5th December - grounds of the Lake Palace Hotel
This was midday after we checked in - we had the place to ourselves and wandered down to the little pons at the entrance.
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| Blue skies and clean air...we hung on to that - so precious. Michaung had finally blown away from Chennai, after dumping some 430mm of water in 35 hours, we read. |
The city was more or less submerged. The water and lakes had reclaimed what was rightfully theirs. Where could we pump the water - it would go from this street to the next...
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| It was hard to comprehend that nightmare while we were here. |
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| The little lake where we saw wagtail and lapwings on the rocks and moorhens in the water. Not much else though. |
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| Nakki lake "baba" carriages. |
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| Nakki lake in the evening setting sun. Nice and peaceful, not too much bird life. |
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| Gandhi's ashes immersed here - I read online - dont know if it is accurate - but there is this Gandhi "ghat". |
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| Toad Rock - behind the palms reminded me of the RV rocks and their names. |
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| The palace all lit up the we returned. A beautiful sight |
Wed 6 Dec 2023 8:14 AM checklist - Indian yellow Tits and Oriental Turtle Doves were the highlight of my morning stroll.
7th December - The red-breasted flycatcher flitted among the trees, in the morning, and a brown-headed barbet called in the evening.
We did not see the Green munia - despite searching for it at two locations.
Trevor's Tank list.
nice
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