Tuesday, July 20, 2004
A night in the forest
This Sunday we went to the nearby Topslip forest which is situated on the Tamilnadu-Kerala border and extends to cover large areas in both the States. We stayed in the forest Resthouse thanks to the courtesies of the Warden of the Forest Mr. Ganesan who is related to one of our colleagues here.
At night , we went ,along with a trained forest guard , into the jungle trying to spot some wild animals . Our efforts did not yield much results except for one or two bisons and some sambars we could spot in the searchlight beamed from our swaraj mazda van .The efforts were of course rewarding because we could feel the awesome power of the forest at night . Small herds of spotted deer could be seen grazing very near to the Guesthouse.
That was a beautiful resthouse constructed by the British in 1926 . All through the night I heard the bamboo stalks making gentle moaning sounds against the wind . I would have loved to watch rain through the glass windows of the resthouse.
¶ 1:50 AM
This Sunday we went to the nearby Topslip forest which is situated on the Tamilnadu-Kerala border and extends to cover large areas in both the States. We stayed in the forest Resthouse thanks to the courtesies of the Warden of the Forest Mr. Ganesan who is related to one of our colleagues here.
At night , we went ,along with a trained forest guard , into the jungle trying to spot some wild animals . Our efforts did not yield much results except for one or two bisons and some sambars we could spot in the searchlight beamed from our swaraj mazda van .The efforts were of course rewarding because we could feel the awesome power of the forest at night . Small herds of spotted deer could be seen grazing very near to the Guesthouse.
That was a beautiful resthouse constructed by the British in 1926 . All through the night I heard the bamboo stalks making gentle moaning sounds against the wind . I would have loved to watch rain through the glass windows of the resthouse.
¶ 1:50 AM
