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12th March 2025 |
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Part 1 - Traditional Homestead, Games & Yala NP
A morning at a local farm homestead to sample
local games and traditional food, before heading to Yala National Park.
Flowers at the
hotel...
First port of
call a local homestead for local traditional games and local cooking
We were transported in carts pulled by simple 2-wheeled tractors...
We were transported in carts pulled by simple 2-wheeled tractors...
The mud caused
some issues...
Pond amongst the
rice paddies...
Hello Dave!...
Behold the gourd...
It was the size
of my head...
Rice, rice, baby...
Setting up the
clay pot pinadas...
After the other
games were complete, a quick game of cricket - I get the impression that
this was Roshan's highlight every 2-weeks...
The group and
remnants of the pots - apparently we were the first group to get all 4...
Simple hearth
cooking...
...
Served on a
banana leaf; this was followed by super-sweet Jaggery - made of palm sugar,
it's a bit like Kendal Mint Cake, but without the mint...
Wild elephant
accosting trafic in search of treats...
...
Human food isn't
good for them, it becomes addictive and they end up with diabetes...
Up-close
inspection...
Yala National
Park
A pair of peacocks...
A pair of peacocks...
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Chital Deer
(Spotted Deer)...
...
Marsh Crocodile...
Land Monitor
hunting...
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Spotted deer...
