Pench Safari

I get very excited when it comes to outings, picnics or excursions.

I can't really sleep out of excitement the previous night of the picnic and keep thinking about what I got to pack for the same.

It is important to pack carefully and remember some guidelines to ensure safety and enjoyment during the safari.

Well here is the list you would really need when you go on a Jungle Safari

(It took me a day long to think when we were going for the safari last month :p, I am sharing this with you all So that you will save the time that I wasted thinking)

Shoes

Ensure that you are wearing Comfortable walking shoes, No you will not get a chance to walk in the jungle but you never know when you have to get down of your safari gypsy to run out of an emergency hehehe! jokes apart wearing a comfortable shoes will ensure that you are comfortable throughout the journey, as its a day long journey and wearing heals for safari is a big bad idea.

I wore my Puma Shoes as I find them very comforting.

A Cap or a Hat

When you get seated in that open gypsy for your safari on way it gets very 

windy,so a cap or a hat is must, I wore a woollen cap and my friends wore the cow boy hat.

Sunglasses

You can see all the pictures below they will shin on your eyes that's how the sun was when we were there for the safari, So the sunglasses are a must too.

Cloths type

Light clothing is essential for the Indian summer but we travelled during the time of winter so I had carried my woollens too.

Insect repellent and a Sunscreen lotion 

This are Must! Must! Must! for the jungle safari. 

I did applied lots and lots of Sunscreen lotion- Lotus SPF70 but I forgot to apply Insect repellent but thank God! I was packed from top to bottom so I was safe.

Binoculars

Carrying light and handy binoculars will increase your viewing pleasure. 

Camera 

A camera with extra battery and a good memory card should be handy, as these may not be available everywhere. I am lucky enough that I purchased a Camera recently as you all know.

A DSLR with good FPS will do justice as the animals move really fast, so to capture there wonderful pictures its a must.

Snacks, Water bottle, Rain gear & First aid kit.

This  should be carried for a wildlife destination, since it is usually far from a city or town and will be difficult to buy this as you will hardly find general stores here and apart from that you might be there at the Safari for a long period of time, our Safari lasted for some four hours.

We decided to go to Pench which is in Madhya Pradesh for our Jungle Safari which is located approximately 110 KM from Nagpur, you can book your safari online as well.


She is Teona the youngest kid in our group who is lucky enough to enjoy a Safari in her 7th month of age Lucky you :)

Clicking  pictures from the car window on our way to Pench

We bundled bat ball and badminton for playing at the S kumar 999 Guest house where we stopped for our lunch break, As our Safari time slot was of 01:00 PM

After playing a lot we all had food and rested for a while.
Then we all gathered for our safari, the gypsy that we booked for the safari had come to pick us up at the guest house.

That's what we spotted when we entered the Jungle.

That's a device to keep watch on the movements of  animal, they have covered it up with the branches so that animals do not fidget with it if they happen to see it

That's a deer's horn which might have broken from the dears head and the officers who make rounds in the Jungle might have hung it on the branch as no one can carry it out of the Jungle as its an offence.
I noticed a wired thing after every ten meters or twenty meters our guide use to stop the driver and use to bent down of the gypsy to collect something the next time when he did that I bent to see what is he actually doing and I saw that he was collecting the plastic bottles which were littering around the Jungle which were may be thrown by the visitors which is not good. I made a point no one in our group dose that.

That's a wild cow,the fist animal which we saw when we entered the Jungle

Beautiful natural roads............

I really loved this click of mine

That's a stop over where the guide took us for a break where we got 10 min to freshen up.

We did a lot of modeling session over here, by we I mean Ms.Monali :p
And you know what during this photo session we missed the sight of Tiger cause when we again began the safari after the break we saw other people clicking pictures all were calm and quite and until we reached the spot we had already missed it by fraction of seconds :(

Teona says better luck next Time...........

My Next trip is for sure to Tadoba that is also a great Tiger reservoir located in the state of Maharashtra.

Till Then Happy Safari.

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My Recent purchase, for my recent Passion

My recent passion that is photography which grew up when I saw beautiful picture updates from friends.
I have been waiting to buy a camera since a long, long time but some or the other reason kept me away from buying it.

When first I desired to buy a camera I had a point and shoot in ma mind silly me but then when I saw a friend with a DSLR I thought why not invest for a better one? Hence I decided to buy a DSLR camera but then brand decision was the difficult part in it cause some brand has fantastic bang on futures some are very user-friendly.

 It was almost a month research and I was confused between Nikon D 3200 & Canon 1100 D, but then finally I decide that I’ll be purchasing a Canon 1100 D.

Looks great isn't it?

WOOWWWWWWWW! So the Story beings now……

I still remember the day I was finally going to buy the camera my excitement spoke out loud by my status on what’s app ‘Canon 1100D here I come’ 
A little filmy that sounds isn't it, but it had to be…… as after a month I finally decided to buy my dream camera as I had a budget of 30k, 1100 D was fair on my pockets.
I received a message from a friend saying ‘what’s up and what’s all about Canon 1100 D why are you planning to go for this toy,
And I replied to it that it has taken me a month to decide so please now don’t confuse me with a new option……..
On this my friend replied ‘hey! Friends never confuse they help to decided the best and I have a great option for you, why don’t you come to my hospital this evening’ (oh hello I forgot to tell you my this friend is a Doctor)
 I replied ooo! Oh! But I had to buy my camera today………
He again replied to this ‘At list have words with me before you finally put in your money’
Oooook!!!!!!!!! Was my reply to it.
I then hopped on my scooter and went to his hospital and he welcomed me with a glass of chilled shake which he ordered before I was there.
I some how wanted to round it up ASAP so that I rush to the shop and get my canon baby…….
Doc went inside his cabin and came back with a black oldie bag, and handed it over  to me and said hey check this out, when I noticed it was a canon 60D the beauty in the oldie bag, A big bubble thought rose on my head that he has planed to donate it to me by looking at the way I badly want a camera :D and I looked at him with a puppy face but he pin blasted the bubbly thought on top of my head and he replied hello you can try it for a week as I don’t really need it this week and then you can decided weather you want 1100D or you want it to be upgraded to 60D, I have a friend who works at the canon dealers and I can get you a handsome discount on it, so take a week and finalize my friend.
My eyes started twinkling on the thought of getting myself a 60D…..

I was rushing to buy a camera, the reason being my elder sister was getting married.
So I had few pre wedding ceremonies at home which I wanted to cover with my camera, it was the month of December when doc gave me his 60D machine and I returned home with it to which my mom kept me asking why did you buy an old piece of camera,
Mommy it’s my friend’s camera which he has lend me for a week to decide on the camera, was my reply on her question.
The pre-wedding ceremony in our language we call it jai-ragada, in which we pray to the god and offer him the first wedding card as a respect and then five ladies grind green gram on a stone grinder and then make small dumplings out of it which is then sun dried and why that’s done I don’t have a clue.

This is the first picture that I clicked with doc’s Machine canon 60D, Super cool colors and I was actually impressed by the quality of the pictures.

That’s my mom’s friend who was preparing for the pooja.

That’s a custom which I probably will not be able to explain you but then this was the part of the ceremony.
The red once are the wedding cards, my choice :p

That’s my aunt doing tilak to the stone grinder which is called sil batta in Hindi with which the ladies will grind the green gram with

The wedding cards…….

I actually was waiting big time for the ceremony to get over and how could I just gulp a ladoo out of it,
These are the kanpoori ladoos which just melt in your mouth in short they are amazing

Ceremony started, and now the ladies are offering prayers to god.

Now this is what is called Jai-ragda, the actual ceremony of the day finally it started

Now that’s one other custom that we call as guua pooja,
Guua means betel nut which are soaked in turmeric powder and then tied in a cloth and sent to the Lord Jannath as that’s our kul devta

That’s shasht deep (6 Lights) which was light at the beginning of the ceremony I find this picture so divine.

Now those are the green gram dumplings in the making….

Can you see the two big dumplings in between they are called bride and groom and the rest are the baraties :p

If you wish to know more about Oriya Wadding you can go on Wikipedia


Well now that the ceremony is over let me click my own picture
I almost forgot a photographer cant click self :p but you can see the Doc’s camera that’s 60D with an 18-200 lens.

A week got over and, dad went to return the camera to doc as I was keeping busy with the office stuff…..

I told doc a big thanks… for lending your black beauty but I won’t be able to afford it as it’s almost a lack, and apart from affording I don’t want such professional camera as I just want it for lifestyle photography, so he said oh then you can go ahead for your 1100 D.

I took a friend with me to finally buy my canon 1100 D and this time I was pretty sure to buy it.
Altaf h.Vali is a very well known and an old Camera shop out here, I walked in the shop and there were so many cameras focusing on me through their sexy lenses I could see from the show cases. I asked the shop keeper about 1100 D and a so much expected reply ‘Madam this model is being discontinued from the company but I have an old stock would you want me to pull out one for you or do you want me to assist you with another piece?’ I thought if a piece which has already been discontinued from the market then why go for it so I asked him to get showing me a new one.

He showed me the real beauty that was Sony Alpha A 37 which is not a DSLR and was a DSLT will if you wanna know the difference between an DSLR and DSLT check this out and you can also check out the range of Sony Cameras Sony SLT-DSLR-camera.
I asked him to bill me as it priced the same what I planed to spend and I also got a UV filter with it, a nice bag from Sony and after few days they also sent me a screen guard :)

I finally own a Sony Alpha a 37 now and I will be using it for my feature blogs yippee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My Recent Purchase Sony Alpha a 37, for my recent passion photography!!!!!!

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