Backtrack to Bangalore

I was in Bangalore, Karnataka for the new year, and one of the coolest things I did there, apart from partying all night, was visit Bannerghatta National Park. We drove about an hour out of the city in search of tigers, elephants, lions, and many more unknown predators- or at least that was what I was interested in. Instead of the traditional walk through the zoo, this place had a safari through five or six relatively small enclosures where vegetarian animals (deer, etc), bears, lions, tigers, and more tigers were able to roam freely in their natural habitat. We obviously weren't at liberty to exit the van unless we wanted to become the first live meal the tigers had eaten in a while, but they got so close to the van it really didn't matter. In the lion's enclosure there were cubs- which were born there- playing. They were in a better state than their mom who was throwing up on the other side of the road...  now that's not something everyone can claim to have seen. One cool fact about this place is that most if not all of the animals were rescued from circuses, or temples in the elephants' case. Our guide was really excited to have a foreigner in his van, and really helped us out by taking great pictures on my camera. Sometimes it can be good to be a white girl in India. :)