Dear Kushal da, This sounds good - we should meet. I'll get in touch once I am in Assam - please forward me your numbers.
Maan On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Kushal Choudhury < [email protected]> wrote: > Dera Maan > > I heard that you are comming to Assam 22 dec so try to come kokrajhar. We > are discussing to organised butterfly meet in Ultapani for 2009. this > proposal was given by Krushnamegh. > > regards > Kushal da > > --- On *Thu, 11/12/08, Maan Barua <[email protected]>* wrote: > > From: Maan Barua <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Namdapha was amazing > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, 11 December, 2008, 11:49 PM > > > 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 <naturemates@ > gmail.com<[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 <maanba...@gmail. com <[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 <naturemates@ >>> gmail.com<[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 <nel...@yahoo. com <[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! >> > > > ------------------------------ > Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! 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