Never ending rains in Karnataka have filled up all the dams and rivers are overflowing. I had made a visit to Shivanasamudra a few weeks back and was amused to see the amount of water falling down. Now it is the turn of Jog Falls, with Sharavathi river overflowing. India’s tallest waterfall is back to its glory again, in its second consecutive year. There are many emails floating all around with glorious pictures of the fall. See some amazing photographs. Below is how the waterfall normally looks through the year!
Also – read my trip report to Jog
Before I entered the forest of Corbett, it was tiger that I had in mind. I was one of the truck loads of tourists who arrive in forest in search of the elusive big cat. But once I was in there, all my perceptions changed.
Corbett has landscapes that have few parallels anywhere in India. Dhikala’s vast grasslands, the wide riverbed of Ramaganga and the tall Sal trees fill the beholder’s eyes. It is Corbett where I want to spend every winter, I told myself and even figured that it would not be hard for me to find a naturalist’s job. Alas, other attachments pulled me back from there, but I know I am bound to get back there again and again.
Its misty golden sunrises and mysterious forests are something I keep dreaming even though it is more than a year since I was there.
Read more about my visit to Corbett, and photographs from the place.
Here is a summary of all posts on North East India series I had been writing till now.
IMAGES FROM NORTH EAST
* Arunach Pradesh(Eaglenest National Park, Tawang)
* Assam and Meghalaya(Guwahati, Nameri, Kaziranga, Shillong, Cherrapunjee)
ENTERING THE NORTH EAST
* Beginning of the series
* From Bangalore to Guwahati
* Impressions of Guwahati
* Umananda temple and Peacock Island
Brahmaputra flows at Guwahati
EAGLENEST NATIONAL PARK
* Travelling to Eaglenest
* About Vacation For Conservation
* First Day at Eaglenest
* The days at Eaglenest
* Haathi Trail
* About Eaglenest National Park
Rhododendrons at Eaglenest
TAWANG
* From Eaglenest to Tawang – I
* From Eaglenest to Tawang – II
* Tawang Monastery
* Snow and Lakes beyond Tawang
* Around Tawang
* Returning from Tawang
Inside Tawang Monastery
WILDERNESS OF ASSAM
* Nameri National Park
* Arriving at Kaziranga National Park
* At Kaziranga National Park
* About Kaziranga National Park
A One Horned Rhino at Kaziranga
MEGHALAYA
* Lazing in Shillong
* Cherrapunjee
Nohkalikai falls, Cherrapunjee
MORE
* On travelling in the North East India
* Assam’s degrading environment