Living in Bangalore is challenging like in most other cities. You run out of things to do on weekends and on those rare, hard-to-come-by holidays. Bangalore, as they call it, is the city of pubs. (And thank God for that!) The idea of spending your weekend in a pub, getting drunk with your buddies and unwinding after a hectic week at work is appealing to most of us. After all, what’s better than a couple of good drinks to bust your stress? This, unfortunately, doesn’t work every weekend. We crave variety. Human nature is such. (And there is no guessing why so many marriages end up in a divorce!) So, looking for a change of scene, a couple of friends and I set out on our much delayed trip to the Bannerghatta National Park. The idea wasn’t, at first, at all enticing, but I gave in for the sake of a change in routine.
The Park is about 20km from the city. So we booked a cab and got out early in the morning. Once there, we chose to go on the much-hyped safari tour, which promised a whole lot of tigers, lions, bears, et al roaming freely in the splendor of the jungle.
The safari tour was fun, I would say, at least for a first-timer like me. What played spoilt sport was the vehicle we were bundled into like a herd of sheep. It was a small van with dusty, unclear glass windows. Our view was further obstructed by the grills encased around the vehicle for the purpose of protection.
Of the animals I saw on the tour, the lioness with her cubs left me with the greatest sense of awe. She exuded beauty, pride, splendor, and magnificence. The bears were the funniest of the lot. There looked the laziest and the dirtiest --- kind of resembled the disheveled black pigs that are so often seen in a village. A group of them spread themselves on the road and would not budge in spite of the approaching vehicle. I also got to take a close look at the black bucks, and they sure are beautiful. They’ve splendid horns!
The emus, the Australian Love Birds, the really huge elephants, and the white tigers were among the best in the zoo. Never imagined I would enjoy animals so much, but I did. Not a bad experience at all.
The Park is about 20km from the city. So we booked a cab and got out early in the morning. Once there, we chose to go on the much-hyped safari tour, which promised a whole lot of tigers, lions, bears, et al roaming freely in the splendor of the jungle.
The safari tour was fun, I would say, at least for a first-timer like me. What played spoilt sport was the vehicle we were bundled into like a herd of sheep. It was a small van with dusty, unclear glass windows. Our view was further obstructed by the grills encased around the vehicle for the purpose of protection.
Of the animals I saw on the tour, the lioness with her cubs left me with the greatest sense of awe. She exuded beauty, pride, splendor, and magnificence. The bears were the funniest of the lot. There looked the laziest and the dirtiest --- kind of resembled the disheveled black pigs that are so often seen in a village. A group of them spread themselves on the road and would not budge in spite of the approaching vehicle. I also got to take a close look at the black bucks, and they sure are beautiful. They’ve splendid horns!
The emus, the Australian Love Birds, the really huge elephants, and the white tigers were among the best in the zoo. Never imagined I would enjoy animals so much, but I did. Not a bad experience at all.
I enjoyed your ramble. I love animals in the wild.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Animals don't make me cynical unlike humans, hence my love for them :)
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