It’s been almost 2 months since my last blog entry. Things were pretty routine in January. I went to India for a couple of weeks in Feb-end and had a chance to visit Bandhavghar National Park in Madhya Pradesh. Thanks to my sister Amiben and brother-in-law Dushyantbhai, we had an amazing time at the Mahua […]
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Chicago Marathon Training Week 5 – Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks
Week 5 of Chicago Marathon training started routinely this week but picked up steam on Thursday with one of the hardest training runs I have done. It was interval training time! Try running 1.5 mile intervals times 3 at a pace of just above 7-minute-mile with a three-and-a-half-minute easy jog to recover. The last interval […]
Just another day at Ranthambhore
For an amateur birder, seeing a life bird is special. Today, for the first time, I saw an Indian Pitta in the jungles of Ranthambhore. It is a small, but impressive bird (pretty hard to photograph). Little things make me happy and seeing a life bird is somewhere near the top of the list! In […]
Holy crap! She’s right here!
“Holy crap! She’s right here.” Those were Kristi’s words. In the evening, we were driving around in an infrequently visited part of Ranthambhore looking for a pair of tigers with their 3 cubs. As we approached a water hole, Sheelben saw the cub scurry about in the thicket. Our driver stopped the Jeep in front […]
Ranthambhore the land of the tiger
A white breasted kingfisher perches on a branch in perfect light looking down at the pond for fish; as he flies he flashes brilliant irridescent blues on his wings White-breasted Kingfisher A red wattled lapwing tends to its young Red-wattled Lapwing Langur monkeys (hundreds of them) frolic in the trees; jumping, skipping, eating, playing, showing […]