A 9 Mile Hike Under the Blazing Sun of the Indian Summer and All I Saw was One @#$%#! Squirrel (AKA Day 1 of my Safari in Satpura National Tiger Preserve).

Arriving just past midnight after a long day of travel, I was pleasantly surprised how nice my hotel room was at the Danwa Backwater Escape.  The room could have been pictured in any travel magazine, but I was leaving the hotel at 5:30 a.m. to start my tiger safari and was just happy to...