If riding an elephant in the jungle is boring, bamboo rafting is tedious and a "fish kiss" pedicure ticklish and silly, for $45 anyone can climb into the Bengal Tiger cage and get a picture taken with them. The poor old guys are really lethargic ( NOT drugged - we are told that they just like to sleep 20 hours a day). So, armed with a one-time $30K bodily harm and dismemberment policy, who wouldn't do this? Not me, but evidently LOTS of Japanese, overweight Americans and young newlyweds. The trainers say the tigers know not to be even the slightest bit cranky when they are awakened for yet another dopey photo, or they will get a stern rap on the nose. A RAP ON THE NOSE ??!! Are you kidding?? These guys had paws the size of dinner plates!! Fortunately, they seem more interested in making fun of the tourists or the smaller, scrawnier tigers in the other cages. I'd NEVER want to interrupt the exchange of a juicy bit of gossip or fashion critique.
After classes, a thunderstorm began to threaten a leisurely pre-dinner piazza gathering so Chuck and I headed off (code word for "willi...
His dorm? Or maybe it's a hotel. This is way before the era of The Container Store.
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