Kalyan Varma's Blog

Off to the jungles on *Work*
Remember the naturalist training I had been to couple of weeks ago ? Well after the course the chief naturalist over there asked me to come over and meet him at his office and just as I hoped, he offered me a job as a naturalist at BRT forests (K Gudi).

Since I have other things to do here in bangalore, I said , I'll do the job for couple of weeks and then decide on my future. So starting Jan 1st 2005, I'm of to work there for anywhere between 2 weeks to 2 months. This place does not have power (a generator is turned out for an hour every evening) and no internet access (I'll have to drive to the nearest town to pick up GPRS signal), which means after after many years, I'll be totally offline.

I never imagined (even a month ago) that I'd be doing something as random as this in my life. I, for one always wanted to do this since I was a kid. I grew up looking at Jane goodall and likes on NGC and said to myself "Hey, I want to do that when I grow up" and this is like my childhood dream come true. (I also wanted to be an astronaut, but thats a diff story).

This will also mean, no more regular blogging from my side and will be very late on my email. If you are planning on a vacation into the jungle, then do drop in at BRT. I can be your personal guide :)

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