caravahan

The view from Cabo de Rama fort is something else.

#caboderama #cola #canacona #fort #goa #travel #sea

Fishing boats look rather romantic from a distance

#fishing #boat #sea #rocks #caboderama #goa #trees

There is a bird sitting on top of that tree. It's been there for a long time. I wonder if it is fishing, or just contemplating life.

#caboderama #goa #tree #sea #bird #nature

M1. Boating. With a headlight. On an inflatable boat we picked up five years ago and never got to use. Till today. Big day ha ha.

#boating #boat #karwar #majali #karnataka

Camping under trees and the stars.

The campsite came with a swing and a hammock.

#camping #swing #hammock #trees

More boating. This time with towing.

#boat #boating #karwar #karnataka #camping

This pic turned out rather nice

#boating #boat #lagoon #karwar #karnataka

Absolutely fabulous custom vehicle made in Bhilwara, Rajasthan and operating in Karwar, Karnataka. It isn't a modification of an existing vehicle; it's completely built from scratch. It has leaf spring suspensions, rear differential, and a gear box. The motive force is also used to operate the sugarcane crusher. Lots of carefully designed storage space. The owner keeps it very clean and is very proud of it too.

#custom #customs #travel #innovation

The elder one dialed things up a couple of notches and took the dinghy out into the sea. The island was too rocky and he couldn't find a place to tether his boat, so he came back. He saw lots of big red and yellow crabs on the island.

#boat #sea #island #rowing #karwar #karnataka

M2 contemplates the lake one last time before we leave. Good times were had. Memories were made.

The view from Betul Fort is hard to describe. Something else altogether. Must go back there soon.

The customs guys being the little shits that they are, they've put this board up at the entrance of Betul Fort, which is the only fort built by Shivaji in Goa. When the Portugese clawed this fort from the Marathas, they turned it into a customs office. When India clawed Goa from the 'gese, we merrily handed over the fort to our customs department instead of the ASI. Now this fantastic piece of heritage is literally crumbling, and has no functional office or any customs presence beyond this board. Why oh why do the military, customs and what not continue to squat over our cultural heritage instead of handing them to the public or the ASI. Infuriating.

And so begins the Goa Carnival 2023

King Momo surrounded by beauties

The flower girls look happier in person

Popularity is guaranteed if you're gonna chuck free onions and dried fish at people.

The random things that make a parade fun

The junk food guy was there.

So was the fresh produce guy

Some intense octopus sea life murder thing guy

This lady was at it all day, grinding away on her float

This Gomes is a goner. He had a Mardi Gra-esque party going on outside his bar, with drunk ladies attracting a lot of attention... till the cops got attracted too.

I really liked this float promoting vocational education at the school level

Some scantily clad men were seen promoting the virtues of coconut oil. Women were having a field day photographing this guy's naked butt.

Groot was there, for some reason

There were entertainers of all hues

It was at this point, that Nilay decided to leave us, and be one with the Talegaon Boys' Club and their float

When at the carnival, do as the locals do.

The dragon fellow was there too

We leave you tonight, with what seems like the depiction of a tourist photographing a Goenkar who has had too much to drink and is now have a siesta on their Balcao. There can be nothing more Goan than this.

Over the weekend we went #camping in #Maharashtra, by the #Terekhol river.

I wish I'd taken a nicer picture of the beautiful river and the fresh, cool water.

@sephibergerson 's lovely family invited us over and fed us yummy fresh cooked #food.

I finally found people in India who have more camping gear than me. My tribe 😁

M2 slept in late. M1 sat in a boat and looked fashionable while studying. Sephi cooked. The kids played games. I chased birds.

Everyone did their thing on a beautiful Sunday morning.

Throwback to our caravaning+camping trip to Himachal four years ago.

Throwback to when we went camping by the Terekhol river.

This tube was destroyed by the kids within minutes of this pic being taken. Fun times :-D

In January we went camping in Dandeli. There we met the Grey Malabar Hornbill, a.k.a. dhanesh, gobre vaayre or kaldal hakki.

#birds #goa #Dandeli #birdsofindia #nature #naturephotography

This pair of Malabar Hornbills was way up in the trees, well hidden. And it was a cloudy morning. Hence I've had to do some post to bring out the details of the pics.

#birdsofindia #birds #Dandeli #Goa #nature #naturephotography

The other fascinating creature in the hills of #Dandeli is the #Malabar Giant #Squirrel or shekaru. This cute and majestic animal lives high up on tall trees. It's bushy tale is a sight to behold as it scurried from one place to another.

#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography

The Southern Plains Grey #Langurs also took full advantage of the foliage in the forests of #Dandeli to hide.

#nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #indiaclicks

I've been unwell for some time and unable to work. So we stepped out tonight for a change in scenery and some fresh(er) air. Spending the night #camping at an #arecanut #farm.

The kids will #camp with friends in our #tent, while I occupy this cosy #farmhouse

The view from #Sravanabelagola.

You can almost see the curvature of the earth 😳

#clouds #Karnataka #panorama

Baba Budan Giri. Pictures cannot capture the beauty of this place.

#nature #Karnataka #naturephotography #india

So many big #fish in the #Tunga river.

#Karnataka #nature

#Maravanthe was a bit of a let down. I suppose it's the kind of place that only looks glorious in drone pics.

#Karnataka #India #indiaclicks #incredibleindia

Being #blue at the #Alvekodi Sea Walk.

#sea #Karnataka #Ambedkar #clouds

#Maravanthe is the opposite of #BabaBudanGiri. It looks better in pictures than when you're actually there.

#Karnataka #nature #indiaclicks

I don't think we've ever experienced anything quite like the #Alvekodi #Sea Walk.

#Karnataka #incredibleindia #clouds

More magic from #Alvekodi

#Karnataka #incredibleindia #clouds #sea

The new framing the old. Where somehow the old is better maintained and more elegant than the new.

Hurriedly taken pics of milky white water

We are off #camping in #Dandeli. This is how the #campsite looked last night. We are out for a few days, so give us a holler if you'd like to join us.

Out for a #morning #walk. These are some #fields near our #campsite.