Save the tiger!

A colleague, who recently went to Bandhavgarh (ref the picture) which hosts a tiger reserve , asked me why I didn’t write about wildlife and the diminishing numbers of tigers across the country. To be honest, while I enjoy going on excursions and spotting animals in the wild, I am no expert on tigers. But, [...]

Dandeli:Relaxing in the jungle – I

The sky in Dandeli lit up, intermittently crisscrossed with brilliant flashes and thunderclaps rumbled across the valley like drumbeats. Howling winds rattled the doors and windows of our cottage, and torrential rain hammered down on the roof. Mother Nature was at her petulant best. We came to Dandeli expecting a lot…It’s called a wildlife sanctuary, [...]

Dandeli – Not too much wildlife– II

Before dawn the next day we were taken on a jungle safari. This was the most disappointing part of our stay in Dandeli. We spotted a wild owl, a peacock, some deer and bison, but not a single big cat or even a tusker. We also visited Sintheri rocks, a 300-feet high single piece of [...]

Dandeli:In the lap of Mother Nature – III

The next morning we moved to Kali River Resort about 10 kms away, where we lived in a tent. Even as we were settling in, we heard that the resort staff had caught a snake quite close to our tent and sent it back into the jungle! After that, I got busy securing all the [...]

Driving Round the Country Side. First stop: Bijapur

1st Leg, May 16: Pune-Islampur-Sangli-Athni-Bijapur 2nd Leg: May 17: Bijapur-Hampi 3rd Leg: May 18: Hampi-Hubli (night halt) 4th Leg: May 19: Hubli-Dandeli 5th Leg: May 22: Dandeli-Kolhapur (night halt) 6th Leg: May 23: Kolhapur-Chiplun-Dapoli 7th Leg: May 24: Dapoli-Polladpur-Pune Just playing with the headline from an old school joke, that’s all! We called it FRCS then… This trip was much shorter then [...]