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Times Passion Trail - 1 I had the honor and good fortune to participate in a “Wildlife and Bird Photography Expedition”, known as Times Passion Trail in February 2018.  This was organized by the popular English daily newspaper, The Times of India.  This was from February 18th to February 24th, 2018.  The expedition was across five dream destinations for wildlife and birding enthusiasts; Thol Lake Bird Sanctuary Little Rann of Kutch Nalsarovar Velavadar...

Times Passion Trail, Day - 2 Day 2: The Little Rann of Kutch (LRK)   The second day began very early.  We left Ahmedabad downtown, around 5.30 am in our cavalcade of Innovas.  We had our packed breakfast on our way so that we could reach as early as possible.  We reached our resort at Bajana at about 8 am, grabbed a quick cup of tea,...

Times Passion Trail - Day 3: Nal Sarovar   I had already been to Nal Sarovar about three years ago.  The earlier trip, spread over two sessions at Nal Sarovar and Vadla dam, fetched me wonderful pictures of several dozens of birds, almost 80% of which were lifers!  However, I was equally excited to visit the place once again. Nal Sarovar bird sanctuary consists of a beautiful lake and ambient...

Times Passion Trail - Day-4: Velavadar Blackbuck National park.   The next morning we drove to Velavadar national park.  This national park is located in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat, about 42 KM from the district headquarter city of Bhavnagar. It originally belonged to the Maharaja of the erstwhile princely state of Bhavnagar. He used to hunt the blackbucks with his famous hunting cheetahs. This wildlife...

Times Passion Trail Day 5 & 6: Sasan Gir.     We left in the morning around 7.30 am after a buffet-breakfast.  We took a break on the outskirts of Amreli and munched on the famous Bhavnagari Ganthia (Light crisp fries made of chick-pea flour with local condiments), with three different types of chutneys and piping hot tea. We arrived at the resort around lunch.  Our stay was...