Uploading after long time. Two reasons for that:
1) Was not involved in much wildlife activities these days
2) Even if I get a thought to jot down about, I don't have, my own internet connection. So by the time I reach a cybercafe the thought goes.
Anyways, my latest trip was in the forests in the Mhadei wildlife sanctuary region. Precisely, in Sattari taluka of Goa. We camped there for two days: One day in Bhironda on the riverbank, and the second, in the temple in the caranzol village.
This trip was not basically wildlife oriented but more of an adventure trip. It started with series of adventures. We were waiting from the bus to Valpoi right from 1:00 in the afternoon, but we hadn't got any bus till the evening, and finally we came to know that bus drivers from Valpoi-Ponda route have gone for some meeting and those buses won't be there today. Finally, we had to catch our bus to Mollem from where we caught the bus to Valpoi after long hour of waiting. We finally reached and walked to our destination. Our request for living in the room in the forest office had been rejected and so we decided to camp on the river bank. The sun had already started setting. The open bank covered with boulders, the still water and the setting red sun made a perfect combination.
Our second adventure which we had never tried before , strated. It was dark and we were still to do all our routine tasks like bathing, excretion, eating etc. But for that we had to do some non-routine tasks like cooking. Searching for firewood in the dark and preeparing the 'chool' was wonderfull. Me and Aniket lighted the chool and cooked the Maggie noodles which we had brought with us. Eating to satisfaction, we secured all our bags at one place and sat at one place. Shared all our joys and sorrows of our lives for long, the poets amongst us read some poems. It was relaxing. Winding up everything after that, Kaustubh, Utkarsh and Saish went into their sleeping bags and me and Aniket below our blankets.
I couldn't sleep the whole night. Even the sound of dew drops was disturbing me. We were supposed to get up at 5:30 as we had to catch the 6:30 bus. I was waiting when the night gets over. My patience was growing weaker and weaker. But this waiting ended when Aniket got up at around 4:45. We both got up. It was cold, so we decided to light a fire. It was amazing. It was dark all around. Just the light of the fire. Everyone around us including the nearby village were sleeping. Only we two were awake. Slowly others started rising. After brushing our teeth, we started the preparation of tea. And as it was previously predicted, we got late.
To be continued.........................
