tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219649642011-12-15T08:16:47.011+05:30Unnynoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21964964.post-1139079179897845662006-02-05T00:20:00.000+05:302006-02-06T23:38:36.020+05:30<span style="font-size:85%;">We reached Karad Railway Station in the wee hours of 26 Jan' 06. A 2 hour bus ride from Karad through the picturesque Karad-Chiplun road, which runs parallel to a river for most part, took us to Koyna Nagar. After freshening up, we moved to the forest office, finished the formalities and got permission for 3 days to be in the forest. With the help of forest department, we identified a guide and arranged a jeep to the starting point of the trek, Navja (8 kms from the forest office).<br /></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><em>(Click on photos to get a larger view)</em></span><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/Start%20from%20Koyna%20Forest%20Office.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/Start%20from%20Koyna%20Forest%20Office.jpg" border="0" /> </a><span style="font-size:85%;">Near Forest Office at Koyna Nagar</span><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/Starting%20point%20for%20Trek.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/Starting%20point%20for%20Trek.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:85%;">Starting point</span><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/Starting%20Point%202.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/Starting%20Point%202.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:85%;">Ready to venture</span><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/Camera%20is%20also%20warmed%20up%20now.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/Camera%20is%20also%20warmed%20up%20now.jpg" border="0" /></a> Camera is also getting warmed up<br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/Discuss_footprints%20-%20vandy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/Discuss_footprints%20-%20vandy.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:85%;">Spotting the pugmarks</span> <span style="font-size:78%;">(Photo Credits: Vandana)</span><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/Pugmarks%20-%20Leopard%20Cubs.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/Pugmarks%20-%20Leopard%20Cubs.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Pugmarks of the big cat's cubs<br /></span>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/Pugmarks%20-%20Leopard.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/Pugmarks%20-%20Leopard.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Pugmarks - The big cat<br /></span>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/Observing%20the%20pugmarks.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/Observing%20the%20pugmarks.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Observing the pugmarks<br /></span>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/Into%20the%20jungle.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/Into%20the%20jungle.jpg" border="0" /></a>Into the Jungle<br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/langur%20by%20manjit.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/langur%20by%20manjit.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Langur</span> <span style="font-size:78%;">(Photo Credits: Manjit)</span><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/Jungle%201.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/Jungle%201.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/Jungle%202.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/Jungle%202.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/Jungle%203.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/Jungle%203.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Jungle shots</span><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/Sid%20Waiting%20for%20a%20Ram%20Gopal%20Varma%20to%20discover.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/Sid%20Waiting%20for%20a%20Ram%20Gopal%20Varma%20to%20discover.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Sid Waiting for a Ram Gopal Varma to discover</span><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/Malnourishment%20even%20amidst%20plenty.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/Malnourishment%20even%20amidst%20plenty.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:85%;">Malnourishment even amidst plenty</span><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/Break.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/Break.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:85%;">Break</span><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/Viewofthelake1.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/Viewofthelake1.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/Viewofthelake2.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/Viewofthelake2.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Looking back</span><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/asteepdrypatch.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/asteepdrypatch.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/steepclimb.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/steepclimb.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:85%;">A steep dry patch</span><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/restafterclimb.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/restafterclimb.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/View%20of%20the%20lake.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/View%20of%20the%20lake.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/everyone%20catches%20up.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/everyone%20catches%20up.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Rest after the steep climb. And a view of the lake</span><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/almostontop.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/almostontop.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Almost on top</span><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/thickforestsall%20around.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/thickforestsall%20around.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/thickforestsall%20around2.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/thickforestsall%20around2.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/01510031.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/01510031.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/01510032.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/01510032.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/01510033.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/01510033.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:85%;">Thick forests all around</span><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/beentheredonethat.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/beentheredonethat.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">A 'been there done that' smile</span><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/Bison.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/Bison.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:85%;">A Bison. The only animal we spotted</span><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/BreakAfterdescending.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/BreakAfterdescending.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/stretching%20the%20muscles-mithila.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/stretching%20the%20muscles-mithila.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:85%;">A quick break and stretching muscles. We had increased our pace to reach the village before dark. This is also the time when wild animals get out</span> <em><span style="font-size:78%;">(Photo credits: Mithila)<br /></span></em>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/Lastlap.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/Lastlap.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:85%;">Last leg of the journey for the day</span><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/pitchingtents1.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/pitchingtents1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/1600/pitchingents2.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3490/1177/400/pitchingents2.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:85%;">Pitching tents in the village </span><span style="font-size:78%;"><em>(Photo credits: Manjit)<br /></em></span>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The trek, which started at 11.15 am completed at about 7 pm, as we reached the tribal village of Zadoli. It happened to be our guide's village. We were carrying all the necessary provisions with us. While the villagers prepared a delicious dinner of rice, dhal and potatoes, we pitched the tents and freshened up. After a hearty meal, lights were out.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://koynad2.blogspot.com"><strong>>> Day 2 >></strong></a></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21964964-113907917989784566?l=koynad1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Unnynoreply@blogger.com0