Back from Eravikulam
If I could describe Eravikulam National Park in one single word then it would be Desert



Massive open grasslands, immense spaces and an eerie silence. So quite, I was whispering most of the time and the silence is only broken at times by the wind or some small birds. The temperatures drop close to freezing point in the nights and it can get quite hot in the mornings.

Since you have to walk for everything, your whole perspective of things change. I was walking between 15 to 35 km daily along with my gear. I lost 4 KG and my skin is peeling off because of all the tan and extreme temperatures. But this was the most beautiful place that I have ever experienced in my life and walking and exploring the place is a whole diff ballgame.

The peak in the photo is Anai Mudi, which is the tallest peak in South India. Our base came was right above the small thin waterfall that you see at the bottom right. I shot this photo from another big hill which was 9 KM from the camp and Anai Mudi was another 10 KM from the camp. So the distance between where I photographed this to Anai mudi is about 19 KM and this was the area which we were covering almost everyday.

Over this coming week, I will try to put together small chronicles about the place, the hut, the wildlife and the whole experience itself.