Cab Service in India This is great and awesome blog. Hey, I am so glad to read your thoughts because I really enjoyed reading this. The way you explain your travel experience is truly awesome. Thanks for sharing a wonderful post about Kutch.
Amazing blog Sariska is an incredible place and you have described it so well. We have a camping site near Sariska National Park where you experience eco-friendly stay. Visit https://www.bikamp.com and do visit our campsite as well.
Thoughts on Songkhla Zoo Hi
I read your file here several times before i went to Songkhla Zoo. Sounds as if your Sangatew was more expensive than mine, i paid 28 bath and locals drove me free up and down to the entrance. If you thought the zoo is run down, good you didnt do the aquarium. A friend told me it was closed last month. Still wonder wwhy you didnt like Songkhla zoo, animals in general had bigger enclosures. You can see some of my pics here: http://www.zoos.mono.net/25951/Enclosures (in general my homepage, was this year first time in Australia and Thailand).
Dont know if you have heard but Duisit zoo closes in september 2018 and moves 40 km outside of the city. Nothing is built yet, but they talk about opening it next year (so in reality i guess earliest 2020 (?)) - but no plan has been drawn either...
hi, they eat leaves, fruit, flowers, things of that nature. They also scavenge around the army bases for food and get fed by visitors. Their natural diet is mainly from plants though.
Seeing birds in Cambodia without expensive Sam Veasna Center tours Hi Israel,
I am a birdwatcher from Australia who loves reading your travel blogs.
I visited Cambodia from late February to mid March 2016 and found most of the target species there without going on a SVC tour.
Prolay grasslands near Stoung: Visited twice, Bengal Floricans seen both times, but only got untickable views of Manchurian Reed-warbler on the second visit. Directed Tuk-tuk (1st visit) or motorbike (2nd visit) to grasslands from Stoung, stayed in Stoung.
Mount Aural: Cambodian Laughingthrush seen regularly near the campsite up the mountain, but didn't see Chestnut-headed Partridge (only heard a couple of times). Later got great views of Chestnut-headed Partridge at Bokor (there is a trail there which is good for the partridge but it's location is not obvious). There is a local guide for Mt Aural in the village of Srae Kan 3 near the base of the mountain.
Stung Treng: I stayed at a homestay 20km from Stung Treng with a local who showed me a White-shouldered Ibis nest.
Siem Pang: The people at the Birdlife International project there helped me see Giant Ibis, White shouldered Ibis (nesting) and nesting Slender billed, Red headed, and White rumped Vultures. Many other birds seen including White rumped Falcon, Brown Fish Owl, 10 species of woodpeckers (including one White bellied, and multiple sightings of Great Slaty, Yellow crowned and many Black headed). My main dip was Rufous bellied Woodpecker.
Long bumpy rides on the back of a motorbike each day I was there to get to the sites.
Contact me at mkearns700@outlook.com if you want more details on how to get to any of the sites I visited.
hi Michael, that's some good info thanks. I'm not planning on going back through Cambodia on this trip. Unfortunately I couldn't really find anything online about birders "doing" Cambodia independently so my visit there was not exactly fantastic, bird-wise! Really, though, I had also decided to treat Cambodia as a transit country to Vietnam. Pileated Gibbon was my main target, so at least in that respect I was successful. Maybe I'll go back there one day though.
"civilised nations" Hi, I was just wondering what you meant by that word. I know NZ, UK etc are "civilized countries but was wondering exactly which countries were "uncivilized" in your opinion. Countries where people are living in the bush where there are no buildings at all or what?
it's just below the upper campsite, just a minute or two down the road by foot. I think it's called the Orchid Nature Trail. Anyway there is a sign by the road and a set of steps going up the hill. It is just a short loop trail.
Seasickness Enjoying your posts, Isreal,
Regarding seasickness. I also suffer from it. We were in Alaska earlier this year and went out on whale watching trips.Before the first trip, I took "Kwells" but those tablets spun me out. Felt incredibly sick even before boarding the vessel ! The second time, I took two Phenergan tabs that I also happened to bring from home. Theses effectively blocked the seasickness and I was completely fine. Worth an try and from memory not expensive.
seasickness pills just don't work for me. I've tried all sort of remedies, the only one which works (inconsistently!) are the wrist-straps. So I just put up with it really, and whenever I'm actually on a boat I vow to never go on another boat again.
You really have to do Nuwara Eliya if you dont see the Pied Thrush anywhere else. Such a classic bird and very hard on its breeding grounds. It is best seen to the right of the main bridge in Victoria Park at crack of dawn. Also Kashmir FC was in the park..........I was there just 2 weeks back.
India Shit, what a mess - the money I mean. It was on the ABC news here in Australia last night. Good luck sorting out your situation. Hope it works out OK. - Craig (p.s., Are you seeking out tigers there in India?)
hey,
I saw a tiger briefly from a great distance at Kaziranga in 2014. I was hoping to see some better this trip, as well as possibly snow leopard, lion and leopard, but we'll have to see what happens! The current situation is that there is literally no way for me to get any more money - the ATMs across the whole country look set to be out of action for the next few weeks - so I am changing plan and heading to Sri Lanka in two days. I just got my visa and flight. I'll be back to India in a month and hopefully the money situation will have been resolved, or at least be manageable.
Speaking from Kolkata Hi, its sad that all you could experience is slums in Kolkata. You are complaining about the slums without understanding the reasons. My states population is more than ur country. My state produced Nobel laureates more than any state in India. My city was the capital of India in British era. Slums are an integral part of Kolkata....and being a traveller you should not criticise but adopt others way if living..I can say Maori s live in dirty jungle, but it's their way of living...we have completely different set of cultures. Even my govt spend more money on fertilisers than ur govt do in defence. India s literacy rate is more than ur country s population and our engineers rule this world...so pls sir ..this is too small a space to comment...please understand and respect others culture and then speak
SE Asia I enjoy reading your blogs and nice to see you are back in SE Asia. I had no idea siamang were not difficult to see near KL. I myself was 5 weeks in Alaska this year - highlights included moose, black bears, caribou, bald eagles, ptarmgian, sandhill cranes, orca, sea otters, humbpabck whales, a fin whales harbour seals, Stellar sea lions, puffins (both types,0 auklets mures, gulls et al. and the brown bears catching salmon at Brooks falls - Craig Smith
I think it's just difficult writing about the Malaysian sites because I've been to them several times each. Also travelling with someone else seems to make writing about it harder - I just prefer travelling alone. Once I get to the Indian blogs (arrived in New Delhi last night) it should become more interesting because I'll be alone again and in brand new places.
I live in New Zealand. I started this blog when going on a 2006 trip through southeast Asia for three months to see the wildlife. Since then I've been on more trips through NZ, Fiji, New Caledonia, Australia and back to Asia a few times looking for animals. Anyone who is not interested in animals and who thinks nature is a waste of space shouldn't be reading this blog. Go back to your bars and your temples and your massage parlours; the kind of birds I'm contemplating would not excite you. ... full info
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This is great and awesome blog. Hey, I am so glad to read your thoughts because I really enjoyed reading this. The way you explain your travel experience is truly awesome. Thanks for sharing a wonderful post about Kutch.