Don't Tell My Mother

That I kicked the mahout off his perch



Because I find riding the elephant this way more comfortable



Than sitting on this make-shift elephant chair



A million dollar view 7-foot above ground: leathery scalp, sparse hair and the road less travelled



As if that wasn't enough, I took a 200-kg Bengal Tiger out for a walk down the canyon



Sat and rubbed the back of a sleeping tiger (crouching tiger is just too much)



And hugged a tiger cub, too.



And for a second, I seriously considered escaping to Myanmar via the Railway over River Kwai



At some point, it was heart stopping, just don't tell my mother.