Nagarhole Dec 31st '07- Jan 1st'08

HAPPY 2008 TO ALL OF YOU, HAVE A GREAT YEAR AHEAD

Well, always wanted to welcome the New Year at my favourite forest, Nagarhole. I left Bangalore with three of my friends at 2pm on the 31st. We joined our 'Gang' of friends who were already at Kutta. We partied at Kutta on the New Year's eve.

The next morning we were up by 5:30am & were ready to head into the forest. The morning drive yielded -usual wildlife, a few Gaurs, Spotted Deer etc., to our dismay no Tiger :-(

However a pack of 3 Wild Dogs gave us company for half an hour for over 2kms on the main road. This was the same pack I had photographed earlier in Nov. The pack of 3. They again had an unsuccessful attempt hunting a pack of Spotted Deer.

They were so used to our presence & so confident they used to come as close as 10ft from our vehicle. Whenever another vehicle came they used to disappear into the forest & resurface again.

His name is not wild dog anymore, but the first friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always. --Rudyard Kipling