Hints and tips:
...One hot afternoon we speculate as to whether the large bird circling overhead is one of central Asia’s famed eagles or a more prosaic buzzard....
...Maybe we’re ready for the wild — as long as a jeep is waiting to take us back to home comforts....
...The gunmen rode around Villa Unión in jeeps, recalling scenes in October in the Sinaloa state capital, Culiacán, when an attempt to arrest the son of jailed drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán sparked gun...
...We set off in convoy early one morning to examine the course by jeep. Fish eagles soar overhead, and in the near distance rhinos and lions prowl the long grass....
...“It’s very easy to hunt — jeeps, guns,” he sighs. Many Mongolians still value wild animals mostly for their parts....
...Metal guts were hanging out of rusted jeep bonnets....
...says Uggla with a laugh as we speed away from Alderney’s tiny airport (which somehow doubles as a fire station) in her Jeep Wrangler....
...Kirti Kalyandurgmath, Jalakara’s in-house adventure specialist, takes me (day) kayaking among the mangroves, pointing out an Andaman dove and a serpent eagle....
...Seconds later, three other jeeps screech up to join us. We watch the regal beasts stroll into the scrub before hurtling off once again. Pressure to see a tiger can be unremitting....
...I remember the eerie saw-like sound of the leopards in the dark, as if they were snoring, and the giant eagle owls muttering, as if they were dreaming....
...Among new activity operators is Hastings Overland, which launched in June 2017, renting out Jeep 4x4s equipped with roof-top tents, custom-made tailgate kitchens and camping gear (pictured above)....
...And those eagle-eye glimpses down the valley?...
...It was a wild stage set, with cries from fish eagles and shrieks from baboons providing the soundtrack, and walk-on parts for the bigger animals....
...There are lemurs, chameleons, sea eagles, orchids, mangroves and huge baobab trees. And then the 3,000 miles of white sand, palm-fringed beaches, mountains, waterfalls and traditional villages....
...We drive across the plains rather than using well-worn jeep tracks....
...At last we moved on by bus and jeep to our main objective and there in the foothills of the country's highest mountain, we encountered yet another surprise: a long spell of perfect weather, precisely the...
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