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 :-) [...]
Hampi – A drive along the canal
My previous post was on the amazing sunrise and sunset one gets to experience in Hampi. Here is a quick glimpse at a highly rewarding nature activity one can and should do, while there - taking a short drive on a narrow [...]
Hampi – A magical sunrise and sunset
For a long time, had been cherishing a dream of visiting the architecturally resplendent and historically significant places of Hampi, Badami, Pattadakal & Aihole. Somehow, a travel to that part of Karnataka, never materialised. During Christmas, last December, [...]
Tigress Maya – the enchantress
The forests of central India, namely, Tadoba, Bandhavgarh and the likes, are very popular and well established destinations for tiger lovers. The reason probably is bifold. One being the relatively higher density of tigers, resulting [...]
Vigors’s Sunbird
Made a visit to Amboli, in the last week of July, when what looked like the monsoon was at its peak. It was literally pouring cats and dogs. I had heard about the heavy rains [...]
Green Vine Snake – The Hunt
In nature, the predator-prey dynamics is always wonderful to witness, be it a tiger bringing down a sambar or a gaur, a pack of wild dogs chasing down their prey, on a smaller scale, a [...]