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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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May 19, 2023
The Combat
His eyes were locked on his opponent. A cold, unyielding stare. He meant business. But, so did his opponent. He pawed the ground...
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May 5, 2023
The Problem of Hornoya's Abundance
Its difficult when you get overwhelmed. Your mind gets crowded up, you are unable to think straight, you are looking for opportunities...
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Apr 21, 2023
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....
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Apr 7, 2023
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...
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Mar 24, 2023
Sunrise with the Black Rock pride
It was dark outside, an inky darkness in a slow, seductive dance with the light fog. We bumped along, occasionally catching a startled...
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Mar 10, 2023
On the Importance of Rules
"Life is short, break the rules." ~ Mark Twain I was mildly confused. I was standing at the Mandovi beach, on the last leg of my trip and...
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Feb 10, 2023
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,...
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Dec 30, 2022
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...
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Dec 16, 2022
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...
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Nov 18, 2022
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...
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Nov 4, 2022
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. ...
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Oct 21, 2022
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...
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Oct 7, 2022
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...
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Sep 23, 2022
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...
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Sep 9, 2022
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...
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Aug 26, 2022
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...
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Aug 12, 2022
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...
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Aug 6, 2022
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...
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Jul 15, 2022
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...
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Jun 30, 2022
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...
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