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Cheetah - Serengeti savannah

Savannah Sprinter – A day at the office with the cheetah

April 9, 2020April 9, 2020 Arun

You’ve seen it all before in television documentaries, but watching a cheetah stalk and hunt its prey in the epic theatre of the African savannah is a whole other trip! Continue reading Savannah Sprinter – A day at the office with the cheetah

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Gudvangen

Gudvangen, where Norse mythology lives

February 11, 2020April 5, 2020 Andy

Sailing to Gudvangen amid the fjords of Norway is a veritable geography lesson. And Douglas Adams wasn’t off the mark in his description of the country Continue reading Gudvangen, where Norse mythology lives

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GHNP Trek Day 7-9 – Lapa-Neuli-Kullu and civilization

March 17, 2015March 16, 2015 Sandy

Back to Kullu — and woeful civilization — after a half-done but nonetheless fulfilling trek in the Great Himalayan National Park. And, with that, we conclude this series by Sandeep Somasekharan. Continue reading GHNP Trek Day 7-9 – Lapa-Neuli-Kullu and civilization

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The ogres at Great Himalayan National Park

GHNP Trek Days 4-5 – Exploring Dhel and foiled plans

March 10, 2015March 13, 2015 Sandy

Our Great Himalayan National Park trek plan gets altered, as the path to Ghumtarao is snowed out. We end up doing local excursions at Dhel Thatch on day four and five, trying to spot some wildlife, and enjoying the fauna and the Himalayan sun. Continue reading GHNP Trek Days 4-5 – Exploring Dhel and foiled plans

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Himalayan Bulbul

Great Himalayan National Park Trek – Day Zero – Warming up

January 3, 2015 Sandy

Warming up for our trek to the Great Himalayan National Park, the Ogres spend time in Delhi, waiting impatiently to get there. Part 1 of a new series by Sandeep Somasekharan Continue reading Great Himalayan National Park Trek – Day Zero – Warming up

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Rajasthan – A Thar Desert Lifescape

December 20, 2014 Beej

What is west to India is east to Pakistan. But what does the Thar care for such demarcations? Its dunes sift with abandon, and thrum with life Continue reading Rajasthan – A Thar Desert Lifescape

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A ramble through Alaska – Portage Glacier, Anchorage

January 16, 2012June 3, 2012 Andy

Concluding Anand Yegnaswami’s sojourn in Alaska, this episode sees him face to face with a Grizzly and learning something new about the gender of Santa’s red-nosed reindeer Refreshed from a rather uneventful third day of our trip we emerged from our … Continue reading A ramble through Alaska – Portage Glacier, Anchorage

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On hobbled knee across the Nandakini

December 11, 2011May 9, 2012 Green Ogre

In the final episode of her Bedni Bugyal travelogue, Jennifer Nandi crosses a bridge and a river into another consciousness, one that holds the tranquility of the Himalaya and perturbation over its future in delicate balance The snow-clad flanks of the hills … Continue reading On hobbled knee across the Nandakini

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Ramble through Alaska – Exit Glacier

October 24, 2011June 3, 2012 Andy

At Exit Glacier, not far from the top of the world as the puffin flies, we stayed at a historic hotel and stayed clear of bears We were drained from the previous day’s drive to the Arctic that ended only … Continue reading Ramble through Alaska – Exit Glacier

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Odyssey to Bedni Bugyal – In another world

October 22, 2011June 3, 2012 Green Ogre

In the charming alpine meadow of Bedni Bugyal life goes on as if on another planet, though Jennifer Nandi notes that our inexorable worldliness has preceded our arrival here  Life’s symmetry, reflected in Bedni Kund Trishul peeks fleetingly behind scudding … Continue reading Odyssey to Bedni Bugyal – In another world

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