Staying off the menu...

Jack's tiger watching tip number 1 -

Put alternative food between you and big striped cat...

This is an interim blog post as I've been having a few connectivity issues here in the hot steamy west Nepal jungle.

So much has happened since my last post, the story changes daily, hopefully I'll be able to post it soon.

"Jungle to the Sky" has brought me back down to the jungle where conditions are really challenging.

What keeps me going is the positive, never complaining attitude of the people I am with.  Today was a perfect example.  It was another training day for members of the local anti poaching team.  We set off in high spirits after experiencing some brilliant wildlife encounters two days before.  We knew we were in for a hot one, the tourists have all but gone, there have been rumbling pre monsoon skys and humidity which means being sweat drenched as early as 6am

The promised heat came but so did two magical tiger sightings which were separated by a 20 minute run through the jungle.  Years of trail running did prepare me a little for this lope in an oven and I managed to convince myself that landing my left foot in a pile of rhino shit was a good thing as tigers don't usually attack rhinos.  Why run in 7 million degree heat and humidity off the scale?  I'll explain when I do get my main blog posted.

For all the magic of the wildlife encounters though it was an incident that occurred on our way back which filled me with pride and admiration.  We stumbled upon 3 people fishing illegally, we hid in the long grass, a strategy was formed, a chase ensued and now 3 poachers are being held for questioning by National Park Staff.

The details soon :)

From Jack in the jungle...