India - Day 6

On our last day at Pench Camp and after our exciting afternoon safari the previous day, we went on yet another cold morning safari.  We didn't see much of anything different (maybe some birds) but we were enjoying our last safari in India.  Before we knew it, we were leaving the park for the last time.  Such good memories were created there though!

Throughout the 4 safaris, here's a list of most of the animals we saw (and I know we saw more birds, but it was hard to remember all of them since we're not avid bird-watchers):
- Indian tiger!
- jackal
- blue-bull antelope
- spotted deer
- black-faced monkey
- monkey
- sambar deer
- bison
- jungle cat
- water buffalo
- wild boar
- peacock (national bird of India)
- greater-tailed drongo
- drongo
- indian roller
- european roller
- ruddy shelduck
- rufous treepie
- rose-ringed parakeet
- indian grey hornbill
- green bee-eater
- collared spocs owl
- spotted dove
Once we were back at camp, someone decided to pull out the cricket equipment so Chris, Kaitlyn, and Craig were playing around with that for a bit.  Craig was pitching and the others were trying to hit.  Chris ended up hitting a "home run" off into the distance...so he had to go hunt down the ball!  It was fun watching them try to play a sport that is SOOOO popular in India!

It was off to shower so we could "check out".  After we got all of our stuff together, it was time for relaxation!  We had several hours before we were actually leaving the camp to head back into Nagpur.  We ate lunch, read, and even watched a snake show!  The snake handler at the camp had brought out a few snakes including a cobra and a boa constrictor!  It was interesting to watch...but definitely from a distance for me.  (The night before there was a snake that slithered across on the trail in front of us.  I jumped like 4 feet in the air because some yelled 'snake!' and I ended up landing on Chris' foot - poor Chris!  So let's just say, I'm not too fond of snakes.)  And it was relaxing to just chill out and enjoy the beautiful weather - something we hadn't done on the trip yet.

And about mid-afternoon, we all piled into the car for a 2-hour ride back to Nagpur.  We were headed to have dinner at a restaurant inside a hotel.  (A lot of their restaurants are called "hotels"...talk about confusing.)  They had more "American" food, so that's what we ordered...6 of us ordered pizza!  It was kind of funny.  (After only having Indian food for the past 2 days, I think all of us wanted something to eat that reminded us of home.) 

Then it was time to go back to the airport to catch our flight to Pune - our last stop on our adventure!  Some of us (me included) were having a hard time staying awake while we were waiting to board.  Our flight was at 9:30pm and we had woke up at 5:30am for the safari that morning.  I think I slept that whole flight too :)

We were glad to land in Pune and we were at Craig's apartment soon enough (after waiting for our bags).  After seeing how great his place was, getting a tour of the whole place and getting settled, it was time for bed.  Another fun day was ahead of us the following day!