Sunday, October 31, 2010

Autumn

It was Denver when I saw the colors and was completely awestruck with what nature has to and can offer.  After about 3 years I see the magic being recreated around me once again... wonderful & beautiful Boston.

Its amazing how colorful it gets... Greens, Orange, Yellow, Red and Browns all around you... its sad that an absolutely colorless time will follow this time of the year very soon.

For now, I would just enjoy the most colorful time of the year with the chilly breeze around, the green leaves turning yellow and orange and the darker green turning red, the colors perfectly placed against white, black and blue (when sunny) backgrounds, different shapes & sizes and to top it all its Halloween.

Fall 2010

My experience in Denver was completely different than in Boston and every city has its own character.  Pictures don't do much justice and as someone told me once; at times you just need to witness and leave your camera behind...

For more pictures my photostream on flickr and facebook

Monday, October 11, 2010

The Bison

Kabini has been one of my favorite escapades over the last few years!  The lush green forest is about a good 4 hour drive from Bangalore and extremely rich in flora and fauna.  However, one thing that Kabini has to offer apart from this is the amazing landscapes during monsoon season.

Overcast most of the time, if you are on the banks of Kabini river, you can see dark grey clouds just about 20-25 feet above the river and mostly raining.  You wont see any colors apart from green, brown and grey.  But anything that you come across appears to be bright and for some reason happy.  Maybe its the rain!

Kabini

For a change it was "The Bison" resort and not Jungle Lodges that we parked ourselves.  A little bit pricey but extremely friendly and happy staff always there to help you with.  There was no point in taking the safari since I was sure to spot only deers and cows at this point of the year.  However the trek through the few human settlements around was amazing with lovely green-yellow fields that grew tomatoes, ginger and chillies together - sounds more like growing a curry.

Kabini

The Bison is a tented resort and as they rightly quote "the decor and ambiance of the camp recreates the adventurous decadence of a bygone era".  Wooden floors, some wonderful artifacts and some really good antiques add more to the beautiful "tents".  Perfect place to just sit and relax and listen to the silent kabini river.

The Bison at Kabini

The one thing that I enjoyed the most was the Coracle ride - just hoped that he would start singing.

Kabini

Some more pictures from Kabini on my flickr Photostream!