A few weeks ago, we
made a visit to a forest reserve near vellithiruppur. We thought this could be
fun and Adventurous, and Yes it was! This place can be reached within a hour
from my home. One of my father's acquaintances had a house and a farm just outside
the reserve (photo given below):
In search of elephants:
We reached there in
the afternoon. We had lunch with them, rice and stuff, it was good. Around 3pm, we left to begin our Big Adventure in search for Elephants! The
forest reserve had elephants, peacocks, rabbits and deers.
It was a sunny day. We wandered though the
reserve hoping to see an elephant or a deer. Seeing an elephant in the Wild is
more than seeing them at a Zoo or a temple.
There were no tall trees, but short thorny trees and bushes. So we had to walk with the
hot sun pressing down on us.
We found them!
No..wait….. What?
After walking for
more than a hour, we were exhausted. And finally we found something:
That's right.. We
found Elephant Drop!! That was disgusting. But Still I had a little sense of
achievement. I did enjoy wandering around the reserve and also being in the farm. We could have seen elephants if we had waited for one more hour,
elephants would come near the farm to drink water. But then that could be
dangerous and it was already late and yeah we were exhausted too.
Tiger Tracks:
During our
adventure, we found a few of these tracks:
No, it's not a
Tiger. Cows used to come here to graze, they make these misleading footprints.
Or it could be deer's. We often found bones of deer around. What could have
eaten them??
Thurst!
Back in the farm, around 5pm, we
quenched our thirst with loads of coconut water (elaneer).
Later we played with the farmer's dogs, most
of them puppies. And thus we concluded our adventure pleasantly, without being chased by an elephant….
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