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Originally Posted by Ahmed Though I am in a hospital right now... |
Hi Ahmed - Our prayers and good wishes are with your Dad, you and your family.
Thank you & Salman for joining the drive in spite of all the personal pressures.
Of course we shall wait for the final snaps from your camera - which has become some sort of a tradition here ! Best for the last I guess.
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Originally Posted by bhp What a wonderful Sunday it was, 6 Fortuners rolling together on busy NH8 and exploring the silvassa deer park trail.
Some pictures from my end |
Thank you for snaps BHP and the pithy write up.
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Originally Posted by parsh Seriously, what a miss by the forest department! |
parsh - Well those Deer were rather intimidating. Especially the chap who can looking for the reindeer's assignment for X'Mas. Wouldn't get the message that I wasn't Santa C ! And no the census wouldn't be possible at all given the ferocity of the dear deer.
They might radio collar them soon.
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Originally Posted by ACM Will have to go Multi Brand. |
Loved that quip ACM !
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Originally Posted by sach.sri Heh heh - what an opening post.... I was guessing Borivilli National park halfway down the post, could not have guessed the real destination . Interesting and nice narrative. |
Thank you sach.sri. The thought of BNP didn't even cross our minds for the reason that we had a perception that all you find the the NP are a couple of moth eaten lions and tigers and anyway you aren't allowed to take your vehicles in perhaps.
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Originally Posted by manolin Guderian, loved the starting post.
But this park must look like candy store for a tiger. |
Thank you Manolin.
Oh you bet that the park would be one great candy store for the Ts. But then the deer here aren't going to give up without a fight and those antlers would be put to good use for sure and I also get this feeling that the Ts might retreat sooner than later in the face of a determined onslaught by the numbers. And we were just lucky to have moved out without any major incident.
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Originally Posted by karan561 It indeed was a great drive to Silvassa Deer Park. |
Thank you Karan561 !
Gracias for identifying the spot and the route plan. Worked out very well and well executed to the T. Timings, RPs everything very well nailed.
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Originally Posted by Monaro CV8 Jungle safari of a different kind ! |
Thank you Monaro CV8. And a good write up too.
You, Venkat & Ahmed had the tough end - driving down from Pune & Aurangabad and getting back in a day. Good show indeed of some disciplined and yet thrilling driving all through.
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Originally Posted by parsh With the kind of ferocious looks given to Fortuners... |
parsh - I tell you that that particular deer was all ready to charge and rearrange the furnitute in the lead Fortuner (Karan561's), we then prayed to all the Deer Gods and with all humility drove past the angy deer who let us pass, giving us baleful looks. And then we decided not to take chances ever and read the animal signs carefully in future. Added to our ranger experience.
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Originally Posted by nilanjanray I know a nice colonial bungalow in a tea estate that also has a nice offroading trail. Throw in campfires, gaurs, leopards etc. |
That sounds very interesting indeed Nilanjan. Might take you up on that offer sometime soon.
And we did have a B&W specialist in the drive group - Venkat !
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Originally Posted by gd1418 1. Do I smell a hint of jealousy?
2. I strongly, vey strongly, rather very very strongly protest and object to this statement.
3.This is HOWLarious. |
1. Not quite dear chap - just a sense of pity for the low quality thrills out there in your corner of the woods and a deeper sense of pity for the animals who put up with repeated incursions into their territory. They are now planning as to what to do with the trespassers into their abode just as the Indian Army is figuring out as to what is to be done with the Chinese intruders in the Ladakh region.
2. No need to - was just praising the quality of snaps, some of which look out of the world, and the ones with the missing tigers look - well, no comments !
3. Yes, facts can be funny at times.
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Originally Posted by venkat_iyer Thanks HG for the awesome write-up, really hilarious! Here are a few pics from my side...
The Black and Whites |
Thank you Venkat. Great snaps. Delighted to learn that we have another Fortuner owner who is a B&W specialist. A foray to the south into the marauding elephant territory with two B&W aficionados on a moonlit night should now be quite...eerie. And the snaps ghostly !