Genpact outing part 2 Sat October 6. Tiger Safari and more

Here we are...

Ready to go on Safari in our jeep. It is FREAKING early in the morning. They said the guys needed to sit in back since they could run faster then the ladies to save themselves? us? from the tigers... Well, I believe in my power to befriend the beasts, so I sacrificed myself and sat in back. It's 5AM... Getting in the jeep was a mental workout. Running from a tiger? Call me breakfast!

A bridge over some water at sunrise on the way to the jungle.

WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE BABY! (John Corbett Reserve)

That brown thing by the tree below... that is an ant hill

This Brown thing is a BIGGER ant hill. I'm not sure how tall they REALLY wore, but many we saw we seemed to look straight out of the car to see the tops.... and we were in a tall jeep... so maybe 6 feet tall or more. Some of them were so cool looking. Just amazing the amount of work little ants have put in to these shapely condos.

Looking up...

Fellow safari ites.

HEY, these guys are cheating!! They got tired of the ROAD and decided to take the greater potential for spotting our tiger friends.

We saw COOL spider webs!

HEY! TIGER TRACKS!! We stopped at a place by a small river where some tracks were fresh.

We stopped at another river passed the tiger tracks. VERY PRETTY!

It was a perfect morning with the sun. Were were in the hills and the temperature was perfect there. Almost a little chilly. A NICE change.

Lori L.

Tom. He is from Colorado. He was all serious I guess. Normally he has a big smile.

Some of the crew. Marcie G on the left, but not sure of the names of others.

We held try-outs for the Standing Babas.

We said STANDING Babas!!!

"Uh, this heavenly beam is giving me a headache!!!" But Dave, if it is your time... GO TOWARDS THE LIGHT MAN!

Probably too many scenery pics.

Yes, I am in India... and YES, that is Fleece! Hey, considering all the jeep riding, that is pretty tame safari hair.

Joel taking a picture of me taking a picture of a cow.

My cow picture!

BUMMER!! all over! Back over the bridge over water.

NO tigers despite the naked tiger dance in the woods that the ladies in our group did. The guys PROMISSED it would help. Hmm???

When we were driving back to our cabin, this guy pulled out behind us!

We stopped and the owner was cool and let us take pictures while he had the elephant pose.

Dave B. in AWWE!

A more respectable picture of Dave...

"See Dave, if you need to put an elephant in his place. Let me show you some Karate moves!"

"yup... I knew it.... she's a freak."

From the porch we ate lunch.

Joel is quite the cricket photographer.

Many of the crew played. Joel did after I left the game. I wont tell you how he wiped out twice. Once flat on his stomach and the other a near splits slip on the grass. Go figure.. I miss all the fun AFTER I leave.

In the basement of the building where they held the loud dances, they had a super cool dance floor that lit up.

We got up early sunday AM. Someone decided to forgo the morning tea and 9AM breakfast and 10AM leaving time to a wake up call at 5:30 leaving at 6:30 with out REALLY letting us know. :) there was much scrambling in some cabins. Including ours.

It was a fun weekend. But it was nice to get home to a full nights sleep. :)

Genpact Outing part one Friday October 5th

We arrived bright and early, at 5 AM to Genpact where we would pick up a bus and travel with the other managers to a location of which we knew little of. We knew there was a safari involved... who really NEEDED more. OK, they mentioned beer, but that was about it.

This was for an off site outing that Genpact put together for their managers and were kind enough to invite the AMERICANS along. A very kind and generous thing to do! There were maybe 80?? people? and 6 of us from the US that went.

That is our bus and Genpact behind it. Ya it's dark... it's 5:15 AM for cryin' out loud!

The cool ship building across the street from Joel's work. Yes blurry... I guess my camera was not having a good early morning attitude.

Normally this lot is FILLED with cars tetrissing for position.

There were people just getting off work and hopping on the bus to head out with us.

Here is the FIRST puppy in India that Joel was brave to pet. He was very cute, but very camera shy.

That is quite the head turn of avoidance there.

Delhi early in the morning. shops still closed.

People who have made their home under the bridge for the night getting ready for the day.

Then there's us... it's 7:45... yes that is AM... and we have cracked our first beer. We figured it was all OK though. Walt was probably just having his last one before he went to bed, so it was all about sharing time together... even if half way across the globe.

Our bus was quite tall. so was this truck with people on top of it....DUCK!!!

A place along the last windy leg of our journey

Hey, see that car coming right at us... ya, the one in OUR LANE!! wait, that would be us in HIS lane. AAHHH! We had some interesting near misses.

Phew!! we made it. Our luxury cabins await us!

Here we are... The main room of the cabin.

View out the window in our cabin.

The other view. Check that gap out under the door!

What's that over there you say??

Oh, you mean in the top corner of the window there??

OH YES!! That was our complimentary in room guest. Our gecko friend.

OH LOOK, He's ALSO camera shy!!

Isn't he CUTE!! I kept hoping for a foreign accent to come out of him trying to sell us car insurance, but no matter how much I talked to him, he didn't seem interested.

Not far from our room. The river.

Brad H. Not sure if he is pensive or giving us the bird. :)

River pic 2. Pretty mountains.

A PUPPY!!! Joel's second, my first petted in India... Small achievements.

Happy BABY!!!

OH, just ONE MORE!

Brad again. Just cuz it's fun to take pictures of Bradley. He is from S.C. Most everyone from the US is from MN. He helps round out our crew providing us with a different point of view being all from the south and stuff. Well, actually, he is just there so we have someone to pick on. :)

Dave B. Heading back to drop off and save the electronics!!

More of the crew in the river.

Picture above taken at bottom of these stairs with no railing. NOPE, not in America.

Below is a veiw down the pathway from our cabin to the river.

We had a scavenger hunt, made a bonfire, sans s'mores sadly, which was really nice and hung out. The food, we thought was pretty tasty. Mostly Indian. They had a very loud dance in the basement that you see above the stairs in the picture above.

Not much sleeping done as the next day would be our safari morning. :) That will follow. HOPEFULLY soon.