Day 49

We're back in Siliguri and head to Kolkata tommorow. Jaldapara was a bit of a let down, it was a bit of a Knowsley Safari Park type place with lots of loud families carrying flashing cameras, (note, you don't have much chance of spotting rare, shy and elusive animals with crying babies and jabbering kids in tow).

We did enjoy the elephant ride- this was our means of getting around the park- but as Mr Elephant Man and his elephants didn't turn up until eight o'clock, (we were supposed to start at six) we didn't really get our moneys worth. We saw a peacock, a Musk deer and the back ends of two of the endangered, greater one-horned rhinos as they sped off to the sound of whooping and laughing from our fellow spotters. Never mind, next time we'll do it properly and head out to some remote park where it takes days to get to and can only be reached by parachuting from a Bomber 57. That should keep the babies at bay.

The best curry we've had yet did just make up fot it. Delicious.