Trip Reports

The Khanapur – Ramagar route is a mess due to road construction. And avoid going through Belgaum city. The best route to The Old Magazine House is via Hotel Gajaraj

Finally broke the lockdown birding hiatus. Went to Bhandup pumping station along with Sundar for a spot of morning birding. Great company and glad to get out into the ope

Mishmi hills birding photography

Sattal had always conjured up for me a picture of woodpeckers in places that could be easily be photographed especially a hide. Though my last “hide trip” to

After the sunrise we did the short trail at the entry of Sandakphu again. Saw mostly tits and the Black faced chu***ya. We ran into the same brit gang here again. The Bri

Garibdas ( Gairibas ) : Gairibas, (somehow the name that stuck in our heads was “Garibdas” ) trekker hut , it was pretty much just us that day. The rooms are huge and

Finally penning this after over a full year of the trip. I had been toying with the Sandakphu idea for a couple years and finally, it panned out towards the end of Novemb

Bhandup birding

Dakota Yakolev Sukoi 30M LCH AN-132 Rafale C17 F16- Viper LCA Tejas Sarang Helicopter aerobatics Mostly all settings including White balance is manual. 24-120mm for the Y

I had tried to shoot a milkyway at Sandakphu but my lack of expertise got me a nice blur of a shot. However this weekend I had a chance to learn some of this techniques f

———– Some folks like to get away, Take a holiday from the neighborhood Hop a flight to Jubbalpur or to Nagpur But I’m takin’ a flight

The cab driver was on the phone to someone and, was saying that he is going to “Jim Corporate Park” 😉 The trip had happened quite by chance. In Jan, I had

We did a morning boat ride at Bhandup to see some waders. The boat point is right at the end of the Bhandup pump station road. A good time to go there is some two hours b

We reached Velavdar by 1700H. Ramzan bhai our guide had called us a few times to know when we were reaching. We had no plans for a safari that day since we had driven fro

The route On the morning of our departure from Desert Coursers we got the contact for the Indian Eagle owl at Wadhwan.The name I was given was a Devrath Sinh, an avid bir

Shot from the Alibagh ferry off Mumbai    

Ive been wanting to visit the “Littel Rann of Kutch” (LRK) for a while now. When I checked with Adesh his trip was fully booked. I made a quick call to Rahul

Sunrise Rose Ringed Parakeet on the  “Flame of the forest”