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“Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.”
– Anthony Bourdain
The memories of what I took from my travels. Here.
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Field Notes from Norway
I am back home. From near zero and sub zero degree temperatures, straight into the boiling cauldron that Bangalore has become this year....
Apr 21, 2023
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In search of the Arctic Fox
I am back in Norway. This time focusing on wildlife on the other end of the size spectrum to polar bears which was the focus in my last...
Apr 7, 2023
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In search of Flamboyance
If, from my work table, I move slightly to my left and stretch my arm to a rather neatly arranged row of books, somewhere in the middle,...
Feb 10, 2023
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Reflections...
2022 will stay in my memory a little more than most years do. Not because of a truly fabulous trip to Masai Mara early in the year, which...
Dec 30, 2022
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A Standoff
"Chongo might have crossed the river with his brothers!!" That was the news that we heard. From a fairly reliable source. They were on...
Dec 16, 2022
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Meeting the King of the North
There are 19 species of marine mammals in Svalbard. 3 species of terrestrial mammals. And a whopping 237 species of birds. That’s a fair...
Nov 18, 2022
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Have you walked in a forest ?
And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul - John Muir My footsteps gave off a wet, slightly squelchy sound as I walked. ...
Nov 4, 2022
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Make way for the Lionesses !
Male lions. They get all the attention and take all the glory. With their flowing, impressive manes, their battle scarred faces, there is...
Oct 21, 2022
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Views from the deck - II
A bird, a curious mix of dark grey ( or is it more brown ? ) and white – brownish wings and a white head and belly - came close to our...
Oct 7, 2022
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Views from the deck - I
I dug my hands deeper into my pockets searching for some warmth that could be lurking inside, hunched my shoulders a little, stamped my...
Sep 23, 2022
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The Magnificence that is the Arctic Tern
It’s a rather unremarkable bird to look at. Visually, there are birds that are far more striking than the Arctic tern, with its white and...
Sep 9, 2022
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It's real. It's serious. And it's here.
“ Its unlikely that, that bear will survive. It looks tiny in size. There is no ice around the island so its stuck there. The only prey...
Aug 26, 2022
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The Bear who liked to swim
She popped up again, her fur dripping wet, gave a weak shake of her head, spraying a much lighter shower of water around her and then...
Aug 12, 2022
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In the Northernmost inhabited place in the world
First off, sincere apologies about missing the last scheduled newsletter. I was far away, in a desolate place, totally disconnected from...
Aug 6, 2022
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The Legend of the Tano Bora
I like to think that for many years, around campfires and in the cosy comforts of living rooms of homes around the world, the story of...
Jul 15, 2022
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Masai Mara’s gentle tug at your heart
“Mara ? Again ? ” How does one explain ? Of course, no two visits to the wild anywhere in the world can be the same. Conditions will be...
Jun 30, 2022
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The Tale in between
Its an oft repeated cliché that every moment in the wild is a fight for survival. A see saw battle between the hunter and the hunted and...
Jun 17, 2022
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