Kalyan Varma ([info]kalyan) wrote,
@ 2007-08-02 19:16:00
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Lots of Clouds, but no Goats
As Sandesh puts it, We are in the land of the cloud goats. Lots of clouds but no goats.

We really did not get the huge groups that we were hoping to get. We did manage to get a small group and the males were getting excited smelling the females urine, but that's about it. Sometime now they gather in huge groups and then the fights break out between the males etc. We suspect we are early for this event (maybe because of delayed monsoons).

Anyway we decided to move on and landed back in Valparai now. We have messengers there in Munnar, who will call us the min these huge groups gather. Let's see what Valparai holds in the next few days.

Also I finally have a decent set of Rain coat, rain pants and rain boots. So I can almost stay out in the field in heavy rain all day and not get wet or get bothered by leeches. :)


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[info]amoghavarsha
2007-08-02 03:17 pm UTC (link)
Where did you manage the rain gear?

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[info]kalyan
2007-08-02 03:22 pm UTC (link)
Overshoes are from the US, pants are from UK and the jacket is from brigade road :)

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[info]amoghavarsha
2007-08-02 03:25 pm UTC (link)
Is there any other country you want to get stuff off?

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[info]kalyan
2007-08-02 03:32 pm UTC (link)
I really wish we could raid www.campmor.com. they have amazing gear for our use in western ghats.

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[info]amoghavarsha
2007-08-02 03:36 pm UTC (link)
I want to raid any shop that has northface

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[info]shivakumar_l
2007-08-02 04:04 pm UTC (link)
I am not sure if any of the Bangalore shops have ~original~ Northface stuff. But there are plenty and plenty of them here and every alternate guy here has atleast 2 NF gear with him and one of them being a winter jacket ;)

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[info]chaitrasuresh
2007-08-02 06:23 pm UTC (link)
:))) I couldn't help laughing! The blend of local and global items :))

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[info]tiffanymacut
2008-07-16 01:25 am UTC (link)
I couldn’t help laughing as RyanAir announced just now that another flight will have “an on-time departure”.

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[info]themadman
2007-08-02 05:06 pm UTC (link)
We did manage to get a small group and the males were getting excited smelling the females urine, but that's about it

I am sooo glad this is goats we're talking about and not humans.

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[info]lesedomu
2008-07-16 03:23 am UTC (link)
Anyway, we're not talking about Bilbys, we're talking about The Troll and he is only small and he looked.

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Life-work balance
[info]oldpondfrog
2007-08-02 10:32 pm UTC (link)
I often wonder on reading your blogs how you manage to keep the life-work balance while most people struggle with the reverse :)

So how do you manage to get away for weeks at end from your regular job (still computers I suppose)? Or do you operate by working part of the year?

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Re: Life-work balance
[info]kalyan
2007-08-03 09:30 am UTC (link)
Err... guess i have not made a formal announcement on this one.. I'm into wildlife full time now. This is part of it, which is wildlife film making.. and this project is with the BBC.

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Re: Life-work balance
(Anonymous)
2007-08-03 11:55 am UTC (link)
What about secuprise

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Re: Life-work balance
[info]kalyan
2007-08-03 01:15 pm UTC (link)
its on its way to extinction ... fast.

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[info]mamtanaidu
2007-08-03 04:30 pm UTC (link)
Wow! so are you soon going to be working with David Attenborough :)

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[info]ritapasor
2008-07-16 12:41 am UTC (link)
But I'm not one to roll over and die, so I packed my car full of firewood from the hostel and recruited a fun French couple to come down to a different beach.

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[info]tariquesani
2007-08-03 09:17 am UTC (link)
oh! somebody got your goat?

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(Anonymous)
2007-09-12 05:24 am UTC (link)
I do follow your blog / photos and also like another wild life Photographer Jayant Sharma ( you might be already knowing him). He has some shots recently took on Nilagir Tahr here http://flickr.com/photos/jayanthsharma/

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Nice posts, enjoyed reading it
[info]desmondhaynes
2007-12-23 09:11 am UTC (link)
Hi there!
I read your blog posts with interests. I think you may like to visit my site too! And if you want, I would love to swap links with you (leave a comment on my blog if you would!).

-Suzanna
My Bangalore Blog
http://bangalorebuzzz.blogspot.com

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