Gir National Park

We are currently in Gujarot. This area is full of gypsies and tribal art, you can go to individual homes and buy directly from the artists. We have goodies to bring home.

Gir National is one of the last places to see the Asiatic Lion in the world.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiatic_lion

We stayed in a lodge that had small cabins spread through an orchard just a hundred yards from the park boundary. So they cautioned us about watching when we walk around. We only saw some jackals out there in the morning and they shied away.

We climbed into a small jeep at about 3 in the afternoon and went into the park for the ride around to find lions. The first indication of lions was a young herder with cows, water buffalo and a camel hurrying them through the jungle. He told our guide that a group of lions -- two males and nine females were trying to get one of the animals so he was hu trying them back to his village. His village was a Maladharis village. Surrounded by the brush and stick fence with gates. They live in thatch roof buildings. The information in the park said that they loose about 30 percent of their livestock to lions each year.