You may have meant it for Kalyan...depontiJune 3 2006, 13:45:56 UTC
Dedicated to Kalyan, perhaps, but shared by all of us, too, especially people like me who have waited more than 30 years for their first glimpse of the tiger (Corbett National Park, May 25 2006...that glimpse was for two minutes, hence I call 'my' tigress Maggi)....and thirsting for the next time they can see this most beautiful cat.
Oh yes, I know, I've heard it millions of times over the years...EVERYTHING is equally important, whether it's a stick insect or a mongoose...but...the thrill of seeing a tiger is unequalled.
Thanks for the posting, and if there's a chance of seeing ELEVEN tigers...let me look up the timetables for the station nearest Kanha...!
And...er....look as if the jeep will soon have...a tiger in its tank,like the old petrol slogan used to say!
Re: You may have meant it for Kalyan...tariquesaniJune 4 2006, 02:52:36 UTC
EVERYTHING is equally important My somewhat cheeky reply to people who say they do not go to the jungle to see the tiger is - "You mean, you did not?" ;)
That said - the entire Kanha Jungle is indeed most beautiful. We always come back enriched in some way or the other from our visits.
As for the count of ELEVEN - four we saw in Bandhavgardh and seven in Kanha. The Kanha meadows are teeming with Tigers these days, so much that the Elephant shows were stopped for 7 days and no one complained
Re: You may have meant it for Kalyan...depontiJune 4 2006, 05:01:04 UTC
Wejust got back from 12 days in Uttaranchal, there is NO way we can take off again for Kanha....so when I read your reply, I just sighed....
Yes, I agree with your cheeky reply. "Other animals are as important as the tiger", and only those who have not seen one talk rot like that!
Think of me every time you see a beautiful tiger. I will, sometime soon, make it to Kanha and Bandhavgarh..I could come next week, but I want to come with my personal photographer, who cannot come right now...and there it stands.
I am in fact, planning to call a friend in Indore and see if I can fly in and perhaps take a tourist taxi and come and see the tigers. Let me see if this works out...otherwise, more sighing is in order.
Re: You may have meant it for Kalyan...tariquesaniJune 4 2006, 05:29:20 UTC
Oh! I would like to put on record that other animals *are* indeed important just that they are not as thrilling to observe...
I mean, if a spotted deer walks within ten feet one wouldn't even bother to look but if a tiger does the same you hold your breath in awe of sheer majesty of its walk!
BTW the Parks will close sometime third/fourth week this month for the Rainy season....
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However this was shot at 140mm
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Oh yes, I know, I've heard it millions of times over the years...EVERYTHING is equally important, whether it's a stick insect or a mongoose...but...the thrill of seeing a tiger is unequalled.
Thanks for the posting, and if there's a chance of seeing ELEVEN tigers...let me look up the timetables for the station nearest Kanha...!
And...er....look as if the jeep will soon have...a tiger in its tank,like the old petrol slogan used to say!
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My somewhat cheeky reply to people who say they do not go to the jungle to see the tiger is - "You mean, you did not?" ;)
That said - the entire Kanha Jungle is indeed most beautiful. We always come back enriched in some way or the other from our visits.
As for the count of ELEVEN - four we saw in Bandhavgardh and seven in Kanha. The Kanha meadows are teeming with Tigers these days, so much that the Elephant shows were stopped for 7 days and no one complained
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Yes, I agree with your cheeky reply. "Other animals are as important as the tiger", and only those who have not seen one talk rot like that!
Think of me every time you see a beautiful tiger. I will, sometime soon, make it to Kanha and Bandhavgarh..I could come next week, but I want to come with my personal photographer, who cannot come right now...and there it stands.
I am in fact, planning to call a friend in Indore and see if I can fly in and perhaps take a tourist taxi and come and see the tigers. Let me see if this works out...otherwise, more sighing is in order.
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I mean, if a spotted deer walks within ten feet one wouldn't even bother to look but if a tiger does the same you hold your breath in awe of sheer majesty of its walk!
BTW the Parks will close sometime third/fourth week this month for the Rainy season....
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