Dear Arjan, I am in India from the 22nd of December till the 22nd of January.
Lets speak when I get to Assam. What is your phone number? Best wishes, Maan On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 6:39 PM, Arjan Basuroy <[email protected]>wrote: > Yes Maan, > we definitely like to have there support for a meet there. when will u be > in India? it will be of great pleasure for us to have u in a meet! > regards > Arjan > > > On 11/11/08, Maan Barua <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> If you're planning a meet in the NE, then I think our other NE members >> could help out as well. >> >> Maan >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 6:58 PM, Arjan Basuroy <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Yes Nelson ji, our next trip will be on April May! hello! can we have >>> our 1st meet of 2009 there? i can take the responsibility on behalf of >>> naturemates for that. members pls comment on my suggestion. >>> regards >>> Arjan >>> >>> >>> On 11/10/08, Nelson Rodrigues <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Yes friends we are back from a very exciting trip .Ultapani was good >>>> but namdapha was great. >>>> >>>> for those who are unaware, u sclose to the Bhutan Border,There is >>>> no electricity there and even the BSNL phones work in few spots across >>>> the village,Essentially most of our butterflying was done from the main >>>> road. The nearest hotel is about 3o miles away. >>>> >>>> Fortunately we stayed in the range office right in ultapani and The >>>> senior forest officals got a generator for us where we charged our >>>> battteries. Ultapani had lots of butterflies but the variety was certainly >>>> more at NAMDAPHA. Our group at Ultapani comprised of Isacji, Usha >>>> ,Balakrishnan and myself. Ultapani was a beautiful place and the volunteers >>>> t here have a fairly decent knowledge of the species available here. >>>> >>>> The landscapes especially on the Bhutan border was picturesque. We >>>> showed the volunteers some films from BNHS, Usha and isac had to drop out >>>> from the namdapha trip due to some personal reasons >>>> >>>> At Kokrajhar we were joined by Arjan and Rudradas we boarded the train >>>> at Kokrajhar and went to tinsukia which was about 4 hours drive f to >>>> Miaow town which is the entry point to namdapha. >>>> >>>> The first butterfly we spotted at the elephant camp was the wizard and >>>> we thought it was a great start. We got off the vehicle and began >>>> walking up a climb 4 kms later we reached landslide . My heart was in my >>>> mouth as we crossed the landslide which was about 60feet wide one >>>> wrong >>>> step and you could go down 50 feet that was scary. we reached the camp >>>> after a 6 hours walking and taking pictures.All of us got a good catch my >>>> lucky one was the Green duke female >>>> >>>> >>>> Everyday we added about 20 species to our list and i think if stayed >>>> there for another 7 days our count would go past 300 >>>> >>>> The heart stopping sight of the trip was when we walked down the river >>>> bank and we saw about 2000 to 3000 butterflies mud puddling in in one >>>> spot. Balakrishnan to got an mazing picture of an orchid tit swimming in >>>> the >>>> water.Rudro will send the detailed list shortly. Namdapha is famous for >>>> its >>>> swallowtails but i presume the best time to see them is april may. >>>> >>>> >>>> and finally thanks to isaac, usha, bala, arjan for being such good >>>> teammates >>>> >>>> This was my second trip to namdapha and believe me that place has some >>>> magic about it.The tall trees, the sound of hollock gibbons, the >>>> meandering rivers and butterflies. Someone please pull my reins because i >>>> am wanting to go there again in april or may. >>>> >>>> >>>> Nelson Rodrigues >>>> >>>> >>>> Every daay we w >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Arjan Basu Roy >>> 6/7 Bijoygarh, Kolkata - 700 032 >>> West Bengal, India >>> >>> Be natures' mate! >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Arjan Basu Roy > 6/7 Bijoygarh, Kolkata - 700 032 > West Bengal, India > > Be natures' mate! > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Enjoy -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
