GOOD BYE TO CHANDRAPUR

D BYE TO CHANDRAP

WE HAD A GREAT TIME HERE . ANUPS PARENTS MUST HAVE HAD A HARD TIME FEEDING GLUTTONS LIKE US .
BUT WE STILL HAD ONE UNFINISHED BUSINESS WITH THE TIGER AND THAT WAS NAGGING US AND WAS LIKE A THORN IN THE FLESH.
THEN A DIABOLICAL PLAN WAS HATCHED........WE PLANNED TO GO TO PENCH TIGER RESERVE TO TRY OUR LUCK......
PENCH IS IN MADHYA PRADESH AND IS ABOUT 2 HOURS JOURNAY FRM NAGPUR.
SO WE LEFT CHANDRAPUR AFTER LUNCH ( NICE MEAL PREPARED BY ANUPS DAD.....WE WERE OVERSTUFED ) . WE MANAGED TO OBTAIN THE PHONE NUMBER OF KIPLING LODGE IN PENCH AND STARTED MAKING OUR ARRANGEMENTS ON THE PHONE.........
WE REACHED NAGPUR AT ABOUT 9 PM AND HAD A QUICK MEAL AT THE S.T. BUS STAND. WITH OUR CURRENT SCHEDULE WE WOULD REACH KHAWASA NEAR PENCH BY 1.30 AM. THE CONCIERGE AT PENCH HAD ARRANGED FOR A VEHICLE PICK UP FOR US AT THE BUS STAND.
WE TOOK AN INTERSTATE S.T. BUS ( BETTER JUDGEMENT PREVAILED AND R.K. DIDNOT FALL PREY TO UNSCURPLOUS ELEMENTS THIS TIME.....PLZ REFER TO OUR DELHI-CHANDIGARH JOURNEY FOR FURTHER DETAILS).
THE JOURNEY WAS THROUGH THICK FORESTS AND WE FINALLY REACHED KHAWASA AT ABOUT 1.30 AM . TRUE TO HIS WORD OUR PICKUP VEHICLE WAS THERE .....GARIB DAS WAS OUR DRIVER. THE WAY TO PENCH FROM THE MAIN ROAD WAS TOTALLY DESERTED AND THIS WAS HARD CORE NAXALLITE AREA.......THIS HAD ALL THE ELEMENTS OF A THRILLER ....BUT FORTUNATELY NOTHING HAPPENED AND WE REACHED OUR HOTEL SAFELY.
KIPLING COURT ....IT WAS A NICE PLACE AND IT WAS ALSO 2 AM IN TH MORNING.
WE MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SAFARI FOR THE NEXT DAY AND WENT TO GET OUR 2 HOURS SHUT EYE.
WOW WHAT A HAPPENING DAY IT WAS...........