29 Jan 2010
Having seen a bear on my way back the last night, having had a nice talk with Angu and Sohini, having took a refreshing soothing hot water bath at 1 in the morning and having slept for 4 and a half hours, I was woken up by the screeching sound of my alarm. Reason - > 6 AM safari. I was damn sleepy. But I wanted to attend the safari too. So just rushed and ran to the bus. On the way, Godwin shouted - 'Hey Look, Elephants!!' and I woke up to a pleasant surprise - some 5 -6 wild elephants some 10 metres away. It was such a nice sight. We started again, reached the interpretation centre and took the safari from there. I was again sleeping on the bus before all of us stopped to see a herd of deers. Too many of them! And then Mayo falls. It was beautiful. Then we saw a few birds, an eagle, a peacock.I was so hoping to see a tiger though :( Anyways. It was time for us to go back before I realised. We were back at the resort by 1030, had our breakfast, packed our stuff and started for an event at Charing Cross. It was the garlanding of Gandhiji's statue. Various statements like 'Nature has enough for everyone's need but not for everyone's greed' and 'Be the change you want to see in the world' were floating around. Following this we went for shopping - oils, soaps, incense, tea, home made chocolates and what not!I bought two mufflers as well. We saw the bee museum and then rushed off to the bus to be taken for another lecture on economy and climate change. It turned out to be a discussion more than lecture. At lunch the media people (deepak et al) left. We finished and reached SAH. It was almost 7 by the time we reached. There was a beautiful arrangement for dinner that night at SAH with folk songs, dance and camp fire. There was a lot of electricity wastage though :( Then we had a lot of work. Presentations, declarations, discussions and so on. Our tribe sat in my room to work on the presentation. We agreed on a basic framework and Colin agreed to do the photos. The hectic yet enjoyebale day ended at 2 AM.
Having seen a bear on my way back the last night, having had a nice talk with Angu and Sohini, having took a refreshing soothing hot water bath at 1 in the morning and having slept for 4 and a half hours, I was woken up by the screeching sound of my alarm. Reason - > 6 AM safari. I was damn sleepy. But I wanted to attend the safari too. So just rushed and ran to the bus. On the way, Godwin shouted - 'Hey Look, Elephants!!' and I woke up to a pleasant surprise - some 5 -6 wild elephants some 10 metres away. It was such a nice sight. We started again, reached the interpretation centre and took the safari from there. I was again sleeping on the bus before all of us stopped to see a herd of deers. Too many of them! And then Mayo falls. It was beautiful. Then we saw a few birds, an eagle, a peacock.I was so hoping to see a tiger though :( Anyways. It was time for us to go back before I realised. We were back at the resort by 1030, had our breakfast, packed our stuff and started for an event at Charing Cross. It was the garlanding of Gandhiji's statue. Various statements like 'Nature has enough for everyone's need but not for everyone's greed' and 'Be the change you want to see in the world' were floating around. Following this we went for shopping - oils, soaps, incense, tea, home made chocolates and what not!I bought two mufflers as well. We saw the bee museum and then rushed off to the bus to be taken for another lecture on economy and climate change. It turned out to be a discussion more than lecture. At lunch the media people (deepak et al) left. We finished and reached SAH. It was almost 7 by the time we reached. There was a beautiful arrangement for dinner that night at SAH with folk songs, dance and camp fire. There was a lot of electricity wastage though :( Then we had a lot of work. Presentations, declarations, discussions and so on. Our tribe sat in my room to work on the presentation. We agreed on a basic framework and Colin agreed to do the photos. The hectic yet enjoyebale day ended at 2 AM.
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