So upon many saying and even rajesh may be missing my action of writing ( amazon or many others need AI new things to think about :) ) So here it goes. All roses no leaves just thorns past three years. Good photographer can make it looked and felt like wow !!! we did not have 12 flights and plenty sleep and five days of some journey as we had month worth of some great stuff post 12 month. Great i make all of you jealous that way? credit goes to me. Rest in bet. make her like she should need dr for life make her sit and all taht:S the policy of none of thjeir business raj's engineering group ebc. Already the report has been filed with their dean in poona.As all of them do what i used to and trying to for no reason do some side taking even if all that was over in 2022 and gate of my home also has all written in chalk, Its raining today so i might get an opportunity to scribble more there, (Clean slate it was the meaning of that, i get to draw new stuff on my fence and write is forced.
Thanks a bunch. Sarcasam !!!
anywho ..
So someone was asking me , why did u stop writing? off late even rajesh mentioned once now.
I do but not about place if i went or sent or in that regards , just some small blurb and that's it .
Normally would directly write on my blog and depends, my wirtings and all in my computer and then to right place where i want.
So after so many years like we went climbing Kilimanjaro to africain dec 2014 and were back in 2015 jan as all know from my blogs, then again chance came in 2022 for Egypt that photo gallery as i said something in air and i jut have posted one pic or collage and started travel mind wanderings and all, meantime digital detox skipped my devices or didn't even take camera on last Scotland trek and much more. U get fed up when nonstop thefts and stealing and all, As i said there can be many engineers in home and each can create and have their own identity, why mine all has to be given free to all. i still have no clue abt. it .That too with whose permision and why was i not told and behind back.
N'ways , the journey was kind of rough, almost 12 months i go nowhere and then winters at home and removed me from places where i had invested in my health given my things. why? i have no clue abt it. Egypt was way different than what u might call as Africa. So in reality now is the time i or we can say we went to Africa that we had seen in 2014 with climbing of mountain and safaris in connection part of our trek program. In your terms an open zoo.
Now what they have in other places is the conservation zoo in the open savana. It's very hard to imagine or see. as injured or endangered animals are taken care within the real wild one's and then are left to be with them or somewhere.For an outsider its a crazy thing to see. As with your normal instincts wild cheetah or lion or any will run away from humans , some might come to gauge you for threat or because it's their land and we are visitors to them so ... but when these animals meet you, they are very much used to humans, i mean its like pet for them over time and they both went through that emotional turmoil. Hard to explain. We as a visitor have no clue , as with the expectation we go is i am visiting national park and all is wild. Just imagine the set of individuals who were with them and know then are shuffled and new will be placed there without any information exchange and tags and all. That's the way we see this as a visitor . If i can put it in better words.
So in future its dilemma for us to find unless its tagged what is what? and now its out of control , people feel i went to some vast national park and petted an animal in that place and take crazy pic with them, U have to be scared of them and not with them. Some individuals from group were doing so feeling very happy abt that. why? It was in a way very different thing to see. Do not get discouraged all are extremely nice and u can learn a lot from all of them and its really nice efforts. Mind wanderings of what i had seen before and now. will i i see that again yes.
Also many questions were raised by some who blew my all out of proportion, did she do that category ..What does drive through photography means especially google translators and show us lava what she saw and all. when we went it was diff part of melting earth it met sea and changed into land form , if i want to show u same i might have to put fire under it and say melt they want to see, so there are those stupid kinds.So watch what u talk. individuals who want to harass can go to any length to pick any word and twist it , if u have questions ask me or do not read, further more do not try to explain others. i have no patience like all great photographers who wait days for action and go off roads and whatnot. Rather for me living life through lens is not the way. I use it quick and be done with it. U do u.
Besides as they saw first hand i am against off-roading and chasing them to see the action , if u are lucky u will see. They can be any time anywhere, but some xyz made our guide without telling me to go to same places so they can see ( as if i talk to all of them hey baby come stand here people want to see you, but those who know me can say animal instinct and observation and some she is ok with that), hard luck they went they are not going to wait. They have life. when I had said , whole time one sees from camera lens missing out great moments and editing and adjusting the settings and what not, i had seen and taken some pics of same at diff parks and all , more point of visiting this one was for myself.
All that time i was asked how was Serengeti for me ... section of earth is different so is everything else.
one can not compare and should not. It is what it is. When i went and stood on coordinates only i was standing on those at that time. In the vast planes with no one else around . which place i am talking abt??? not giving clue.but given rainy season many days were like ....one moment was stopping taking in all sounds and smell and closing eyes, with ubuntu playing on my phone... other might be just looking in the eyes of those what i didn't do first time when we went and seeing what they might be feeling and thinking. (am i talking about the animals ? or people?) what's the life like when its all wet and filled with water, and u drive with skilled person... I had my moments of Narnia given my hair u can imagine ... with planet of apes running in front of vehicle visiting celebrity ( it was just like movie the village in jungle with fortification and with apes directing you to the place), ( mi and my filmy chakkar this trip discussion stands for the movie like al blogs and travels i mentioned the movies i relate to, means my movie relating to the place) mumfasa forest and what not. My imagination is at its peak when wandering and all dots somehow connect. Missed my parents ... Only hyenas were missing but zebras did job in mumfasa.
The tent with lion herds and many around, with one window with only net, lets say door not window and the sound of forest with open showers.The rain is thundering, wind blowing and tent walls flapping, no need of sound effects, its all natural. When the floor and wind and rain and thunder makes sound and u are like gurrrrrr... what's up karrrrr. all horror movie scenes and all run over with you ( and u see u the one and ur other half is fast asleep like what the fuck i have wife to take care of all) .... they show us too much bad i guess and leave it for our imagination when we hit such locations. My husband with lizard and me brave soul asking for broom. and then jackal roaming around and all. So If u are reading this , do not plan next adv with this in mind , it just happened or was made to happen i have no clue. That even puts guides life in jeopardy. DO not ask them do same with u too.
Reading this u might think what a great , but i cursed as i get rain and all this only all the time. and i could not climb hike or do anything , touch and go and rest all group did all or much more .. why ? u screw our things? So ask me ,,, nothing much ... post my quest for arabian nights .... location was not arabia but ..
This was the place. Just breath...
Some shots from my camera enjoy
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