Making my peace with nature
This is Kabini, untouched, unspoilt by human needs. The last time I was so taken aback by nature’s beauty was at Liechtenstein. Beauty that every human yearns to see. To be able to experience more of this beauty, humans start building ugly structures, in the process destroying the very views they try close to get to.
We had a two week vacation from school, so we drove 200 klms to the edge of Nagarhole Forest, where we stayed at Jungle River and Lodges http://www.junglelodges.com The forest has lots of elephants, we were able to see two pairs of mother and calf, lots of spotted deer, wild monkeys, different types of birds, and lots of flora and fauna.
Conoor, June 2008
And, this is Coonoor in the Nilgiris.
I am sitting in the garden of our hotel, looking out at the blue mountains. Coonoor reminds me of Shillong from my childhood days. Mountains all around, clouds hanging low, mist floating past. I can understand why the Nilgiris is called “Blue Mountains” – the vegetation on the mountains is so dark green and lush that from a distance it looks blue. Optical illusion? There must be some other reason also for this coloring effect – the mist perhaps?
When we came to Coonoor in June, the rains had just started. We drove all the way from Bangalore. In the afternoons the sun goes into hiding behind the clouds, a cold breeze blows, and the mist turns into raindrops.
Coonoor is not commercialized yet – like Ooty has become, with ugly structures all aound – I hope they have the sense to keep it like this.
One of those mother-children moments amidst the Lush and Green.
On the way back, we stopped at Brindavan Gardens, Mysore.
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beautiful
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