From the Camp Diaries Dated 21 April to 24 April : STUDENTS BATCH Day Zero : As the train slowly chugged out of the Pune station, the excitement levels escalated rather quickly amongst the children. Most of the campers were avid travellers with a passion for wildlife. Day One : After a rather racy drive on the sunny, dusty roads of Nagpur; all of us, dropped into a tired heap…
After having spent almost a decade photographing the cats, I decided it was time to capture some apes on film; armed with that will I stepped out into the land I had only read about in Dian Fosse’s books : The Land of Volcanoes. A slice of undisturbed forest lies shared between the borders of Uganda and Rwanda; and is home to the last living population of the largest terrestrial mammal…
As I stood on a completely deserted road in the middle of nowhere, owing it to the recently busted tyre of our vehicle, I realized that this trip was going to be way more adventurous and thrilling than I’d imagined it would be. In the company of some of the best people I’ve ever travelled with, every minute was already turning out to be more unforgettable than the previous one.…
[Circa 2005] I first travelled to the realm of Ladakh way back literally a decade ago !! Back then I was still in my teens, with long hair running close to my shoulders minus the inkling of the scruffy forest on my face that I adore. For me this trip would be the ground breaking moment. The first visit to the Himalayas since I got head on my shoulders. The…
The Emerald forest of Panna is one of the most virgin forests in the Central Indian landscapes. On most days there are just a handful gypsies in the entire park, the tigers are still shy of human attention & if you’re lucky enough a Langoor will sound his alarm on spotting you as well. The Tiger Reserve can be easily be differentiated into three distinct regions : the riverbed –…
Last year’s nascent trip to Ranthambore was a journey that made me fall in love with a place, I sort of despised. Always entangled in a dense web of controversies , Ranthambore still managed to be a favorite for inbound tourists; making things for us slightly on the expensive side in contrast to the Central Highlands. Every year I would visit Ranthambore, I would make it a point to start it off…
