We did make it!75 + birds species
Dry - I mean really dry - teak forests
Five dry rivers
Brown everywhere
Including the gaur, sambar and wild boar
MTDC horrors at Chikaldhara
A leopard seen while on foot
Bone-rattling jeep drives
Dahi rabdi at Semadoh
40 degrees + temperatures with no power
New friends - Sajid the driver and Neelkant the make-shift cook boy
MNS camaraderie
Endorphins released to last us a year, I think!
Nothing-is-impossible Vijay
Been there done that Mr Ramanan
Ever giggling and helpful Divya
Sweet-tempered Shoba (doesnt anything make her mad?!)
Mr Ranjan from Kochi
Deepika and Shoben - between them we had everything from a knife to bottle opener to kakras and teplas
Raji - our quack doctor with her Himalaya ayurvedic supplies
Stoic and wry Sekar
A trip full of memories and incidents to last a lifetime. Pioneers, maybe we were? I wonder if there is anyone in madras who has been to Melghat?!
More, as and when I recover!
Continued here.
Nice teaser post - will wait patiently for the details!
ReplyDeleteLooks like Melghat has unleashed the poet in you - alliterations and all!!
Kamini.
Nothing dry about this post - wry, more like, and fun, as always!
ReplyDeleteWhat a style!
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