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ATR - Day 98: Came to Munnar from Nelliyampathy for Macro wildlife photography
We spent much of the day traveling from Nelliyampathy to Munnar and have now checked in to Club Mahindra Munnar. Decent rooms. Macro begins tomorrow.
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ATR - Day 97: Shot some wonderful pictures of hornbills at Nelliyampathy
The day began in darkness and amid insects, but the rest of it went well with lots of good hornbill pictures to show for a day well spent.
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ATR - Day 96: Moved to Nelliyampathy from Parambikulam Tiger Reserve to shoot hornbills
Staying at Parambikulam made no sense because there was hardly any wildlife there. So we decided to move to Nelliyampathy, which is known for hornbills.
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ATR - Day 95: Arrived at the forest rest house at Parambikulam Tiger Reserve, met the pipeline rats but no wildlife
We arrived at Parambikulam Tiger Reserve from Valparai after an hour long boat-ride only to sleep in the dormitory infested with rats. No wildlife so…
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ATR - Day 94: Clicked some more LTMs before arriving at Annamalai Tiger Reserve
We went to have another round of clicking LTMs and got a few good pictures but not as many as before. Came to Annamalai Tiger Reserve thenafter.
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ATR - Day 93: Came to Valparai looking for Lion-tailed Macaques (LTMs) and found many
We came to Valparai from Pollachi today and went looking for LTMs and found a good many with lots of good shots and footage to show for it.
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ATR - Day 92: Change of homestay, hunting for BSNL SIM, addressing our data problem and a new year away from home
Much of our day was spent changing our homestay, looking for a BSNL SIM for our forthcoming travel, getting some drives for data storage and witnessing…
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ATR - Day 91: We made our own food, went to Annamalai Tiger Reserve but failed to land a bus safari
We cooked today to eat relatively healthy, and went to Annamalai Tiger Reserve, where only bus safaris are allowed, and we were not in time for that…
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ATR - Day 90: Visited Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, almost sighted a tiger. Came to Pollachi
Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve doesn’t conduct many safaris but we got the permission to go on one. The jungle was good but the animals very shy. Tigers…
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ATR - Day 89: Came to Hasanur from Ooty to visit Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve
The entire day was spent traveling from Ooty to Hasanur, which is where we are staying today on our visit to Sathyamanlagal Tiger Reserve. The reserve…
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January 2024

ATR - Day 88: Did some hiking, explored Ooty with its amazing tea estates and got some excellent drone shots
Went hiking in the morning followed by a visit to Ooty’s tea estates in the day. Explored the town a little in the evening.
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December 2023

ATR - Day 87: Shifted to Littlearth’s Destiny Farm Resort, an amazing property, and re-charted the itinerary
Much of the day today was spent talking to the officials of several forest departments and thinking and rethinking about what routes to take and which…
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