Adventure Travel Blogs

Friday 17th June, 2011 Hornsund

"A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart in everything."
Laurence Sterne

A wise man once said ‘it’s not the arriving, it’s the getting there’. He was wrong, but who cares now, the lines are thrown and the bow noses purposefully South East.

Right about time you read this, the signal will flicker then die on your cell phone....

It has taken two days for India to recover from a monumental world cup hangover. The bunting is now frayed, the chapattis cold, the Singha vats empty. Mahandra Singh Dhoni's cricketing poster boys have fittingly dedicated their triumph to Sachin Tendulkar - their humble, gifted alchemist.
 
I watched the final deliveries in the village of Tala, adjacent to Bandhavgarh. When the ice cool Indian captain hoisted that massive six into the stands, the roofs blew off the houses as fireworks...

As India slowly picks itself up bearing the scars of monumental hangovers from Wednesday's epic semi-final, it is worth bearing in mind that there was another game of cricket being played on the same day, one that will also, perhaps, affect this vast country's heritage.

In the tiny village of Tala, on the 'boundary' of Bandhavgarh National Park, a game of cricket between an England side and an Indian one was going on with every bit as much vim as the heralded semi-final between the Wor...

No doubt most have seen the BBC Wildlife winners now. Sadly no client featured unlike last year, but here are my thoughts from another blog on this and wildlife photo competitions as a whole. Agree, disagree, this is the beauty of competition, the beauty of photography.

http://www.wanderlust.co.uk/magazine/blogs/paul-goldstein/show-me-the-wow-and-graft-...

The rain is drumming on the canvas, the hyenas are performing the last rites on some wayward ruminant about a mile from here and I have two days left. Was one of those famous 14 hour game drives today and we barely caught our breath. Exhausting but wonderful and satisfying that all these repeat bookers have already said this is outstripping their previous safaris. They had lion hunts, cheetahs crossing rivers and lions playing at sunset, none too shabby. Anyway, as promised here is a bit of f...