India - Part 2 - Kabini

This place is amazing! I did NOT want to leave!

The afternoon we arrived Scott took a jeep safari. It was raining hard, but he decided to go anyway. The safari was 2 1/2 hours and Scott said they got stuck so many times that he truly did not know if they were going to make it back to the resort. They saw spotted deer, bison, peacocks, etc. He really wanted to see tigers or elephants, but didn't. He came back to our cabin and was SOAKED!

Over the next 2 days I had a 90 minute massage (1 1/2 hours of pure bliss), an aromatherapy facial, Scott took a long nature walk, a nap in the hammock, and we took a boat safari.
The staff (and this was how many of the people in India are) was so accommodating. The manager of the restaurant knew I wasn't crazy about spicy food and took me around to the different food stations and pointed out what was spicy and what wasn't. In India you drink soda or bottled water. If your glass is empty, you do not refill it even though the bottle is right there. They do it or it offends them. They have a buffet for every meal, but still ask you what you would like. So during breakfast they'll ask you what you want for lunch. At lunch they ask you what you want for dinner, etc. If an employee is walking down the path and a guest steps onto the path, the employee immediately steps off of the path until the guest passes by. Even if they are at the other end of the path. Every cabin has what they call a "room boy". They stay outside of your cabin all day and all night in case you need something. They even stand there with an umbrella in the rain. And the minute you leave your cabin they are in there straightening it up. Even if that means smoothing out the bed cover or giving you another bottle of water. All of the attention was a bit unnerving. I'm used to doing things for myself, you know?
It was a wonderful weekend spent in a beautful, tropical place. A little piece of Heaven...

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