Elephant – swimming across for love
Elephants can swim. I had heard and read about that. The sea faring elephants of the Andamans and Sri Lanka are very well known. Legends like the elephant named Rajan, of the Andamans, was featured [...]
Best of 2017 in pictures
Year 2017 saw a good variety of destinations for me. Starting off with birding in Goa and Bharatpur to Corbett, Kabini and Sundarbans followed by monsoon macro at Agumbe, Nilgiris, Valparai and Munnar. Finishing off [...]
Meghalaya – Land of the clouds, rain and fog
Meghalaya - The name comes from two Sanskrit words, 'Megh' meaning clouds and 'Alaya' meaning abode, "The abode of the clouds". So very apt. Visit the place in monsoon or just post monsoon and you [...]
Hampi – a sunset in paradise
Sunset is surely an everyday, common place phenomenon. However, whenever I see one, I seem to get drawn in. There is something peaceful, blissful, and relaxing in admiring the beauty of a setting sun and [...]
Sundarbans – buzzing with activity at low tide
The vast mangrove forests of Sundarbans have an awe inspiring appeal to them. I somehow like to use the words mystic, mythical and mysterious to describe these forests. While ambling along the backwaters in a boat, one can [...]
Kaas with an iPhone
Kaas, the plateau of bliss, the 'valley of flowers' of south India is a biodiversity hotspot very close to Satara, in Maharashtra. This place is well known for the annual bloom of various types of [...]
Birding in Bhutan – Part III – Black necked cranes
Back with the third and final instalment of my 'Birding in Bhutan' series with the beautiful Black necked cranes in topic. You can read the previous two parts here and here Black necked cranes are highly [...]
Birding in Bhutan – Part II
Continuing with the 'Birding in Bhutan' series. You can read the Part-I here After a pretty good haul on our pit stop at the Dochula Pass we headed towards the Phobjika Valley, the winter home [...]
Birding in Bhutan – Part I
Bhutan, the kingdom of the dragon was my destination early this year, with my friends Kesava and Arun. Beautiful place and such lovely people. It was winter and it was very cold, no surprises there :-) [...]