Pilgrimage Epilogue + Kabini Jungle Lodge

Sitting on the shores of Kabini Lake. Lots of exotic bird and insect sounds. Sun has just set. Two hour+ safari outing spotted two herd of grazing elephants. Wild boar. Spotted/dotted deer. Peacocks. Yellow-footed something or other birds and green parakeets at a salt pit. Herons. An indigo bluebird. A few variety of monkeys.

EPILOGUE - During safari #1 thoughts went to Margo, who, with her cracked ribs, would not have enjoyed the ride. Damn dancing on curbs in Bodh Gaya during Diwali! Nor Deborah who suffered stomach churn extreme, also in Bodh Gaya. No curd (yogurt) for a long while huh D?!
Wouldn't have been much of a problem for me unless taking safari on one of those days when a rabies shot had been administered and the woozies took over. Yep. Unprovoked dog attack - tore my pants, left three good gashes (Sunday Oct 24 while walking w/Yvonne thru a village outside Sarnath). Thank heavens for the kindly villagers who rushed me by motorbike to an Rx stall where the chemist cleaned and bandaged wounds as worried onlookers watched. For Dr. Jain's efforts to get me to a doctor/pharmacist speedy pronto and especially Dr. Lynn for her ongoing care to all of us.
Holiday, Lynn? What holiday?! Ah, such are the joys of being in medicine, tho that knowledge can wreak havoc with the ol' psyche when trekking thru yucky muck. Yvonne might have experienced motion sickness, especially if taking safari on an empty stomach. Pappadams, peeled apple or some interesting snack to the rescue? Hopefully no monkeys around to catch the scent of food. (Monkeys aren't so cute when they want the munchies you're carrying - right Ken?) Gosh, good ol' Ken would just marvel at the wildlife. He might also find more hungry bugs biting (to add to the collection acquired enmass at the Goya train station). The clean air here would be a respiratory reprieve for Deborah, Ken, Margo and Yvonne who each battled lung/cold issues.
As for Norman, well, anything's possible. Who knows, he may or may not have gotten to wherever the safari was going to take him, and would get there whenever he got there (perhaps without breakfast, tho).

We all had our buttons pushed at one time or another. But we were the Teflon Team. Nothing stuck other than fantastic memories shared with fab new friends.