Cullen Thomas decides to visit his mom, 68 year old, who suddenly decided to sign up as ship nurse and go into the sea for two months, hoping to be a support. It turns out his mom was energetic enough that it is he who got offered support.
Mom asked an older lieutenant if he could spare not one—I desperately tried to stop her—but two extra blankets for her chilly son. She doted on me, jumping up to get me juice, extra fruit. She kept trying to give me money (thankfully she didn’t have any euros). She kept saying that she would do my laundry. I was cringing. What would these salty merchant marines think? I could have been 12 and back home, before I’d seen any of the world.
Read Sailor Girl on worldhum
Have been a bit busy, and this blog will go into silent mode for next 4-5 days. In the meanwhile, here is a request for some inputs from you.
Starting next month, India Travel Blog will be devoting some posts(one per week, may be two, or more if there is good response) for travel photography related content. Most of us travel with a camera, be it is a very basic one or advanced, but definitely want to come back with good pictures of the vacation. The travel photography posts intend to help all travelers – photography enthusiasts and otherwise – to get better pictures when they are out on a journey.
The idea is vague, but at the moment, here are some thoughts I have on what to write.
* Tips and tricks of travel photography, suggestions. Tutorials.
* Question and Answers, where readers can post questions – one or two every week.
* Interviews from photographers, where possible.
* Critique request. Critique one or two photographs posted by reader every week.
* Post alerts on travel photography opportunities
* Links to good travel photography sites with good photographs and/or tutorials
* Any other ideas? Please suggest.
I would like to keep this as interactive as possible and make it a useful learning experience for readers. Eventually, it can also lead to travel photography trips taken in small groups, photography workshops for the readers etc.
Please suggest your ideas on what else can go into travel photography content on India Travel Blog. I would love to hear from you and incorporate as many suggestions as possible. Thanks.
Vijay Cavale’s trip report has some beautiful images of Sloth Bears from Daroji Bear Sanctuary in North Karnataka. He seems to have got plenty of time with the bears there. He says –
The sighting would always be brief as the animal would dash for cover and disappear into the thick foliage. At Daroji the experience was completely different! We saw eight different sloth bears in about two hours and we did not have to move an inch!!
See Daroji Bear Sanctuary.
Vijaya Cavale is one of the renowned bird photographers in this part of the world. You can see a large collection of his wildlife images at indiabirds.com