My Trip To Anamalai Tiger Reserve(6th December-11th December)

My experience on Day 1(06-12-2022) from Jayanagar to Whitefield

I left from my home by Ola Cab to Karthik's home at 17:30 p.m. and reached his home at 19:05 p.m. While I was going by Ola Cab to Whitefield from Jayanagar, I passed through Madhavan Park, Lalbagh, Nimhans, Diary Circle, Koramangla, Domlur, Ejipura Road(Domlur) and Brookfield Mall at Whitefield and reached Whitefield at 19:05 p.m. After reaching Karthik's home, I said hi to Balu Uncle and Balu Uncle was appreciating me saying very nice to me Manas Sir that I have come and was very glad to meet me and first Balu Uncle asked me what is the program which was going to be like from 7th December to 11th December and I told 7th December we will be going to Pollachi staying at city and then our forest trip 8th December Parambikulam Tiger Reserve started and 9th December Kollikamuthi Elephant Camp as it was Doctor V Krishnamurthy Elephant Doctor death anniversary and 10th December some activities planned at Kollikamuthi Elephant Camp and 11th December leaving morning from Anamalai Tiger Reserve between 10:00 am to 11:00 am and reaching Bangalore at 18:00 p.m. Post talking to Balu Uncle from 19:10 p.m. to 19:25 p.m. and Karthik had checked my weight and my weight was 80 kgs in one month from 10th November to 6th December and my weight was reduced and was appreciated by Karthik my weight that I have reduced and taken actions of my health that is doing lot of exercise and also controlling the diet and post my weight checking then Karthik and I were having some casual chit chat talks talking amongst ourselves from 19:25 p.m. to 19:55 p.m. and were relaxing and rejuvenating from 20:00 p.m. to 20:30 p.m. and then we took dinner from 20:30 p.m. to 20:50 p.m. and after dinner just a casual chit chat from 21:00 p.m. till 22:00 p.m.

                                This picture was taken of me wearing jacket and smiling myself 

                                and touching my right hand and doing with my fingers and fun.

                             

   This picture taken of me sitting and enjoying myself 

and having fun.

From 22:00 p.m. Karthik and myself were in the bed just practicing yoga nidra before we got sleep in the night at 22:30 p.m. and then slept off at 22:30 p.m.

My experience on Day 2(07-12-2022) from Whitefield to Pollachi

I got up in the morning at 4:45 a.m. and then went to the bathroom and brushed my teeth and washed my face from 4:45 a.m. to 5:15 a.m. and then after freshening up, I drank coffee and we prayed to god before leaving that Karthik, Myself and Promith must have a good trip to Anamalai Tiger Reserve Forest trip and we remembered Lord Murugan in the morning and Karthik and I had left from Whitefield D.S.R Green Vista Apartment to pick up Promith from CMRIT College Apartment where he stays at 5:50 a.m. and reached Promith's Apartment at 6:05 a.m. 

This photo was taken of me wearing my bag on the back and 

                                  seeing my phone in the hand and standing straight and wearing 

                                  glasses and cap and looking very smart and handsome .

Karthik and I and Promith had started from Whitefield at 6:05 a.m. and we left from Whitefield at 5:50 a.m. and passed through Whitefield, SAP Labs Campus, Kundanahalli Gate, CMRIT College Whitefield, full Whitefield road, Attibele, Anekal Taluk, Hosur Road and Wallajah Road the road which connects Vellore and Ambur and while going in the car I had taken some pictures. Karthik showed cruise control in his car to me and Promith and he put cruise control he removed the legs from the accelerator and drove at a very fast speed of 140 kmph and then when traffic started Karthik drove at a normal speed of 150 kmph and was able to control the brakes and steering wheel and touch screen car could recognize the cruise control like an auto pilot in his car KA 53 MG 1671.

These pictures were taken of rock view road of Vellore Ambur Wallajah Road which connects Vellore and Ambur before we stopped for breakfast at Murugan Idli Shop at 7:50 a.m. and it was 2 hours drive 5:50 a.m. to 7:50 a.m. from Whitefield to Hosur and not much traffic.

The picture taken of Karthik, Me and Promith 

when we reached Murugan Idli Shop.

The picture taken of me having podi idly and vada 

for breakfast and holding spoon in my right hand 

and taking sambar and enjoying and having fun.

  The picture taken of Promith holding spoon in his 

 right hand and laughing himself and having breakfast 

idly and vada with sambar and chutney. 

Myself having coffee at Murugan Idli Shop after 

breakfast and Promith just sitting and enjoying.

The breakfast break was from 7:50 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and post breakfast we proceeded from Murugan Idli Shop Hosur and passed through Hosur, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Salem, Coimbatore and Pollachi and enjoyed the drive and when Karthik was driving at fast speed the car, Promith told Karthik that he was getting vomiting so what Promith immediately did was in Salem highway road that is Karthik had stopped the car and then Promith vomited because of sambar he had taken with idly and vada and coffee he drank he vomited through the plastic cover and lot of vomit went away and then Karthik had driven very slowly but then he drove very fast and very well and Promith took some water to feel himself better and then after reaching Pollachi Promith had a good appetite he ate very well and we had lots of conversations general chit chat talks and enjoyed ourselves and had fun and saw the nice greenery of the road and enjoyed beautiful sceneries. 

The pictures were taken of Karthik driving car and he wearing sunglasses and taken of beautiful road view and enjoyed the drive and was very fun and enjoyable seeing the sceneries.

The pictures were taken of full Coimbatore Road Palghat border touching between Kerala and Tamil Nadu that is Palghat and Pollachi road and enjoyed the full drive seeing beautiful greenery and lots of coconut trees and houses huts and saw lots of sceneries greeneries in the road view and really had fun and was such a really great drive from Bangalore to Pollachi from 5:50 a.m. to 13:30 p.m. and it was 7 hours 40 minutes drive from Bangalore to Pollachi and enjoyed  and reached Aditya Residency at 13:30 p.m.

We did the check-in at Aditya Residency Hotel and after check-in to the room we went for a walk for lunch to Madhava Restaurant at 13:50 p.m. and reached the Madhava Restaurant at 14:10 p.m.

The menu of Madhava Restaurant.

We took lunch at Madhava Restaurant from 14:10 p.m. to 14:50 p.m. and lunch I took was tandoori roti and aloo gobi masala and Promith took tandoori roti and mushroom masala and Karthik took Maharaja meals for lunch and also starter was crispy baby corn plus we took lime juice sweet lime juice to hydrate ourselves and also refresh and rejuvenate ourselves after 7 hours 40 minutes drive from 5:50 a.m. to 13:10 p.m. When we were taking lunch, Karthik was asking me how was his drive and I told his driving was very good and he had driven very well and even Karthik appreciated to Promith about my speech of his driving skills and I really felt very good in Karthik driving car at fast speed and there was no problem at all in his driving.

After having lunch at 14:50 p.m. we then walked from Madhava Restaurant to Aditya Residency from 15:00 p.m. to 15:15 p.m.

We had taken the picture of Madhava Restaurant before we took a walk from Madhava Restaurant to Aditya Residency and we stayed there at Aditya Residency and just relaxed ourselves since we were very tired after a long 7 hours 40 minutes drive from Bangalore to Pollachi and just slept for some time from 15:30 p.m. to 16:45 p.m./17:00 p.m. and felt good after a nice sleep and rest and relaxed and watched cricket match India Vs. Bangladesh and enjoyed ourselves and had some conversations chit-chat casual talks discussions about making of good managers how a manager should be made and discussed from 17:00 p.m. till 19:55 p.m.

These are the photos taken at the room no 106 at Aditya Residency and enjoyed ourselves and had fun.

                                          

Karthik, Promith and I were talking to Mahendran about our road trip and having some general talks/conversations/discussions which was at 18:45 p.m. and such a great talk conversation discussion with Mahendran and also Mahendran said all the best for us to have a good time and enjoy ourselves.

Post all these discussions from morning till evening we then went for a walk from 20:00 p.m. to 21:00 p.m. around the city Pollachi and walked in the night around city of Pollachi saw the bus stop, bus stand, Ramanujacharya Lodge, some shops in the city of Pollachi and few coconut trees and saw various shops like BASICS in the road and MAN Shop and then after walk from 20:00 p.m. to 20:50 p.m. we went to Pazhamudir Shop to drink juice to hydrate ourselves and remove sweat from the body as it was very hot at Pollachi. We took some good amount of walk from Aditya Residency to full city road of Pollachi in the night which reminded of our Bengaluru Walkathon Karthik and Myself had done last year 12th September 2021 Chickpet Road city of Pollachi Road and really a great walk in the night.

After we finished walking through road city of Pollachi we then went to have dinner at Madhava Restaurant at around 21:00 p.m. till 21:30 p.m. 

                                                     

Myself and Promith for night dinner at 

Madhava Restaurant at the same restaurant where 

we had lunch.

The dinner I took was chapati kurma and Promith took was mushroom fried rice and mushroom masala.

                                             

Post dinner we took a walk from 21:30 p.m. till 21:50 p.m. from Madhava Restaurant to Aditya Residency and went to the room and after going to the room we just relaxed and rejuvenated ourselves and then went off to sleep at 22:00 p.m.

My experience on Day 3(08-12-2022) at Pollachi and from Pollachi to Parambikulam Tiger Reserve

On 08-12-2022 we got up in the morning at 7:15 a.m. that is Karthik, Myself and Promith and after getting up in the morning, we freshened up and brushed our teeth and then did some stretches body stretches exercises from 7:30 a.m. to 8:10 a.m./ 8:15 a.m.  and when body stretches was done we focused on our breath breathing practices and then we focused on our mind doing meditation and after finishing our body, breath and mind exercises we then just stretched our legs and bent our body in the front and drank little bit of water to hydrate ourselves before Karthik and Myself had gone for a walk in the morning at 8:30 a.m. 

                                        

The picture taken of Karthik's car in the morning.

Karthik and Myself had taken a walk in the morning at 8:30 a.m. We walked from Aditya Residency to Pollachi City in the road and saw the full road view colleges and had some general chit chat conversations discussions and took a good walk in the morning from 8:30 a.m. to 8:55 a.m. and after walk we took coconut water to hydrate ourselves and helped to cleanse our mind and system.

                                              

The picture taken of peacock in the 

colony of Pollachi when Karthik and I 

were taking a walk in the morning.

Post finishing our walk in the morning Karthik and Myself had breakfast at Ramanujacharya Lodge and breakfast was simple that is just took two idly and one vada and I drank hot badam milk and Karthik drank coffee. The breakfast was from 9:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. 

After finishing our breakfast at 9:15 a.m., Karthik and myself went to Aditya Residency hotel as Promith did not want to come for a walk so what Promith did was he had taken his bath and got ready and was relaxing in the room after bath. When we finished our walk, I was just chilling myself that is I took a bath at 9:45 a.m. till 10:05 a.m. and was just relaxing and refreshing and recharging myself to get ready to leave for forest which was from 10:45 a.m. onwards. We did the check-out at 10:45 a.m. and when check-out of Aditya Residency was done, we went to drink coconut water to hydrate ourselves on the Pollachi road when we proceeded to Parambikulam Tiger Reserve Kerala Border so that we get some good energy and also strength and endurance for us to go to Tamil Nadu Anamalai Tiger Reserve Kerala border Parambikulam Tiger Reserve. The drive was from 10:45 a.m. till 12:25 p.m. from Pollachi to Parambikulam Tiger Reserve. It was 1 hour 40 minutes drive from Pollachi to Parambikulam Tiger Reserve.

After drinking coconut water on the road at Pollachi we then proceeded for a drive to Top Slip Pollachi crossing Parambikulam Tiger Reserve. I got some bananas for forest Parambikulam Tiger Reserve Kerala Tamil Nadu Border on the way at some road near Pollachi City.

                                                    

We drove through Pollachi full city crossing Western Ghats hills road forest road Top Slip driving through Parambikulam Tiger Reserve hairpin bend roads intersection between Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

We were in the Ghats roads driving fully through Tamil Nadu and Kerala Border passing through Tamil Nadu Forest Department Top Slip and it was being with nature and enjoying in the nature road and having lot of fun seeing animals like tigers, peacock bird, bear, bison and black monkeys and deers. We just took some coffee at Parambikulam Tiger Reserve cafeteria to keep ourselves hydrated. We then went from the Parambikulam Tiger Reserve the guide of safari in the car and his name was Binnu and Binnu was sharing about his life experiences and also about the forest and explaining about history of Kerala Forest Parambikulam and also about animals and we gathered some knowledge and of teak view seeing teak point and also about our Friends For Autism also what all we do we were sharing to Binnu and Binnu was appreciating my runs marathon 21.1 km sharing about Art For Inclusion initiative by India Inclusion Foundation and also about my running in strava 2503 kms I completed this year 2022 and Binnu was liking me telling the day he was born 5-5-2000 and day was Friday and Karthik appreciated about my talent to Binnu and also about dam how projects are generated dam of Parambikulam Dam and various dams knowing about history. We took lunch at 14:25 p.m. till 14:50 p.m. and bought some provisions for Periyavar Island stay the night we stayed and bought like rice, tomatoes, potatoes, onions, eggs for Promith since he is a non-vegetarian and we saw people cooking in the log woods fire in the island kitchen bamboo hut and it was an experience of Karthik, Myself and Promith staying in the nature and enjoying the view of the Periyavar Island and was really a great fun in the evening from 15:00 p.m. we left to Dam and then Kannimara Teak Point from 15:45 p.m. till 16:35 p.m. and from Kannimara Teak Point we went to the river at 17:20 p.m.  and then went in the boat to island stay enjoyed the boat ride from 17:20 p.m. till 17:50 p.m. and when we went to the island stay we kept our luggages and then relaxed and just drank some coffee to hydrate ourselves and also took something to eat from 18:00 p.m. to 18:30 p.m. sitting outside in the nature experiencing ourselves and having conversations/ talks planning for 2023 and also about goal of 2023 plans having cool casual chit chat from 18:00 p.m. till 18:45 p.m. and then we played word game in the room that is Karthik, Myself and Promith from 18:50 p.m. till 20:05 p.m. and then we went for dinner at 20:10 p.m. to bamboo hut hall and then we had dinner from 20:30 p.m. till 20:50 p.m.. 

Tamil Nadu Forest Department Top Slip.

The Forest Road Tamil Nadu going towards 

Kerala Border.

The Wildlife Forest Road going to 

Parambikulam Tiger Reserve entering the forest.

The Forest Check Post before we crossed 

Parambikulam Tiger Reserve.

The Tiger Reserve Ghats Road Tamil Nadu 

Kerala Border.

The Forest Department Tamil Nadu before 

crossing Parambikulam Tiger Reserve taken of Me and 

Promith.

The Forest Department Tamil Nadu before crossing 

Parambikulam Tiger Reserve taken of Me and 

Promith and Karthik.

Parambikulam Tiger Reserve Save Our Tigers.

Wild Life Reserve Sanctuary.

Parambikulam Tiger Reserve Kerala.

The Cafeteria of Parambikulam Tiger Reserve.

This is in nature picture of Karthik, Me 

and Promith at Parambikulam Tiger Reserve.

Me giving hands up at Cafeteria of 

Parambikulam Tiger Reserve.

Promith laughing himself and enjoying at 

Parambikulam Tiger Reserve Cafeteria.

Karthik, Myself and Promith at Cafeteria of

Parambikulam Tiger Reserve and enjoying and 

having fun.

The picture taken of 

Parambikulam Tiger Reserve.

Parambikulam Tiger Reserve.

Save Our Tigers of Parambikulam Tiger Reserve.

Coffee at cafeteria of Parambikulam Tiger Reserve.

Tiger at the Forest of Parambikulam.

Forest Road View.

Butterfly of Parambikulam Tiger Reserve Kerala.

Wild Bear In The Forest.

Wild Bear In The Forest of Parambikulam Kerala.

Lunch at Some Restaurant at 

Parambikulam Tiger Reserve.

Meals Like Rice, Sambar, Cabbage Curry and Some Thing.

Promith having fish as non vegetarian for lunch.

Me having lunch and seeing Promith fish.

Promith having lunch and enjoying himself.

Provision Shop at Parambikulam Tiger Reserve.

Me and Promith at Provision Shop.

Restaurant.

Promith drinking coke at outside of 

Parambikulam Tiger Reserve.

Provision Shop Stall of Parambikulam Tiger Reserve.

 

After dinner we went to the room and just were chit chatting in general and had fun and Karthik was appreciating about my travel planning for 2022, story telling meet, volunteering and also driving the initiatives in general and he was really very proud of me and keep it up and I was feeling really proud and good from the bottom of the heart when we slept off at 21:15 p.m. that is while I was sleeping itself Karthik was appreciating about 2022 really great and keep it up and was very proud of me and then I slept very well and really enjoyed ourselves and had fun.

My experience on day 4(09-12-2022) at Parambikulam Tiger Reserve and Parambikulam Tiger Reserve to Anamalai Tiger Reserve Forest Top Slip Pollachi

On 09-12-2022, we got up in the morning and Karthik was outside enjoying the nice greenery of the beautiful weather outside seeing the view of the lake, nature around the bamboo hut where we stayed seeing the beauty view of the island where we stayed and enjoyed ourselves and had fun. Karthik and Me and Promith were having some conversations about nature how it has helped us to stay calm and find the peace and beauty within us and it was such a great experience experiencing in the island stay and also seeing the lake view reminding me of Lalbagh where I do running every Sunday in nature and also experiencing it the very first time in Periyavar Island Stay at Parambikulam Tiger Reserve and was great fun and having some general chit chat talks from 7:00 a.m. till 8:00 a.m. Karthik had requested me to get up at 7:15 a.m. as it was very chill and cold I was feeling so I slept very well and at least I brushed my teeth and then washed my face and felt good and better and looked smart and handsome experiencing the nature stay island and seeing the nice view of the island and enjoyed which was  lovely and beautiful experience first time like staying in hut experience and also exposure. We saw lots of birds in the nature at island stay Periyavar Island Parambikulam Tiger Reserve and the picture was taken of me and Promith sleeping and getting up in the morning. We saw the full view of the nature at Periyavar Island and was really great fun in the morning from 7:00 a.m. till 8:30 a.m. While seeing the nature, we took our luggages and left from the room at 8:00 a.m. to the place outside the lake seeing the boat and took kattanji black tea and black tea was very good and we drank black tea with lemon and put lemon in black tea and black was tasting very good and we drank black tea to hydrate ourselves as we had needed to go to Anamalai Tiger Reserve as it was Doctor Krishnamurthy Elephant Doctor 20th death anniversary and we remembered Doctor Krishnamurthy Elephant Doctor he was such a great person dedicating his life for elephants and he did veterinary surgery for elephants and also post mortem of elephants and was a great person who walked 14 kms at Anamalai Tiger Reserve going to the elephant camp and feeding the elephants with food and food given in elephant camp is  ragi balls and jaggery with coconut and also the persons in the camp train the elephants. We left from the island at 8:30 a.m. by boat to Parambikulam Dam and I had done rowing of the boat me doing rowing of the boat and enjoying the boat ride bamboo boat and then went in car from Parambikulam Tiger Reserve at 8:45 a.m. and reached Anamalai Tiger Reserve Top Slip Forest at 10:15 a.m. We went with Binnu in the car till Vengoli Cafe for breakfast and we had breakfast which was dosa and bonda with chutney and sambar and drank coffee and I had given Binnu Friends For Autism T-shirt and telling him thank you for he supporting us during the forest trip and such a great person Binnu was. We stayed at Tree Top Deluxe Top Slip Forest Rest House in the nature enjoying ourselves and having fun.

While going in the car from Parambikulam Tiger Reserve to Anamalai Tiger Reserve, we spotted a tiger in the road running from one side of the forest to the other side of the forest and Karthik told me and Promith that we were very lucky to have seen a tiger but tiger did not do any harm to us and tiger just ran away and it was a great luck to have seen a tiger on the road. We saw peacock bird in Parambikulam Tiger Reserve.

We saw some deers, bisons and bulls and bears and even monkeys at Anamalai Tiger Reserve in forest area. Post reaching the forest, we went to the rest house and kept our luggages and then we went to the museum experiencing the animal sanctuary study of animals and enjoyed ourselves and had fun from 10:45 a.m. till 12:00 p.m. At 12:00 p.m. we went to the room and just relaxed and rejuvenated ourselves and had some talks/ conversations/discussions which was within Me, Karthik and Promith that is Me and Promith sharing our own experiences life journey what all I have been doing and was general from 12:15 p.m. till 13:15 p.m. At 13:15 p.m. we went for lunch to canteen of Top Slip and had lunch from 13:15 p.m. till 13:45 p.m. The lunch we took was sambar, rice, poriyal, curry and fried papad and omelette which gave us some good strength and endurance for the muscles to be flexible. 

Post lunch, we went to the room and just relaxed and rejuvenated ourselves from 14:00 p.m. till 14:40 p.m. and then practiced some yoga nidra from 14:40 p.m. till 15:10 p.m. and we slept for 1 hour from 15:15 p.m. till 16:15 p.m. and got good sleep and felt good after sleep and then freshened up to get ready to leave for Kollikamuthi Elephant Camp at 16:30 p.m. 

                                                

Manas National Park Musuem of 

Animal Sanctuary Aquarium.

Tiger Reserves of India.

Me and Promith having good food 

rice sambar cabbage poriyal and rasam.

When we left at 16:30 at that time we were in the reception getting ready to leave by safari car and the safari guide was there we saw lots of animals like deers, bears, puli mann(samba deer), spotted deer, elephants in the elephant camp and we were just talking about Dr. Krishnamurthy such a great elephant doctor he was and dedicated his life for elephants I was sharing that to the guide and also even he was explaining about puli mann samba deer spotted deer and animals in the forest and when we went to the elephant camp we saw Elephant Kalim and Mani who was the instructor for elephant Kalim was giving jaggery to eat for elephant and elephant tusk was big and we remembered DR. V. Krishnamurthy Elephant Doctor in our memories keeping him as his death anniversary that day and was such a great thing enjoying in the safari from 17:15 p.m. till 18:35 p.m. and then we were in the reception room talking to Sabarish about he sharing his life experiences and also about our Friends For Autism and also a volunteer for Art For Inclusion which is initiative of India Inclusion Foundation and Karthik requested him also to research on India Inclusion Summit initiatives and activities that we do and also about his date of birth 11-06-1994 being day Saturday and was correct and he is also same 1994 born like me and I am 12th October 1994 born and same age and he is a forester and has cleared his exam and such a great person he is and he never gave up which was from 18:45 p.m. till 19:30 p.m. and then we went to have dinner at 19:45 p.m. and dinner we took was chapati and kurma and Promith took chapati and chicken masala. The dinner was from 19:45 p.m. till 20:20 p.m. and after dinner we left to the rest house at 20:45 p.m. and reached rest house at 21:05 p.m. 

                                                      

After reaching rest house, we just relaxed and refreshed and rejuvenated ourselves and did some mindfulness meditation practice before going to bed at 22:00 p.m. and felt good and slept off at 22:05 p.m.

My experience on Day 5(10-12-2022) at Anamalai Tiger Reserve

On 10-12-2022 Karthik and Myself got up in the morning at 7:00 a.m. and after getting up in the morning I brushed my teeth and washed my face and changed my t-shirt to get ready to go to Elephant Camp in a bus safari. The picture was taken early morning Me and Promith in the bed lying down and then I got up and did my morning duties and Karthik and Myself went to Elephant Camp in the bus safari.

We left in the morning at 7:30 a.m. to the reception entrance of Top Slip Pollachi and from there we went in the bus safari and when we went in the bus safari we spotted deers, elephants, some birds and in the bus safari Karthik was sharing about how Sabarisan in Anamalai Tiger Reserve cleared his exam 33 times that is 33rd time he wrote and also he was the forester going to the forest Anamalai Tiger Reserve and looking after the elephants and he is the Deputy Forest Officer of Anamalai Tiger Reserve and we saw the elephants in the camp in the morning instructors were giving bath to the elephants and also feeding jaggery to the elephants and Karthik was telling that elephant is big it has 5+5 nails 10 nails in front and 4+4 nails 8 nails in back and how elephant is able to move itself and we met Rasu and Murugan and Murugan spoke about elephant doctor how Doctor V Krishnamurthy was training elephants and giving surgery to elephants tusks removing the tusks of elephants and he walked 14 kms in the forest to the elephant camp and everyday he was feeding to the elephants and Karthik and I were talking to Murugan about our Friends For Autism community and we gave our Friends For Autism t-shirt to Murugan as a gift. Karthik and I were having conversations like what is our plan for 2023 and goals for 2023 what we plan to do for 2023 and the plan for 2023 should be like a flow how the river flows some discussions and I told that we can do second half afternoon is what I shared and also some casual chit chat talks discussions. We left in the bus safari at 7:40 a.m. and reached elephant camp at 8:25 a.m. and we spent around 40 minutes at elephant camp seeing the elephants and also how elephants are trained which was from 8:25 a.m. to 9:05 a.m. We met Sabarisan who had come to the elephant camp and were having some casual chat conversations and discussions.

We left from the elephant camp at 9:05 a.m. and reached Top Slip Forest at 9:25 a.m. and came to the forest guest house at 9:40 a.m. After reaching the forest guest house, we took our bath and freshened up from 9:50 a.m. till 10:10 a.m. and were just relaxing and rejuvenating ourselves and had fun. From 10:30 a.m. till 13:00 p.m. we went for a drive to Top Slip Forest and we wanted to drink coffee there at canteen at Top Slip Forest so what we had done was we went for a drive to Parambikulam Tiger Reserve cafeteria and took coffee to drink and had hot masala vada which was tasty and really enjoyed the view nature of Parambikulam Tiger Reserve and drove from Parambikulam Tiger Reserve to Anamalai Top Slip from up hills till down hills full road view seeing deers, bears and bisons and luckily there were no tigers in the road while going to Parambikulam Tiger Reserve and coming from Parambikulam Tiger Reserve going to Anamalai Tiger Reserve Top Slip and went via full forest road from up the hills till down the Tamil Nadu Forest Department and came from down the hills Tamil Nadu Forest Department to Anamalai Tiger Reserve Top Slip which was for 2 and half hours 10:30 a.m. to 13:00 p.m.  We were having some talks/discussions/conversations about our plans for 2023 within Me, Karthik and Promith at Parambikulam Tiger Reserve and talking about our year end day outing 29th December to 30th December some casual talks and chit chat was done. We took lunch from 13:00 p.m. till 13:30 p.m. and lunch was rice sambar rasam curry poriyal and fried papad and after lunch, we went to the room and just relaxed and rejuvenated ourselves from 13:45 p.m. till 14:00 p.m. and we did some mindfulness practice in the room at 14:00 p.m. till 14:30 p.m. before we slept at 14:30 p.m. till 16:00 p.m. and then took a wash and freshened up at 16:15 p.m. to get ready to go to nature walk spent time in garden at Top Slip Forest at around 16:30 p.m. and met Sabarisan and Sabarisan was wearing police uniform to go to forest for inspection and we were talking to Sabarisan about what we plan for Friends For Autism for 2023 and we gave Friends For Autism t-shirt to Sabarisan and told him to refer to friends for autism site what all we do and also gave Friends For Autism t-shirt to the driver who had driven the safari and discuss about our 2023 plans and also reflect on what went well in 2022 and what did not go well and also plan for 2023 which was conversations after coffee break from  17:00 p.m. till 17:30 p.m. and we had conversations from 17:35 p.m. till 17:50 p.m. reflecting for 2022 and planning for 2023. We also saw peacock bird.

We went for a drive in the evening to Parambikulam Tiger Reserve and came back to Anamalai Tiger Reserve Top Slip as it was very dark in the night since animals may come so we quickly went for a drive at 18:00 p.m. and came back at 18:30 p.m. We took a walk around the forest nature seeing deers and enjoying ourselves from 18:30 p.m. till 19:00 p.m. We went to the room and just freshened up and recouped ourselves from 19:05 p.m. till 19:55 p.m. We went for dinner to canteen Top Slip at 20:00 p.m. and took dinner at 20:15 p.m. till 20:45 p.m. and dinner was chapati and kurma and had conversations with Rose Mary Patti sharing about Dr. V Krishnamurthy elephant doctor from 20:45 p.m. till 21:15 p.m. 

                                                    

We went to the room at 21:15 p.m. and reached the room at 21:40 p.m. in the night and after reaching the room we just rejuvenated and chilled ourselves and went off to sleep at 22:00 p.m.

My experience on day 6(11-12-2022) at Anamalai Tiger Reserve and Anamalai Tiger Reserve Top Slip Pollachi to Bangalore

On 11-12-2022 we got up in the morning a little bit late at 7:30  a.m. and after getting up in the morning we were just having some casual cool chit chat and then brushed our teeth from 7:45 a.m. till 8:05 a.m. and then went to Top Slip Forest and did some walking at least moved around a little bit and had fun from 8:05 a.m. till 8:30 a.m. and took breakfast at 8:45 a.m. and breakfast was poori aloo masala and dosa. After breakfast from 8:45 a.m. till 9:10 a.m. we went to the room and relaxed and rejuvenated ourselves to get ready to leave to Bangalore at 10:00 a.m. 

                                                 

We left from the rest house at 10:00 a.m. to Anamalai Tiger Reserve Top Slip and met Rosemary Patti and Rosemary Patti was sharing about Doctor V. Krishnamurthy Elephant Doctor that is such a great person he was and no other human can dedicate his life for others and DR. V. Krishnamurthy Elephant Doctor dedicated his life not for himself but for the elephants and also so much support he provided for elephants and how we must dedicate life not only for ourselves but for others. We took black tea kattanji to hydrate ourselves before we left for Bangalore.

                                                       

We started from Anamalai Tiger Reserve Top Slip at 10:15 a.m. and drove through Ghats roads up the hill till down the hill going through hairpin bend intersection road of Tamil Nadu and passed through Anamalai Tiger Reserve Top Slip, Tamil Nadu Forest Department, Pollachi, Pollachi City saw the full view of the Pollachi City Road, lots of greenery, lots of coconut trees of city of Pollachi, Pollachi, Salem and stopped for lunch in Salem Road at 13:30 p.m. at 99 Miles Restaurant which was from 13:30 p.m. till 14:15 p.m./14:20 p.m.  The lunch which Karthik and Me took was meals and also drank lime juice to hydrate ourselves since it was a long drive from Anamalai Tiger Reserve Top Slip Pollachi to Salem for lunch. The lunch which Promith took was veg fried rice and gobi manchurian. The drive was 3 hours 15 minutes from 10:15 a.m. till 13:30 p.m. 

                                                   

Pollachi City View.

                                                                

                                                      

After lunch at 14:20 p.m. we then proceeded from Salem and drove through Salem, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, and stopped for coffee at 16:30 p.m. at Venkateshwara Coffee till 17:10 p.m. The drive was 2 hours 10 minutes from 14:20 p.m. till 16:30 p.m. I took hot badam milk to drink and Karthik and Promith took coffee to drink.

                                                    

After coffee break at 17:10 p.m. we then drove through Krishnagiri, Vellore Ambur Road which connects Vellore and Ambur, Hosur, Anekal Taluk, Attibele, Electronic City, Diary Circle, Nimhans and Jayanagar and reached Jayanagar at 18:30 p.m. The drive was 8 hours 30 minutes from 10:00 a.m. till 18:30 p.m. from Anamalai Tiger Reserve Top Slip Pollachi to Bangalore.