! he was happy.I was searching for some animals and then i noticed pugmarks of the
TIGER!!! on the damp earth near stream . i felt my hair standing up due to excitement and i jumped from the gypsy and started inspectiong
it.I tried to follow the tiget tracks into the jungle but our driver was on the verge of nervous breakdown . he was frantically shouting
at me as this was a CORE area !!! . " Idhar paidal chalna mana hai!!!". i could make out that that pugmarks were of a big male tiger.
male tiger because the toes were very big it was almost half of the total pug area. females have small toes compared to the total area
of the pug and tiger was there at the stream only 3-4 hours back. as it was fresh pug marks. we missed seeing the king of the indian jungles by 3 hours!!
the second one , While coming back we started from mysore at night 7 and the traffice was too heavy . most of the lorries trucks and BMTC
busses didnt have tail lights or brake lights !!!. I was drving at a speed of 80 kmph and could make out there is a BMTC bus going in some
distance ahead. The bus was overtaking a truck laden with sugarcane . both didnt have tail lights. when i came near to BMTC bus i realised
that the bus has applied brakes as the truck swerved to the right. and the bus had no brake lights also and i was few feet away from the
bus and i was in the speed of 80 kmph !!!. I applied the full brakes and shifted to 1st gear and released my leg from the clutch. the car
came to standstill after it mildly bumped into the back of the bus !!!. everyone were praying to the god and my heart was beating like hell.
I was sweating like crazy and my whole body was shaking . i parked my car to the left and examined the damages and there was only a small
dent on the bonnet.well it could have been a very nasty accident. we survived it thanks to the god.