Grybas ant sniego/ On a road again

Grybai pasirodo rudeni, sniegas ziema. Kaip sureaguotum pamates baravyka, isdygusi ant sniego? Va taip Keralos gyventojai sutiko ir mane. Kazkokiu budu sugebejau, pakeisdamas 9 autobusus (kad pamatyti daugiau aplinkos), per dvi paras nukakti i Sultanbatheri siaureje ir is jo Allepey, miesta Keralos vidury, nesutikdamas pakeliui nei vieno turisto.

Sultanbatheris, nedidukas miestelis, prie pat vieno is nacionaliniu parku. Atkakes vakare po ilgos, bet pakankamai lengvos keliones (cia autobusuose sedima tvarkingai, jei nera vietos stovima, o ne po desimt ant vienos sedynes kaip Indijos siaureje) niekaip neradau pigesnio viesbucio. Teko apsistoti prabangiai, normaliame ir Europos standartais kambaryje netgi su televizoriumi!

Praejau miesteliu garbes rata, kad visi pamatytu ir pasisveikintu:) Pasirodo turistai ten balandzio menesi nelabai pasirodo.
Anksti ryte i nacionalini parka aplankyti laukiniu drambliu, o jie gyvuliai zmoniu neprisileidzia, siaip ne taip gidas surado ir parode pora bureliu.

Nuotraukoje naminis dramblys, atleides raumeni, prie ivaziavimo vartu. Misku lakste saikos elniu ir stirnu, greit skuodzianciu i tankumyna vos privaziavus.

48 hours and 9 different local buses took me to Sultanbatheri in Kerala's north and after to Allepey in the middle of the state.

Strange thing was I didn't meet any other tourist on the way so I got a bit of attention. Sultanbatheri - small town close to one of the Kerala's wildlife sanctuaries. Couldn't find a cheap place to stay, had to pay for a poshy hotel room with tv.

Wildlife sanctuary is famous for its wild elephants. Manage to see couple of them, they are wild ones and not too happy if you get close. In a picture is a tamed one chilling near the gates to sanctuary.

Indians call Kerala God's own country. The place is full of palms and greenery. I'll take a boat to one of the villages in Kerala's backwaters.

Kerala indai vadina Dievu krastu, visur daugybe palmiu ir zalumos, pakelese patruliuoja gaujos bezdzioniu. Plauksiu i nedideli kaimuka prie vienos is daugybes upiu Keraloje.