Yes. Today is my birthday. So add one more to that number that represents just how bald, tired, un-cool, nervous, and grumpy I am. I’ve earned it. But heck, looks like this is going to be the most interesting year in my life yet. Thank you to all who wrote in to wish me.
Past few days have been very hectic and exciting. I got to see all the predators in the forests – The tiger, the leopard and two packs of the Indian wild dogs. Also saw few bears, elephants and lots of amazing birds. All the photos will be up once I’m back in Bangalore (which is this wednesday). The connectivity here is too slow. Weekend was hectic. Too many guests poured in here and I ran out of place to stay. Somehow survived in the forest guesthouse and now I’m back in my room since all the guests are gone. Few…
For the 1st time in my life, I managed to see a Tiger in the wild this morning. It was quite far, but we got to seem him for a full min. He was resting, saw us for a while, gave a huge growl and was off into the bushes. Since it was 7 in the morning with lost of mist, this is what I could manage.
The folks here who work in the camp are truly amazing set of people. They have all come from the near by tribal villages and can speak only kannada. Today while I was working on my machine, they came over and asked me if I could show them a plane. Apparently they have never seen a plane in their lives, only few times flying really high above the forests. Infact they were going gaga over the pics of Bangalore. They have never been out of 50KM radius from here, never visited bangalore, never seen the sea and never even got…
Reached here at BRT by noon yesterday and since then been having a gala time. Since the resort is on a hill, overlooking at the plains below, I can manage a weak airtel signal. So currently I have my phone tied up on a tree (to get better signal of course) and the laptop is able to connect to the phone via bluetooth even though the phone is more then 10m away. What can I say about this place ? I’m currently sleeping on a hammock with the laptop on my tummy. There are some 20 monkey’s around playing and…
Remember the naturalist training I had been to couple of weeks ago ? Well after the course the chief naturalist over there asked me to come over and meet him at his office and just as I hoped, he offered me a job as a naturalist at BRT forests (K Gudi). Since I have other things to do here in bangalore, I said , I’ll do the job for couple of weeks and then decide on my future. So starting Jan 1st 2005, I’m of to work there for anywhere between 2 weeks to 2 months. This place does not…
The earthquake occurred at north-western Indonesia which is right at the continental plate boundry and usually most earthquakes happen at these boundries. I presume the Indian Geological survey team knew that. The earthquake occurred at around 8am IST and alerts went out to all the countries in Asia right away (Including the Indian Geological survey ) . At about 10am, the huge tsunami waves hit the Indian and srilankan coast and killing thousands of people. So at about 8:30am, the Indian geological survey team knew there was a large earthquake and there could be huge tsunami’s heading towards our country….
Last night, some dude broke into my car while my car was parked near cambridge layout by breaking the small glass window behind. This time I had not left anything in my car and luckily was carrying the camera and the palm with me. The thief broke in, rolled down my back seat window and stole a pack of choco-brandy cookies which where in the back seat (I had got from CookieMan earlier in the day ). There were few other small stuff in the back seat, which the thief left intact. I’ll have to go get the glass fixed…
My baby knows me best. noelladsa got me the The Ultimate Matrix Collection, Nice box of whiskey chocolates, an official McLaren Cap and my fav jar of mexican salsa sauce. This week is going to be good… 🙂
Starting tomorrow morning, I’m off to a 3 day naturalist training workshop being conducted by Jungle lodges Training Institute at Bannerghatta Nature Camp. The course will consist of Role of Naturalists, Interpretive Skills, Introduction to reptiles, mammals, insects, butterfly’s, birds, Conservation issues etc. At the end of the course, time to ask them for a job 😀