Memorable Wildlife Retreat at Machaan Wilderness | Complete Nagarhole Tiger and Birding Safari Guide
Out of the Den
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Hardloo in Canada'}, {'start': '36.960', 'end': '42.120', 'text': 'means grassland. This part of Nagar'}, {'start': '39.600', 'end': '44.480', 'text': 'holes has a unique vegetation of this'}, {'start': '42.120', 'end': '47.200', 'text': 'hardloos something that you cannot find'}, {'start': '44.480', 'end': '48.680', 'text': 'in Kabini or Bandipur. And I have come'}, {'start': '47.200', 'end': '51.200', 'text': 'here to stay right in front of a'}, {'start': '48.680', 'end': '54.079', 'text': 'hurdloo. One of the rare few places in'}, {'start': '51.200', 'end': '56.480', 'text': 'South India which offers unobstructed'}, {'start': '54.079', 'end': '60.280', 'text': 'view of Milky Way galaxy stretch on'}, {'start': '56.480', 'end': '60.280', 'text': 'clear winter nights'}, {'start': '63.920', 'end': '67.280', 'text': 'because I was wondering that if it rains'}, {'start': '65.680', 'end': '69.439', 'text': 'and all that people are saying that'}, {'start': '67.280', 'end': '71.920', 'text': 'still tiger sighting is happening in the'}, {'start': '69.439', 'end': '74.320', 'text': 'forest. Yeah, I heard about here'}, {'start': '71.920', 'end': '77.680', 'text': 'whenever the co time they have to fix'}, {'start': '74.320', 'end': '80.240', 'text': 'the bacha have fixed a trap camera here.'}, {'start': '77.680', 'end': '83.439', 'text': 'The two male tigers are cut across'}, {'start': '80.240', 'end': '86.040', 'text': 'through the our property in the first co'}, {'start': '83.439', 'end': '89.479', 'text': 'time. Okay. And'}, {'start': '86.040', 'end': '93.439', 'text': 'uh after that they have cited for one'}, {'start': '89.479', 'end': '96.000', 'text': 'leopard and severe cats. I have never'}, {'start': '93.439', 'end': '98.159', 'text': 'seen severe cats. Uh yeah that is in our'}, {'start': '96.000', 'end': '101.680', 'text': 'coffee plantation you can chance to get'}, {'start': '98.159', 'end': '104.400', 'text': 'it see the uh severe cat okay especially'}, {'start': '101.680', 'end': '107.200', 'text': 'that is a fruiting time okay you know'}, {'start': '104.400', 'end': '111.920', 'text': "that that's why I'm saying December Jan"}, {'start': '107.200', 'end': '115.560', 'text': 'is the best time to uh come to this area'}, {'start': '111.920', 'end': '118.399', 'text': 'you can see chance to see a cat also'}, {'start': '115.560', 'end': '121.040', 'text': 'sure while the best season to travel'}, {'start': '118.399', 'end': '123.520', 'text': 'based on your species of preference I'}, {'start': '121.040', 'end': '126.240', 'text': 'will discuss later in this video yes'}, {'start': '123.520', 'end': '129.119', 'text': 'this is unfiltered raw verdency of this'}, {'start': '126.240', 'end': '131.840', 'text': 'forest in monsoon a green that needs no'}, {'start': '129.119', 'end': '134.239', 'text': 'touch-up to cater to visual appeal and'}, {'start': '131.840', 'end': '136.959', 'text': 'even when sightings tend to be low now'}, {'start': '134.239', 'end': '139.360', 'text': "if it happens I knew it's difficult to"}, {'start': '136.959', 'end': '142.239', 'text': 'beat the unassuming beauty of wildlife'}, {'start': '139.360', 'end': '144.319', 'text': 'sighting in monsoon the elephant and'}, {'start': '142.239', 'end': '147.040', 'text': 'oriental data both frolicked in that'}, {'start': '144.319', 'end': '150.239', 'text': 'perspective that nothing is really small'}, {'start': '147.040', 'end': '152.440', 'text': 'in this big forest the only thing that'}, {'start': '150.239', 'end': '155.360', 'text': 'ought to be small here is human'}, {'start': '152.440', 'end': '160.840', 'text': 'footfalls The gentler prince will leave'}, {'start': '155.360', 'end': '160.840', 'text': "the better. This is God's footprint."}, {'start': '170.480', 'end': '172.800', 'text': 'You all'}, {'start': '179.800', 'end': '183.630', 'text': "know it's quite a different"}, {'start': '182.360', 'end': '186.830', 'text': 'but I'}, {'start': '183.630', 'end': '186.830', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '190.420', 'end': '193.490', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '194.599', 'end': '199.480', 'text': 'think this one this one will also slot'}, {'start': '197.519', 'end': '201.020', 'text': 'there. See'}, {'start': '199.480', 'end': '214.280', 'text': 'those'}, {'start': '201.020', 'end': '218.200', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '214.280', 'end': '221.180', 'text': 'comfortable. Uh this one is'}, {'start': '218.200', 'end': '229.430', 'text': 'summer somewhere there.'}, {'start': '221.180', 'end': '229.430', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '230.400', 'end': '255.080', 'text': 'This one is super.'}, {'start': '233.280', 'end': '255.080', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '258.050', 'end': '262.399', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '264.080', 'end': '267.880', 'text': 'Heat. Heat.'}, {'start': '271.800', 'end': '278.100', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '280.860', 'end': '286.509', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '286.880', 'end': '291.040', 'text': 'I would start with the second best thing'}, {'start': '288.560', 'end': '293.680', 'text': "I liked about Machan. It's the well"}, {'start': '291.040', 'end': '295.680', 'text': 'humored Wi-Fi name of this property. The'}, {'start': '293.680', 'end': '298.240', 'text': 'best thing is if you remain connected to'}, {'start': '295.680', 'end': '300.080', 'text': 'the Wi-Fi while spending time at the'}, {'start': '298.240', 'end': '302.400', 'text': 'spacious balcony facing the forest'}, {'start': '300.080', 'end': '304.000', 'text': 'buffer, you are going to ruin your own'}, {'start': '302.400', 'end': '305.840', 'text': 'holiday. Indeed, they were saying that'}, {'start': '304.000', 'end': '307.440', 'text': 'elephants come in this area. Is it true?'}, {'start': '305.840', 'end': '310.320', 'text': 'Yeah. Yes, of course. Elephants come'}, {'start': '307.440', 'end': '313.840', 'text': 'here. 3 days back elephant cut across'}, {'start': '310.320', 'end': '316.160', 'text': 'this area. Okay. But that is not come to'}, {'start': '313.840', 'end': '318.520', 'text': 'our property inside that is moving'}, {'start': '316.160', 'end': '321.759', 'text': 'through. They they have a certain'}, {'start': '318.520', 'end': '324.960', 'text': 'triing through their their own path.'}, {'start': '321.759', 'end': '327.680', 'text': "Okay. It's a corridor. Yeah. Right. That"}, {'start': '324.960', 'end': '330.479', 'text': 'corridor only they are to use otherwise'}, {'start': '327.680', 'end': '333.120', 'text': 'they can come for food only sometimes.'}, {'start': '330.479', 'end': '333.960', 'text': 'Why this time is elephants have came'}, {'start': '333.120', 'end': '336.720', 'text': 'this'}, {'start': '333.960', 'end': '340.199', 'text': "area. Now it's a right season of the"}, {'start': '336.720', 'end': '343.039', 'text': 'jackf fruit. Oh the jackf fruit getting'}, {'start': '340.199', 'end': '345.759', 'text': 'smell 2 kilometers away from elephant'}, {'start': '343.039', 'end': '348.639', 'text': 'catch up that one and then come to and'}, {'start': '345.759', 'end': '350.320', 'text': 'eat that jack fruit. Waited till late at'}, {'start': '348.639', 'end': '352.080', 'text': 'night but it was drizzling. Then today'}, {'start': '350.320', 'end': '353.600', 'text': 'got up very early morning to check'}, {'start': '352.080', 'end': '356.160', 'text': 'whether if any ele anyone comes. Some'}, {'start': '353.600', 'end': '359.120', 'text': 'predict any time coming any other viable'}, {'start': '356.160', 'end': '363.120', 'text': 'moments because I heard today morning is'}, {'start': '359.120', 'end': '366.080', 'text': 'uh alarm call from that side. Uh that is'}, {'start': '363.120', 'end': '368.400', 'text': 'the barking deer alarm call. Okay. Today'}, {'start': '366.080', 'end': '371.280', 'text': 'morning what time? Uh that is around'}, {'start': '368.400', 'end': '374.080', 'text': '6:30 I heard the barking deer alarm'}, {'start': '371.280', 'end': '376.240', 'text': "call. I I was here but I probably didn't"}, {'start': '374.080', 'end': '379.280', 'text': 'recognize I was saying nearby downward'}, {'start': '376.240', 'end': '382.880', 'text': "only. Okay. I heard that call that's why"}, {'start': '379.280', 'end': '385.680', 'text': "I'm saying that is uh we can't predict"}, {'start': '382.880', 'end': '388.400', 'text': "any other man. It doesn't make much"}, {'start': '385.680', 'end': '390.160', 'text': 'sense for you to stay at Machan if the'}, {'start': '388.400', 'end': '394.039', 'text': 'only question in your mind while'}, {'start': '390.160', 'end': '394.039', 'text': 'visiting a forest is'}, {'start': '397.080', 'end': '441.370', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '461.919', 'end': '463.919', 'text': 'Heat.'}, {'start': '481.400', 'end': '484.400', 'text': 'Heat.'}, {'start': '497.479', 'end': '505.840', 'text': 'Here people are coming from mostly they'}, {'start': '501.039', 'end': '508.400', 'text': 'want to need peaceful place. In Machan'}, {'start': '505.840', 'end': '511.120', 'text': 'you have to get it a very peaceful area.'}, {'start': '508.400', 'end': '513.200', 'text': 'You can get it only for the birds south'}, {'start': '511.120', 'end': '515.440', 'text': 'here. I probably was so engrossed in'}, {'start': '513.200', 'end': '517.760', 'text': 'birding and watching the memerizing'}, {'start': '515.440', 'end': '520.000', 'text': 'sunrise from the balcony that I even'}, {'start': '517.760', 'end': '521.839', 'text': "missed barking dear alarm call. That's"}, {'start': '520.000', 'end': '524.320', 'text': "quite unlike of me and that's the magic"}, {'start': '521.839', 'end': '526.000', 'text': "of Machan's location for you. So you you"}, {'start': '524.320', 'end': '528.399', 'text': 'were telling me that you saw two black'}, {'start': '526.000', 'end': '530.800', 'text': 'leopards, right? That is in cababin'}, {'start': '528.399', 'end': '532.120', 'text': 'side. Yeah, kabin side. That that was'}, {'start': '530.800', 'end': '537.600', 'text': 'happen'}, {'start': '532.120', 'end': '540.640', 'text': "in 2018 I think. So okay. It's a uh not"}, {'start': '537.600', 'end': '543.519', 'text': 'two black birds that is a black panda'}, {'start': '540.640', 'end': '547.279', 'text': 'male and female together.'}, {'start': '543.519', 'end': '550.320', 'text': 'M male is black one. The male is basia'}, {'start': '547.279', 'end': '554.399', 'text': "right? Ah it's a it's a black one and"}, {'start': '550.320', 'end': '557.200', 'text': 'female is like a little more color'}, {'start': '554.399', 'end': '559.440', 'text': 'brownish color. Okay. Okay. That that is'}, {'start': '557.200', 'end': '560.720', 'text': "not a black one. It's it's not a"}, {'start': '559.440', 'end': '563.279', 'text': "complete jet black. That's what you"}, {'start': '560.720', 'end': '565.680', 'text': "mean. Right. So basically the it's it's"}, {'start': '563.279', 'end': '568.080', 'text': 'a melanistic their scheme actually'}, {'start': '565.680', 'end': '570.480', 'text': 'sighting is different difficult okay'}, {'start': '568.080', 'end': '573.920', 'text': 'because they said that sia the black uh'}, {'start': '570.480', 'end': '577.360', 'text': 'leopard we came came to the ka side last'}, {'start': '573.920', 'end': '581.440', 'text': 'last month so many people come and watch'}, {'start': '577.360', 'end': '583.920', 'text': 'that one I think that is one of the old'}, {'start': '581.440', 'end': '586.560', 'text': 'yeah yeah yeah one of the reasons I'}, {'start': '583.920', 'end': '589.120', 'text': 'visited Nagar holi last monsoon was'}, {'start': '586.560', 'end': '591.839', 'text': "because I got confirmed news about sia's"}, {'start': '589.120', 'end': '595.120', 'text': 'movement from kabini to this side of the'}, {'start': '591.839', 'end': '596.880', 'text': 'forest range. For the uninitiated, he is'}, {'start': '595.120', 'end': '599.600', 'text': 'the famed black leopard of western'}, {'start': '596.880', 'end': '601.839', 'text': 'guards who looks like a un ravaged dark'}, {'start': '599.600', 'end': '603.360', 'text': 'knight. Now I only saw him in'}, {'start': '601.839', 'end': '605.600', 'text': "photographs and couldn't catch his"}, {'start': '603.360', 'end': '608.480', 'text': 'glimpse even after multiple sufferies'}, {'start': '605.600', 'end': '610.480', 'text': 'from the cabin side with Mr. Shad Jang'}, {'start': '608.480', 'end': '612.720', 'text': 'who rose to fame in Indian wildlife'}, {'start': '610.480', 'end': '615.600', 'text': 'scene after documenting his life for'}, {'start': '612.720', 'end': '617.279', 'text': 'many years. Even when I was taking a'}, {'start': '615.600', 'end': '619.920', 'text': 'chance, something inside told me that'}, {'start': '617.279', 'end': '622.079', 'text': 'Sia would elude me this time too. And so'}, {'start': '619.920', 'end': '624.800', 'text': 'I decided to not go for roundthe-clock'}, {'start': '622.079', 'end': '626.800', 'text': 'multiple sufferies like I usually do.'}, {'start': '624.800', 'end': '629.600', 'text': 'Since I was going to spend more time'}, {'start': '626.800', 'end': '632.640', 'text': 'inside the property, I choose a stay'}, {'start': '629.600', 'end': '632.640', 'text': 'that appealed to my'}, {'start': '636.680', 'end': '640.800', 'text': 'senses. As I was admiring the'}, {'start': '639.120', 'end': '643.360', 'text': 'photographs and comic strip of green'}, {'start': '640.800', 'end': '645.920', 'text': 'humor by Rohan Chakrabati in the form of'}, {'start': '643.360', 'end': '648.720', 'text': 'wildlife map of India with 46'}, {'start': '645.920', 'end': '650.800', 'text': 'biodiversity hotspots, it occurred to me'}, {'start': '648.720', 'end': '653.279', 'text': 'that the reception area of a property is'}, {'start': '650.800', 'end': '655.680', 'text': "like the cover of a book. It doesn't"}, {'start': '653.279', 'end': '657.600', 'text': 'even actually set the tone of a tail.'}, {'start': '655.680', 'end': '660.480', 'text': 'Yet you judge the book based on its'}, {'start': '657.600', 'end': '662.880', 'text': 'cover going against the popular idiom/'}, {'start': '660.480', 'end': '665.040', 'text': 'wisdom every single time. To know how'}, {'start': '662.880', 'end': '668.000', 'text': 'well a property is maintained for real,'}, {'start': '665.040', 'end': '670.320', 'text': 'try taking a peek at its back cover. But'}, {'start': '668.000', 'end': '672.480', 'text': "usually that's an inaccessible area for"}, {'start': '670.320', 'end': '674.240', 'text': 'the guest. Hi, you are watching out of'}, {'start': '672.480', 'end': '676.959', 'text': "the den and I'm here to share with you"}, {'start': '674.240', 'end': '679.040', 'text': 'my experience inside Machan Wilderness'}, {'start': '676.959', 'end': '681.680', 'text': 'Lodge in Nagar Hole. Earlier known as'}, {'start': '679.040', 'end': '684.360', 'text': 'Rajiv Gandhi National Park, a 850 km'}, {'start': '681.680', 'end': '687.760', 'text': 'tiger reserve with a core area of around'}, {'start': '684.360', 'end': '690.560', 'text': '645 km straddling the districts of Korg'}, {'start': '687.760', 'end': '692.480', 'text': 'and Mysore in Karnataka. If you have'}, {'start': '690.560', 'end': '693.839', 'text': 'seen my big cats of Bandipur series, let'}, {'start': '692.480', 'end': '695.760', 'text': 'me tell you that Nagar Holi is'}, {'start': '693.839', 'end': '697.000', 'text': 'contiguous with Bandipur which is'}, {'start': '695.760', 'end': '699.920', 'text': 'located to its'}, {'start': '697.000', 'end': '702.640', 'text': 'southeast. The Kabir river separates'}, {'start': '699.920', 'end': '704.800', 'text': 'Nagoli from the Bandipur National Park.'}, {'start': '702.640', 'end': '706.720', 'text': 'Now there are three gates to Nagar.'}, {'start': '704.800', 'end': '709.920', 'text': 'While there is one get to enter this'}, {'start': '706.720', 'end': '712.560', 'text': 'luxury machan just outside of which the'}, {'start': '709.920', 'end': '715.040', 'text': 'loudest insect kept quiet at my request'}, {'start': '712.560', 'end': '718.000', 'text': "adding to one more reason why I can't"}, {'start': '715.040', 'end': '720.279', 'text': 'forget my stay here in the earthw wild'}, {'start': '718.000', 'end': '723.200', 'text': 'private game reserve of Maharaja of'}, {'start': '720.279', 'end': '725.760', 'text': 'Mysore. A fascinating world unraveled'}, {'start': '723.200', 'end': '728.720', 'text': 'before my eyes when monsoon made this'}, {'start': '725.760', 'end': '730.639', 'text': 'extensive woodland delightful lash.'}, {'start': '728.720', 'end': '732.639', 'text': 'Unlike other filmed Indian national'}, {'start': '730.639', 'end': '734.720', 'text': 'parks such as Karnha, Corbett and'}, {'start': '732.639', 'end': '737.519', 'text': 'Ranthambar that are closed during the'}, {'start': '734.720', 'end': '739.680', 'text': "months of monsoon, Karnataka's Nagra"}, {'start': '737.519', 'end': '742.000', 'text': 'National Park remains open all year'}, {'start': '739.680', 'end': '745.040', 'text': 'round just like another year-long'}, {'start': '742.000', 'end': '746.560', 'text': 'wildlife destination Bandipur. In this'}, {'start': '745.040', 'end': '748.639', 'text': 'video, I will discuss with you'}, {'start': '746.560', 'end': '750.480', 'text': 'everything you need to know to plan your'}, {'start': '748.639', 'end': '752.160', 'text': 'trip in this forest if you are visiting'}, {'start': '750.480', 'end': '754.560', 'text': 'from the Namashi gate located near'}, {'start': '752.160', 'end': '757.519', 'text': 'Kouta, including the best time to visit'}, {'start': '754.560', 'end': '760.079', 'text': 'Nagar Holay depending on your interest.'}, {'start': '757.519', 'end': '761.839', 'text': 'detailed information about the safari.'}, {'start': '760.079', 'end': '763.279', 'text': "Shall you rather stay at Jungle Raj's"}, {'start': '761.839', 'end': '766.079', 'text': "property instead of the property I'm"}, {'start': '763.279', 'end': '769.200', 'text': 'reviewing here? And I will also present'}, {'start': '766.079', 'end': '771.040', 'text': 'a curious use case to show why you'}, {'start': '769.200', 'end': '773.440', 'text': 'should not take online reviews very'}, {'start': '771.040', 'end': '775.600', 'text': 'seriously and decide your stay solely'}, {'start': '773.440', 'end': '779.040', 'text': 'based on individual experience so to'}, {'start': '775.600', 'end': '781.040', 'text': 'speak including mine. Remember as I told'}, {'start': '779.040', 'end': '783.120', 'text': 'you before the purpose of your visit'}, {'start': '781.040', 'end': '785.600', 'text': 'should be the top consideration while'}, {'start': '783.120', 'end': '788.079', 'text': 'deciding your stay. So if the purpose is'}, {'start': '785.600', 'end': '790.240', 'text': 'to find that elusive black leopard only'}, {'start': '788.079', 'end': '793.040', 'text': 'by booking backto-back jeep safari,'}, {'start': '790.240', 'end': '795.120', 'text': 'jailer stay is the way to go. Since my'}, {'start': '793.040', 'end': '797.200', 'text': 'purpose was to experience the harmonious'}, {'start': '795.120', 'end': '799.360', 'text': 'blend of rustic nature with a'}, {'start': '797.200', 'end': '801.200', 'text': 'comfortable stay from a place where I'}, {'start': '799.360', 'end': '803.860', 'text': 'can enjoy wildlife without having to'}, {'start': '801.200', 'end': '806.889', 'text': 'step out, I chose'}, {'start': '803.860', 'end': '806.889', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '807.800', 'end': '813.360', 'text': 'Machan. Since childhood, my strict'}, {'start': '811.040', 'end': '815.360', 'text': 'middle-class upbringing made me believe'}, {'start': '813.360', 'end': '817.760', 'text': "that I shouldn't touch mini bar in a"}, {'start': '815.360', 'end': '820.000', 'text': 'hotel room. Yes, I got an impression'}, {'start': '817.760', 'end': '822.160', 'text': 'from parents that taking anything out'}, {'start': '820.000', 'end': '824.320', 'text': 'from the mini bar of that room would'}, {'start': '822.160', 'end': '826.480', 'text': 'certainly make everyone broke. Till'}, {'start': '824.320', 'end': '828.399', 'text': 'date, I share a shaky equation with mini'}, {'start': '826.480', 'end': '831.279', 'text': 'bars. Even though now I am adult enough'}, {'start': '828.399', 'end': '834.000', 'text': 'to understand the exaggerated narrative,'}, {'start': '831.279', 'end': '835.760', 'text': 'old trauma dies hard. I at least managed'}, {'start': '834.000', 'end': '838.320', 'text': 'to conquer the guilt over perceived'}, {'start': '835.760', 'end': '840.560', 'text': 'luxury without being overtly attached to'}, {'start': '838.320', 'end': '843.040', 'text': 'it. And now once in a while I treat'}, {'start': '840.560', 'end': '845.199', 'text': 'myself with good experience. Yes, a'}, {'start': '843.040', 'end': '847.519', 'text': 'voice and head still intermittently nags'}, {'start': '845.199', 'end': '850.000', 'text': 'that rather I should put this hardearned'}, {'start': '847.519', 'end': '852.240', 'text': "money in savings for future. But I don't"}, {'start': '850.000', 'end': '853.639', 'text': 'find much sense to always compromise the'}, {'start': '852.240', 'end': '855.680', 'text': 'present over'}, {'start': '853.639', 'end': '858.160', 'text': "practicalities. No, I'm not selling you"}, {'start': '855.680', 'end': '861.040', 'text': 'a life is uncertain and so only live in'}, {'start': '858.160', 'end': '862.880', 'text': "the now script. But I'm advocating for"}, {'start': '861.040', 'end': '865.440', 'text': 'putting effort behind what makes you'}, {'start': '862.880', 'end': '867.600', 'text': 'happy if you are not privileged and'}, {'start': '865.440', 'end': '869.440', 'text': 'cherish the fruits of your labor. And'}, {'start': '867.600', 'end': '871.839', 'text': 'Bachan has reasonable price points'}, {'start': '869.440', 'end': '873.920', 'text': 'related to other comparable properties.'}, {'start': '871.839', 'end': '876.160', 'text': 'Still, if any of you in impressionable'}, {'start': '873.920', 'end': '878.000', 'text': 'mind watching this video and feeling'}, {'start': '876.160', 'end': '880.880', 'text': 'little upset because you cannot afford'}, {'start': '878.000', 'end': '882.880', 'text': "this now or mistaking this as someone's"}, {'start': '880.880', 'end': '885.920', 'text': 'daily life and dragging yourself down'}, {'start': '882.880', 'end': '888.079', 'text': 'with unconscious comparison. Let me tell'}, {'start': '885.920', 'end': '890.959', 'text': 'you that I stayed in all kinds of places'}, {'start': '888.079', 'end': '892.800', 'text': 'in Nagar holi before this and since all'}, {'start': '890.959', 'end': '895.440', 'text': 'good things are still wild but not'}, {'start': '892.800', 'end': '898.079', 'text': "anymore free in today's world we need to"}, {'start': '895.440', 'end': '899.760', 'text': 'strive towards what we want. Having said'}, {'start': '898.079', 'end': '902.160', 'text': 'that you can stay at a modest'}, {'start': '899.760', 'end': '904.000', 'text': 'accommodation and still can enjoy far'}, {'start': '902.160', 'end': '907.279', 'text': 'better wildlife sightings if you plan'}, {'start': '904.000', 'end': '910.480', 'text': 'well and Bakara Ayapa the god of forest'}, {'start': '907.279', 'end': '912.480', 'text': 'and hunting favors you. 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And the'}, {'start': '915.120', 'end': '919.440', 'text': 'original inhabitants of this region'}, {'start': '917.040', 'end': '921.760', 'text': 'called Kudavas held the belief that'}, {'start': '919.440', 'end': '926.279', 'text': 'spirits of their diseased ancestors'}, {'start': '921.760', 'end': '926.279', 'text': 'would roam in this sacred forest.'}, {'start': '929.519', 'end': '934.320', 'text': 'I think the last time I um visited'}, {'start': '932.720', 'end': '937.360', 'text': 'forest from the Nanchi gate that is from'}, {'start': '934.320', 'end': '940.959', 'text': 'the kouta kur side of the nag hole uh'}, {'start': '937.360', 'end': '943.839', 'text': "probably in 2016 but uh yeah it's been a"}, {'start': '940.959', 'end': '946.000', 'text': 'while and this time when I wanted to'}, {'start': '943.839', 'end': '948.240', 'text': 'visit Naguli from Bundday this property'}, {'start': '946.000', 'end': '949.680', 'text': 'was on the top of my mind and really'}, {'start': '948.240', 'end': '951.519', 'text': 'love to spend some more time actually'}, {'start': '949.680', 'end': '954.000', 'text': "I'm already started repenting that why I"}, {'start': '951.519', 'end': '956.639', 'text': 'booked it for two nights uh did not have'}, {'start': '954.000', 'end': '958.959', 'text': 'much leaves but yeah and I have into'}, {'start': '956.639', 'end': '960.560', 'text': 'several forest in India and stayed in'}, {'start': '958.959', 'end': '962.560', 'text': 'some of the premium properties but'}, {'start': '960.560', 'end': '966.000', 'text': 'especially the USB of this place is the'}, {'start': '962.560', 'end': '969.279', 'text': 'location. This region is a mid region of'}, {'start': '966.000', 'end': '973.680', 'text': 'the western guard. In western guards we'}, {'start': '969.279', 'end': '976.480', 'text': 'can see 26 species of endemic birds and'}, {'start': '973.680', 'end': '979.360', 'text': 'the that particular endemic scene in the'}, {'start': '976.480', 'end': '982.160', 'text': 'all over the world you can see only the'}, {'start': '979.360', 'end': '984.560', 'text': 'part of western guards. Lot of foreign'}, {'start': '982.160', 'end': '987.759', 'text': 'people have come and visited for western'}, {'start': '984.560', 'end': '991.680', 'text': 'guards to see this particular birds and'}, {'start': '987.759', 'end': '995.759', 'text': 'you can see in this machan five to seven'}, {'start': '991.680', 'end': '998.600', 'text': 'endemic species that is very up to us'}, {'start': '995.759', 'end': '1002.560', 'text': 'and one more thing'}, {'start': '998.600', 'end': '1005.959', 'text': 'uh the two species are getting very'}, {'start': '1002.560', 'end': '1009.600', 'text': 'difficult because that is in the core'}, {'start': '1005.959', 'end': '1011.920', 'text': 'area we can assure for 24 species of'}, {'start': '1009.600', 'end': '1015.040', 'text': 'western guards'}, {'start': '1011.920', 'end': '1016.880', 'text': 'uh the 15 days too. Myself Gautam uh'}, {'start': '1015.040', 'end': '1020.240', 'text': "I've been working with Matan for about"}, {'start': '1016.880', 'end': '1022.959', 'text': "15 years. So I started being I'm working"}, {'start': '1020.240', 'end': '1026.160', 'text': 'as a naturalist or a a nature guide I'}, {'start': '1022.959', 'end': '1028.319', 'text': 'would say as a nature guide. So my job'}, {'start': '1026.160', 'end': '1030.799', 'text': 'here is to spot some of these little'}, {'start': '1028.319', 'end': '1032.959', 'text': 'tiny no creatures and knowing about that'}, {'start': '1030.799', 'end': '1034.880', 'text': 'and explaining to the visitors here.'}, {'start': '1032.959', 'end': '1036.959', 'text': "Right. So I've been interested in"}, {'start': '1034.880', 'end': '1040.480', 'text': 'spotting tigers mostly. I started in'}, {'start': '1036.959', 'end': '1042.160', 'text': 'this field. It was in 2004 when I was'}, {'start': '1040.480', 'end': '1044.319', 'text': 'working as a part-time employee in a'}, {'start': '1042.160', 'end': '1046.160', 'text': 'wildlife resort in my college days.'}, {'start': '1044.319', 'end': '1048.160', 'text': 'Okay. So, I used to be a nature guide'}, {'start': '1046.160', 'end': '1050.160', 'text': 'and then I start slowly learning about'}, {'start': '1048.160', 'end': '1052.640', 'text': 'the birds, how to track these tigers,'}, {'start': '1050.160', 'end': '1054.480', 'text': 'how to take people uh walk say the'}, {'start': '1052.640', 'end': '1055.400', 'text': 'jungle and I got trained by some of the'}, {'start': '1054.480', 'end': '1058.320', 'text': 'wildlife'}, {'start': '1055.400', 'end': '1060.240', 'text': "experts. Recently I didn't I done a you"}, {'start': '1058.320', 'end': '1063.679', 'text': 'know the nature naturalist or nature'}, {'start': '1060.240', 'end': '1066.559', 'text': "guide course or conducted by NCF. It's a"}, {'start': '1063.679', 'end': '1068.559', 'text': "NGO organization. You don't have to step"}, {'start': '1066.559', 'end': '1071.200', 'text': 'outside the premise to indulge in bird'}, {'start': '1068.559', 'end': '1073.600', 'text': 'watching or observe endemic western guts'}, {'start': '1071.200', 'end': '1075.600', 'text': 'animals. And if you are a true wildlife'}, {'start': '1073.600', 'end': '1078.320', 'text': 'enthusiast, I would strongly recommend'}, {'start': '1075.600', 'end': '1080.960', 'text': 'you to participate in this activities at'}, {'start': '1078.320', 'end': '1083.120', 'text': "no additional cost. But it's prudent to"}, {'start': '1080.960', 'end': '1085.039', 'text': 'enquire about Mr. Bitter and Mr.'}, {'start': '1083.120', 'end': '1088.400', 'text': "Gotham's availability before you book"}, {'start': '1085.039', 'end': '1090.640', 'text': 'your stay. From luxury camping to exotic'}, {'start': '1088.400', 'end': '1093.360', 'text': 'tents, India now has no doubt of'}, {'start': '1090.640', 'end': '1096.080', 'text': 'fantastic wildlife retreats and some of'}, {'start': '1093.360', 'end': '1098.080', 'text': 'them do come with in-house naturalist.'}, {'start': '1096.080', 'end': '1100.280', 'text': 'However, very few of them possess that'}, {'start': '1098.080', 'end': '1102.799', 'text': 'hunger in their eyes and deep knowledges'}, {'start': '1100.280', 'end': '1104.960', 'text': 'them. Going back to the safari gates,'}, {'start': '1102.799', 'end': '1107.120', 'text': 'the three main safari entrances to Nagar'}, {'start': '1104.960', 'end': '1108.960', 'text': 'hole are the Nanachi gate near Kouta,'}, {'start': '1107.120', 'end': '1112.480', 'text': 'the very popular Kakanakot gate near'}, {'start': '1108.960', 'end': '1114.400', 'text': 'Kabini and the Viranai gate near Hunsur.'}, {'start': '1112.480', 'end': '1116.400', 'text': 'I have explored this forest from all'}, {'start': '1114.400', 'end': '1118.720', 'text': 'these gates numerous times in the past'}, {'start': '1116.400', 'end': '1122.039', 'text': 'and I can tell you that the topography'}, {'start': '1118.720', 'end': '1122.039', 'text': 'is different.'}, {'start': '1135.360', 'end': '1139.520', 'text': 'As mentioned during the complete'}, {'start': '1136.960', 'end': '1141.919', 'text': 'Bandipur guide video, here too the'}, {'start': '1139.520', 'end': '1144.840', 'text': 'safaris are operated by jungle lodges'}, {'start': '1141.919', 'end': '1148.160', 'text': 'and resorts also commonly referred to as'}, {'start': '1144.840', 'end': '1150.559', 'text': 'GLR. An ecoourism hospitality grant by'}, {'start': '1148.160', 'end': '1152.640', 'text': 'the government of Karnataka which has'}, {'start': '1150.559', 'end': '1155.520', 'text': 'its presence across destinations and'}, {'start': '1152.640', 'end': '1157.600', 'text': 'safaries conducted by forest department'}, {'start': '1155.520', 'end': '1160.080', 'text': 'fed in comparison to the jailer jip'}, {'start': '1157.600', 'end': '1163.200', 'text': 'safari as the monopoly and'}, {'start': '1160.080', 'end': '1165.120', 'text': "discrimination are evident. While it's"}, {'start': '1163.200', 'end': '1167.039', 'text': 'convenient to stay at the jail or'}, {'start': '1165.120', 'end': '1170.160', 'text': 'property because of their hold over the'}, {'start': '1167.039', 'end': '1172.280', 'text': "safari, it restricts one's choices and I"}, {'start': '1170.160', 'end': '1174.480', 'text': "don't particularly enjoy this arm"}, {'start': '1172.280', 'end': '1176.240', 'text': 'twisting. I would rather prefer to'}, {'start': '1174.480', 'end': '1178.960', 'text': 'explore a property like this from where'}, {'start': '1176.240', 'end': '1181.760', 'text': 'I can enjoy watching IGFS or the Indian'}, {'start': '1178.960', 'end': '1184.240', 'text': 'giant flying squirrel along with endemic'}, {'start': '1181.760', 'end': '1186.559', 'text': 'western guards frogs during the night'}, {'start': '1184.240', 'end': '1189.360', 'text': 'work with expert naturalist like Mr.'}, {'start': '1186.559', 'end': '1192.240', 'text': 'Gautam who learned about this forest'}, {'start': '1189.360', 'end': '1194.720', 'text': 'from the tribal communities. This walk'}, {'start': '1192.240', 'end': '1197.120', 'text': 'is all about uh looking for some of the'}, {'start': '1194.720', 'end': '1200.000', 'text': 'nocturnal species which comes in this uh'}, {'start': '1197.120', 'end': '1202.400', 'text': 'estate. So we are about 1,000 m above'}, {'start': '1200.000', 'end': '1205.200', 'text': 'sea level very closer to the western'}, {'start': '1202.400', 'end': '1207.520', 'text': 'gaps. We have some of the endemic'}, {'start': '1205.200', 'end': '1208.880', 'text': 'species what we are hearing around us.'}, {'start': '1207.520', 'end': '1210.559', 'text': 'Lot of different different noises,'}, {'start': '1208.880', 'end': '1214.919', 'text': 'right? All different different insects.'}, {'start': '1210.559', 'end': '1214.919', 'text': 'They these are all nocturnal insects.'}, {'start': '1218.970', 'end': '1237.170', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '1239.240', 'end': '1250.080', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '1247.840', 'end': '1251.960', 'text': 'If you got the knack and eye from a'}, {'start': '1250.080', 'end': '1254.640', 'text': 'balcony in early morning, you can'}, {'start': '1251.960', 'end': '1256.640', 'text': 'experience how the forest wakes up in'}, {'start': '1254.640', 'end': '1259.120', 'text': 'front of your eyes, the brilliant'}, {'start': '1256.640', 'end': '1261.840', 'text': 'soundsscape and forest sunrise as I have'}, {'start': '1259.120', 'end': '1265.200', 'text': 'already documented the link of which I'}, {'start': '1261.840', 'end': '1267.440', 'text': 'will add at the end. Here one can v have'}, {'start': '1265.200', 'end': '1269.600', 'text': 'a time breathing the jungle and admiring'}, {'start': '1267.440', 'end': '1271.840', 'text': 'the local fauna without even needing to'}, {'start': '1269.600', 'end': '1274.320', 'text': 'go for safari. So yes, this is the kind'}, {'start': '1271.840', 'end': '1277.120', 'text': 'of place where you can get older members'}, {'start': '1274.320', 'end': '1279.440', 'text': 'of family too who would like to relish'}, {'start': '1277.120', 'end': '1282.080', 'text': 'the sin atmosphere without having to'}, {'start': '1279.440', 'end': '1285.960', 'text': 'join the feverish pursuit of wildlife'}, {'start': '1282.080', 'end': '1285.960', 'text': 'sighting in Egyp Safari.'}, {'start': '1286.480', 'end': '1290.730', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '1291.440', 'end': '1296.080', 'text': 'That writing desk close to the balcony'}, {'start': '1293.600', 'end': '1298.400', 'text': 'was my favorite corner. As you'}, {'start': '1296.080', 'end': '1301.159', 'text': 'understood by now, Machan is located in'}, {'start': '1298.400', 'end': '1303.280', 'text': 'South Korg, nestled inside a lush coffee'}, {'start': '1301.159', 'end': '1305.280', 'text': 'plantation. If you are interested to'}, {'start': '1303.280', 'end': '1307.679', 'text': 'visit here, I would encourage to visit'}, {'start': '1305.280', 'end': '1309.440', 'text': 'the official website and directly'}, {'start': '1307.679', 'end': '1312.000', 'text': 'contact the property for booking instead'}, {'start': '1309.440', 'end': '1313.760', 'text': 'of booking online. Chances are you will'}, {'start': '1312.000', 'end': '1316.400', 'text': 'get some discounts if you ask for it.'}, {'start': '1313.760', 'end': '1318.640', 'text': 'Also you can convey your own interest to'}, {'start': '1316.400', 'end': '1320.080', 'text': 'the manager and get clear about the'}, {'start': '1318.640', 'end': '1322.480', 'text': 'local weather with weather trends and'}, {'start': '1320.080', 'end': '1324.799', 'text': 'availability of different guided tours'}, {'start': '1322.480', 'end': '1326.720', 'text': 'under natural list of your choice. At'}, {'start': '1324.799', 'end': '1329.760', 'text': "least that's what happened when I booked"}, {'start': '1326.720', 'end': '1331.360', 'text': 'this luxury machan. A spacious room that'}, {'start': '1329.760', 'end': '1333.919', 'text': 'comes with the panoramic view of the'}, {'start': '1331.360', 'end': '1335.919', 'text': 'Nagar hole from the private sitout, an'}, {'start': '1333.919', 'end': '1338.080', 'text': 'outdoor bubble jet jacuzzi which I'}, {'start': '1335.919', 'end': '1341.400', 'text': "couldn't use as it was running on and"}, {'start': '1338.080', 'end': '1343.520', 'text': 'off when I visited and other standard'}, {'start': '1341.400', 'end': '1345.600', 'text': "amenities. Currently, they don't have"}, {'start': '1343.520', 'end': '1347.200', 'text': 'in-house driver accommodation, but to'}, {'start': '1345.600', 'end': '1350.159', 'text': 'make sure that your driver is nearby,'}, {'start': '1347.200', 'end': '1352.159', 'text': 'they can arrange accommodation close by.'}, {'start': '1350.159', 'end': '1354.720', 'text': 'Someone mentioned in the Make My Trip'}, {'start': '1352.159', 'end': '1356.640', 'text': 'review that children will get bored as'}, {'start': '1354.720', 'end': '1358.960', 'text': 'there is nothing for them inside the'}, {'start': '1356.640', 'end': '1361.120', 'text': 'property. I think bird watching with'}, {'start': '1358.960', 'end': '1363.600', 'text': 'kids is an excellent way to learn more'}, {'start': '1361.120', 'end': '1366.480', 'text': 'about nature and ecosystems while'}, {'start': '1363.600', 'end': '1368.400', 'text': 'spending bonding time as a family. They'}, {'start': '1366.480', 'end': '1370.640', 'text': 'may fidget initially, make noises and'}, {'start': '1368.400', 'end': '1372.559', 'text': 'birds may fly away but they learn'}, {'start': '1370.640', 'end': '1375.679', 'text': 'quickly how to behave in a natural'}, {'start': '1372.559', 'end': '1377.280', 'text': 'environment way faster than a gypsafari.'}, {'start': '1375.679', 'end': '1380.080', 'text': 'Then they start asking about what the'}, {'start': '1377.280', 'end': '1382.640', 'text': 'duration hoopu is doing. Do be eaters'}, {'start': '1380.080', 'end': '1385.520', 'text': 'only eat bees? Which trees and plants'}, {'start': '1382.640', 'end': '1387.520', 'text': 'attract which birds? And this way they'}, {'start': '1385.520', 'end': '1389.320', 'text': 'would potentially develop empathy for'}, {'start': '1387.520', 'end': '1391.600', 'text': 'all living beings'}, {'start': '1389.320', 'end': '1394.320', 'text': 'unconsciously. Multiple research studies'}, {'start': '1391.600', 'end': '1397.039', 'text': 'have shown a link between birding and a'}, {'start': '1394.320', 'end': '1399.440', 'text': 'sense of calm. a reduction in stress and'}, {'start': '1397.039', 'end': '1402.400', 'text': 'anger and then easing of the sense of'}, {'start': '1399.440', 'end': '1404.480', 'text': 'doom and gloom in adults and kids alike.'}, {'start': '1402.400', 'end': '1406.960', 'text': 'So instead of only teaching them jungle'}, {'start': '1404.480', 'end': '1410.480', 'text': 'equals to share if you can tell them'}, {'start': '1406.960', 'end': '1412.960', 'text': 'that crows can remember human faces they'}, {'start': '1410.480', 'end': '1415.000', 'text': "may pick up an inexpensive hobby that's"}, {'start': '1412.960', 'end': '1417.600', 'text': 'fun and interesting for all'}, {'start': '1415.000', 'end': '1420.320', 'text': "ages. But it doesn't mean things cannot"}, {'start': '1417.600', 'end': '1422.960', 'text': 'be improved here. Well, certainly they'}, {'start': '1420.320', 'end': '1424.720', 'text': 'can add some options for indoor games at'}, {'start': '1422.960', 'end': '1427.440', 'text': 'least if not a wildlife interpretation'}, {'start': '1424.720', 'end': '1429.919', 'text': 'center for kids to learn about Nilgiri'}, {'start': '1427.440', 'end': '1432.400', 'text': 'biosphere reserve because they do have'}, {'start': '1429.919', 'end': '1435.440', 'text': 'that kind of space. But come to think of'}, {'start': '1432.400', 'end': '1438.080', 'text': 'it, no Indian wildlife destinations are'}, {'start': '1435.440', 'end': '1440.799', 'text': 'tailor made for children. I think many'}, {'start': '1438.080', 'end': '1442.840', 'text': 'Indian tourists expect adventure sports'}, {'start': '1440.799', 'end': '1446.240', 'text': 'sort of activities with wildlife'}, {'start': '1442.840', 'end': '1448.600', 'text': "resorts, but that's not the standard. As"}, {'start': '1446.240', 'end': '1451.440', 'text': "you can see there's ample parking space"}, {'start': '1448.600', 'end': '1453.760', 'text': "here. JLR Safari jeep won't come to"}, {'start': '1451.440', 'end': '1455.760', 'text': 'Machan to pick you up though. You need'}, {'start': '1453.760', 'end': '1457.679', 'text': 'to reach the Nanache gate. Here you can'}, {'start': '1455.760', 'end': '1460.240', 'text': 'book a specific package or you can'}, {'start': '1457.679', 'end': '1461.679', 'text': 'customize your stay. All relevant'}, {'start': '1460.240', 'end': '1465.630', 'text': 'details should be available in the'}, {'start': '1461.679', 'end': '1468.729', 'text': 'website and I will not discuss those.'}, {'start': '1465.630', 'end': '1468.729', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '1472.159', 'end': '1476.880', 'text': 'You will not get any camera gear, camera'}, {'start': '1474.480', 'end': '1478.880', 'text': 'bin, bag, hat or safari jacket here or'}, {'start': '1476.880', 'end': '1481.679', 'text': 'nearby. So make sure to double check'}, {'start': '1478.880', 'end': '1484.400', 'text': "while packing. There's no option to rent"}, {'start': '1481.679', 'end': '1486.080', 'text': "gears either from the safari gate. It's"}, {'start': '1484.400', 'end': '1489.360', 'text': 'prudent to check the safari timing'}, {'start': '1486.080', 'end': '1491.200', 'text': 'beforehand as it may vary. If you book'}, {'start': '1489.360', 'end': '1493.440', 'text': 'safari through machan, they will share'}, {'start': '1491.200', 'end': '1495.200', 'text': 'the details of the jeep and driver. You'}, {'start': '1493.440', 'end': '1497.360', 'text': 'may reach the nonachi gate and procure'}, {'start': '1495.200', 'end': '1499.840', 'text': 'bus safari tickets on the spot depending'}, {'start': '1497.360', 'end': '1502.559', 'text': "on the footfall but it's must to book"}, {'start': '1499.840', 'end': '1504.640', 'text': "jip safari in advance. If you don't want"}, {'start': '1502.559', 'end': '1507.279', 'text': 'to miss Jip Safari and decide to stay at'}, {'start': '1504.640', 'end': '1509.679', 'text': 'Machan, book well in advance to ensure'}, {'start': '1507.279', 'end': '1512.320', 'text': 'your slot as all properties are'}, {'start': '1509.679', 'end': '1514.320', 'text': "dependent on Jaylor Jips's availability"}, {'start': '1512.320', 'end': '1516.480', 'text': 'and they need to make prior arrangements'}, {'start': '1514.320', 'end': '1518.880', 'text': "and that's why Jailer properties in such"}, {'start': '1516.480', 'end': '1521.120', 'text': 'a huge demand right because of safari.'}, {'start': '1518.880', 'end': '1524.159', 'text': 'So but I will still do safari here. So'}, {'start': '1521.120', 'end': '1526.480', 'text': 'they actually have tied up with JR and I'}, {'start': '1524.159', 'end': '1528.880', 'text': 'have to visit Nanchiette and from there'}, {'start': '1526.480', 'end': '1531.200', 'text': 'the JR jeep will pick me up uh for a'}, {'start': '1528.880', 'end': '1533.520', 'text': 'safari in Nagaro. So I I will get to'}, {'start': '1531.200', 'end': '1536.320', 'text': 'still do the 3-hour safari because I'}, {'start': '1533.520', 'end': '1538.480', 'text': 'have made prior booking. They got the'}, {'start': '1536.320', 'end': '1541.200', 'text': 'time to actually book it for me. So if'}, {'start': '1538.480', 'end': '1543.279', 'text': 'you tell at the end of your uh you'}, {'start': '1541.200', 'end': '1544.799', 'text': 'know uh trip or even if you get an'}, {'start': '1543.279', 'end': '1547.440', 'text': "accommodation here doesn't mean"}, {'start': '1544.799', 'end': '1548.880', 'text': 'necessarily will get a safari. So you'}, {'start': '1547.440', 'end': '1552.080', 'text': 'have to actually book the property'}, {'start': '1548.880', 'end': '1553.840', 'text': 'beforehand and tell them well in advance'}, {'start': '1552.080', 'end': '1557.360', 'text': 'for them to ensure that you get a'}, {'start': '1553.840', 'end': '1559.919', 'text': 'booking uh in jail. While visiting'}, {'start': '1557.360', 'end': '1562.559', 'text': "Machan from Bandipur, what I didn't"}, {'start': '1559.919', 'end': '1565.360', 'text': 'appreciate about this entire journey is'}, {'start': '1562.559', 'end': '1568.320', 'text': 'the ploy to intimidate. After we crossed'}, {'start': '1565.360', 'end': '1570.559', 'text': 'Gundu artio checkp post, a forest'}, {'start': '1568.320', 'end': '1572.720', 'text': 'officer imposed a fine as our vehicle'}, {'start': '1570.559', 'end': '1574.880', 'text': 'has slowed down at the sight of an'}, {'start': '1572.720', 'end': '1577.919', 'text': 'elephant when we were moving on the'}, {'start': '1574.880', 'end': '1580.000', 'text': 'highway inside the forest. From a moving'}, {'start': '1577.919', 'end': '1582.480', 'text': "vehicle, I didn't notice the photography"}, {'start': '1580.000', 'end': '1584.559', 'text': 'prohibited notice written in small font'}, {'start': '1582.480', 'end': '1586.480', 'text': 'somewhere on the gate. And while we'}, {'start': '1584.559', 'end': '1589.200', 'text': "didn't totally halt anywhere, I was"}, {'start': '1586.480', 'end': '1592.000', 'text': 'using GoPro. Note that I was staying at'}, {'start': '1589.200', 'end': '1594.640', 'text': 'Jr. Bandipur. And on the same morning, I'}, {'start': '1592.000', 'end': '1597.200', 'text': 'visited the same forest bridge wherein I'}, {'start': '1594.640', 'end': '1598.880', 'text': 'could use camera freely. But now that I'}, {'start': '1597.200', 'end': '1601.840', 'text': 'was on a regular cab on the way to'}, {'start': '1598.880', 'end': '1603.440', 'text': 'Machan and not on a safari jeep. I'}, {'start': '1601.840', 'end': '1606.240', 'text': "didn't know that we are prohibited to"}, {'start': '1603.440', 'end': '1607.760', 'text': 'use camera. It is also not allowed to'}, {'start': '1606.240', 'end': '1610.640', 'text': 'stop the vehicle on the highway through'}, {'start': '1607.760', 'end': '1612.960', 'text': 'this forest bridge of around 20 km.'}, {'start': '1610.640', 'end': '1615.600', 'text': 'These roads besides geoparadizing'}, {'start': '1612.960', 'end': '1618.240', 'text': 'wildlife are also exposing pristine'}, {'start': '1615.600', 'end': '1621.120', 'text': 'areas of Bandipur and Mudumalai under'}, {'start': '1618.240', 'end': '1622.799', 'text': 'heavy rainfall. Following a complaint by'}, {'start': '1621.120', 'end': '1625.600', 'text': 'the conservator of forest and director'}, {'start': '1622.799', 'end': '1628.159', 'text': 'of Bandipur Tiger Reserve about motorist'}, {'start': '1625.600', 'end': '1630.559', 'text': 'who often halt inside the forest and'}, {'start': '1628.159', 'end': '1632.480', 'text': 'create a nuisance. The principal chief'}, {'start': '1630.559', 'end': '1634.960', 'text': 'conservator of forest has ordered'}, {'start': '1632.480', 'end': '1637.600', 'text': 'imposition of hefty fine on'}, {'start': '1634.960', 'end': '1639.679', 'text': 'irresponsible travelers and tourists.'}, {'start': '1637.600', 'end': '1642.080', 'text': 'The order directs the forest department'}, {'start': '1639.679', 'end': '1645.360', 'text': 'staff to note down entry and exit time'}, {'start': '1642.080', 'end': '1648.480', 'text': 'of each vehicle delay or early exit now'}, {'start': '1645.360', 'end': '1650.320', 'text': 'invite penalty. It means if a motorist'}, {'start': '1648.480', 'end': '1653.279', 'text': 'is now looking for a wild time in the'}, {'start': '1650.320', 'end': '1655.840', 'text': 'forest, they will have to shell out INR'}, {'start': '1653.279', 'end': '1658.320', 'text': '38,000 if they spend 12 hours in the'}, {'start': '1655.840', 'end': '1659.840', 'text': 'jungle. The time spent in the jungle'}, {'start': '1658.320', 'end': '1662.159', 'text': 'will be calculated according to the'}, {'start': '1659.840', 'end': '1665.840', 'text': 'length of the stretch and the legal top'}, {'start': '1662.159', 'end': '1668.000', 'text': 'speed of 35 km per hour. While it is not'}, {'start': '1665.840', 'end': '1670.240', 'text': 'advisable to exceed speed limit of 30'}, {'start': '1668.000', 'end': '1672.880', 'text': 'kilometer per hour on such protected'}, {'start': '1670.240', 'end': '1675.279', 'text': 'areas, they also want to ensure that'}, {'start': '1672.880', 'end': '1678.320', 'text': 'commuters cannot capture wildlife'}, {'start': '1675.279', 'end': '1680.320', 'text': 'moments while not paying for safari. The'}, {'start': '1678.320', 'end': '1682.559', 'text': 'interesting bit is that in 2010, the'}, {'start': '1680.320', 'end': '1685.200', 'text': 'Karnataka High Court banned traffic'}, {'start': '1682.559', 'end': '1687.600', 'text': 'between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on this'}, {'start': '1685.200', 'end': '1689.919', 'text': 'road on the ground that speeding'}, {'start': '1687.600', 'end': '1692.000', 'text': 'vehicles are taking a toll on endangered'}, {'start': '1689.919', 'end': '1695.279', 'text': 'species. And there were many heat and'}, {'start': '1692.000', 'end': '1698.000', 'text': 'run cases on NH 212 as I mentioned'}, {'start': '1695.279', 'end': '1700.200', 'text': 'during my Bundipur Safari guide video'}, {'start': '1698.000', 'end': '1702.960', 'text': 'but my driver was rebuked for slowing'}, {'start': '1700.200', 'end': '1705.039', 'text': 'down. Since this highway is in wildlife'}, {'start': '1702.960', 'end': '1708.000', 'text': "corridor naturally in elephant's"}, {'start': '1705.039', 'end': '1711.200', 'text': 'proximity the driver slowed down and my'}, {'start': '1708.000', 'end': '1713.279', 'text': "GoPro was on. Now the fact that I didn't"}, {'start': '1711.200', 'end': '1715.600', 'text': 'know about the no photo rule is not'}, {'start': '1713.279', 'end': '1717.760', 'text': "forest department's problem. But what"}, {'start': '1715.600', 'end': '1720.640', 'text': 'miffed me is the official tried to'}, {'start': '1717.760', 'end': '1723.200', 'text': 'snatch my GoPro. He clearly tried to'}, {'start': '1720.640', 'end': '1725.039', 'text': 'harass me when I wanted to see where it'}, {'start': '1723.200', 'end': '1727.919', 'text': 'is mentioned that slowing down in the'}, {'start': '1725.039', 'end': '1730.679', 'text': 'vicinity of wild animal for 2 3 minutes'}, {'start': '1727.919', 'end': '1733.039', 'text': 'would attract 500 rupees as'}, {'start': '1730.679', 'end': '1735.360', 'text': 'penalty. Anyway, while I am all for'}, {'start': '1733.039', 'end': '1737.120', 'text': 'carbing nuisance and following all rules'}, {'start': '1735.360', 'end': '1739.679', 'text': 'we need to stick to for protection of'}, {'start': '1737.120', 'end': '1742.000', 'text': 'the wild, his behavior seemed like a'}, {'start': '1739.679', 'end': '1743.600', 'text': 'planned and questionable move. And later'}, {'start': '1742.000', 'end': '1745.600', 'text': 'I got to know they do this with many'}, {'start': '1743.600', 'end': '1747.760', 'text': 'vehicles now by using apparently'}, {'start': '1745.600', 'end': '1750.080', 'text': 'opposing rules to their advantage'}, {'start': '1747.760', 'end': '1752.480', 'text': 'without following a standard procedure'}, {'start': '1750.080', 'end': '1754.960', 'text': "because frankly which vehicle won't stop"}, {'start': '1752.480', 'end': '1757.000', 'text': 'if a tiger or elephant happens to cross'}, {'start': '1754.960', 'end': '1759.440', 'text': 'the highway or even keeps lurking'}, {'start': '1757.000', 'end': '1761.600', 'text': "nearby. Who won't take out camera if"}, {'start': '1759.440', 'end': '1763.919', 'text': 'they have one? If a leopard gives you'}, {'start': '1761.600', 'end': '1766.320', 'text': "time and if you don't what shall you do"}, {'start': '1763.919', 'end': '1768.159', 'text': 'if an officer tries to confiscate your'}, {'start': '1766.320', 'end': '1770.720', 'text': 'mobile phone for using the phone camera'}, {'start': '1768.159', 'end': '1773.600', 'text': 'for a few minutes? I somehow managed to'}, {'start': '1770.720', 'end': '1775.600', 'text': 'hold on to my device. But I think forest'}, {'start': '1773.600', 'end': '1778.399', 'text': 'department shall make all such rules'}, {'start': '1775.600', 'end': '1781.360', 'text': 'transparent and easily accessible in the'}, {'start': '1778.399', 'end': '1783.480', 'text': 'public domain so that nobody flouts them'}, {'start': '1781.360', 'end': '1785.840', 'text': 'including those in charge of'}, {'start': '1783.480', 'end': '1789.120', 'text': 'enforcing. Strange that in the same'}, {'start': '1785.840', 'end': '1792.080', 'text': 'country I saw exotic wildlife like hula'}, {'start': '1789.120', 'end': '1794.799', 'text': 'gibbon and kept langor and recorded them'}, {'start': '1792.080', 'end': '1797.120', 'text': 'extensively from the highway for hours'}, {'start': '1794.799', 'end': '1799.840', 'text': 'before getting inside the safari in'}, {'start': '1797.120', 'end': '1802.960', 'text': "Kazaranga's Burapah zone. Another"}, {'start': '1799.840', 'end': '1804.720', 'text': 'accidentprone area for wildlife. Explore'}, {'start': '1802.960', 'end': '1806.880', 'text': 'my channel for the relevant video if'}, {'start': '1804.720', 'end': '1806.880', 'text': "you're"}, {'start': '1822.200', 'end': '1825.200', 'text': 'interested.'}, {'start': '1842.360', 'end': '1846.360', 'text': 'Heat. Heat.'}, {'start': '1868.000', 'end': '1871.160', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '1894.799', 'end': '1896.960', 'text': 'Are'}, {'start': '1917.480', 'end': '1921.480', 'text': 'you Heat. Heat.'}, {'start': '1937.660', 'end': '1963.829', 'text': '[Applause]'}, {'start': '1964.320', 'end': '1967.760', 'text': "There's no central meet and greet"}, {'start': '1965.919', 'end': '1969.519', 'text': 'practice here before the safari where'}, {'start': '1967.760', 'end': '1971.840', 'text': 'some people like to discuss with other'}, {'start': '1969.519', 'end': '1974.720', 'text': 'guests what they saw rested day while'}, {'start': '1971.840', 'end': '1976.559', 'text': 'drinking tea or coffee. It may feel a'}, {'start': '1974.720', 'end': '1979.679', 'text': 'bit isolating here for those who are'}, {'start': '1976.559', 'end': '1982.000', 'text': 'used to the presafari bustle. Also,'}, {'start': '1979.679', 'end': '1984.559', 'text': "don't expect packed breakfast like"}, {'start': '1982.000', 'end': '1986.799', 'text': 'central Indian safari as food is'}, {'start': '1984.559', 'end': '1989.519', 'text': 'strictly not allowed inside the forest'}, {'start': '1986.799', 'end': '1992.519', 'text': 'here. You can finish your breakfast upon'}, {'start': '1989.519', 'end': '1992.519', 'text': 'reaching'}, {'start': '1993.280', 'end': '2007.030', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '2009.200', 'end': '2053.789', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '2058.550', 'end': '2061.649', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '2066.639', 'end': '2070.639', 'text': 'Even when sufferers are open and monsoon'}, {'start': '2068.720', 'end': '2073.599', 'text': 'is not a great time for major wildlife'}, {'start': '2070.639', 'end': '2075.839', 'text': 'sightings, particularly big cats. Summer'}, {'start': '2073.599', 'end': '2078.399', 'text': 'and monsoon are not ideal times for'}, {'start': '2075.839', 'end': '2080.240', 'text': 'birding, too. Nevertheless, I did pretty'}, {'start': '2078.399', 'end': '2082.440', 'text': 'good bird photography in monsoon, as you'}, {'start': '2080.240', 'end': '2085.040', 'text': 'can see, because my eyes are set with'}, {'start': '2082.440', 'end': '2087.960', 'text': 'experience. If you are only keen on big'}, {'start': '2085.040', 'end': '2090.320', 'text': 'cats, dry summer months offer maximum'}, {'start': '2087.960', 'end': '2092.359', 'text': "probability, but it doesn't mean great"}, {'start': '2090.320', 'end': '2094.879', 'text': 'sightings cannot happen in other'}, {'start': '2092.359', 'end': '2098.760', 'text': 'seasons. Overall though, winter is the'}, {'start': '2094.879', 'end': '2098.760', 'text': 'best time to visit Majan.'}, {'start': '2099.750', 'end': '2116.240', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '2113.280', 'end': '2119.359', 'text': 'in season time. Huh? Season time means'}, {'start': '2116.240', 'end': '2121.359', 'text': 'winter time is a uh most of the people'}, {'start': '2119.359', 'end': '2124.079', 'text': 'are saying the season time migration is'}, {'start': '2121.359', 'end': '2126.960', 'text': 'happen time only. You can see some of'}, {'start': '2124.079', 'end': '2130.960', 'text': 'the uh high altitude birds are come low'}, {'start': '2126.960', 'end': '2133.119', 'text': 'altitude because of winter then come and'}, {'start': '2130.960', 'end': '2136.640', 'text': 'going back to after the season that is'}, {'start': '2133.119', 'end': '2138.240', 'text': 'we are saying season time. Okay. So you'}, {'start': '2136.640', 'end': '2140.480', 'text': 'think that winter is the best time to'}, {'start': '2138.240', 'end': '2141.920', 'text': 'visit macha if bodying is focused? Yes'}, {'start': '2140.480', 'end': '2144.440', 'text': 'of course machan is very that is'}, {'start': '2141.920', 'end': '2146.960', 'text': 'November to January for the birding for'}, {'start': '2144.440', 'end': '2149.359', 'text': 'birding November to January.'}, {'start': '2146.960', 'end': '2153.119', 'text': 'But uh we are saying that the jeep'}, {'start': '2149.359', 'end': '2155.599', 'text': "safari they don't that the that's only"}, {'start': '2153.119', 'end': '2158.720', 'text': 'the problem otherwise the bird'}, {'start': '2155.599', 'end': '2162.800', 'text': 'population is very good for the nag.'}, {'start': '2158.720', 'end': '2165.760', 'text': 'So JR has a monopoly right no other jeep'}, {'start': '2162.800', 'end': '2167.839', 'text': 'gets inside. No so I am just curious'}, {'start': '2165.760', 'end': '2170.880', 'text': 'since they are so much focused on tiger'}, {'start': '2167.839', 'end': '2172.720', 'text': 'and leopard to figure that out. Uh can'}, {'start': '2170.880', 'end': '2174.960', 'text': 'you guys not start anything over there'}, {'start': '2172.720', 'end': '2176.640', 'text': 'for just foring trips inside Nagar? No'}, {'start': '2174.960', 'end': '2179.440', 'text': 'not possible. Not possible this forest'}, {'start': '2176.640', 'end': '2182.160', 'text': "department is doesn't allow to that one"}, {'start': '2179.440', 'end': '2184.320', 'text': 'why forest department only got into all'}, {'start': '2182.160', 'end': '2186.800', 'text': 'the forest department even in Kerala'}, {'start': '2184.320', 'end': '2189.520', 'text': 'Tamil Nadu they have different kinds of'}, {'start': '2186.800', 'end': '2192.160', 'text': 'rules different trials only operating'}, {'start': '2189.520', 'end': '2195.680', 'text': 'for example the Kerala we have not'}, {'start': '2192.160', 'end': '2198.880', 'text': "allowed to safaris in the forest it's"}, {'start': '2195.680', 'end': '2201.920', 'text': 'echofriendly for us elephants come visit'}, {'start': '2198.880', 'end': '2205.520', 'text': 'a place once in a year that was in'}, {'start': '2201.920', 'end': '2208.000', 'text': 'jackfruit season when is that So it came'}, {'start': '2205.520', 'end': '2210.960', 'text': 'last week 3 days back it came very close'}, {'start': '2208.000', 'end': '2213.599', 'text': 'to restaurant. Okay. And then this end'}, {'start': '2210.960', 'end': '2216.079', 'text': 'of the grass where this grass and dent'}, {'start': '2213.599', 'end': '2218.240', 'text': "on the other side it's eaten by these"}, {'start': '2216.079', 'end': '2220.240', 'text': 'elephants.'}, {'start': '2218.240', 'end': '2222.160', 'text': "When is the jack fruit season only? It's"}, {'start': '2220.240', 'end': '2223.839', 'text': 'now is the jack fruit season. June'}, {'start': '2222.160', 'end': '2226.160', 'text': 'season. Yeah. In winter days we get to'}, {'start': '2223.839', 'end': '2229.440', 'text': 'do a nice stargazing. Yeah. We get to'}, {'start': '2226.160', 'end': '2232.720', 'text': 'see the milk stretch between 12:00 to'}, {'start': '2229.440', 'end': '2234.240', 'text': '4:00. We get a nice'}, {'start': '2232.720', 'end': '2237.079', 'text': 'in November December. Yeah. and'}, {'start': '2234.240', 'end': '2239.119', 'text': 'December, January, December, November,'}, {'start': '2237.079', 'end': '2241.920', 'text': 'December all the stars are mostly'}, {'start': '2239.119', 'end': '2243.920', 'text': 'visible mostly visible but in December'}, {'start': '2241.920', 'end': '2246.200', 'text': "days again but it's between this"}, {'start': '2243.920', 'end': '2248.640', 'text': 'particular time 3:00'}, {'start': '2246.200', 'end': '2251.040', 'text': '4:00 at this time of the year it is not'}, {'start': '2248.640', 'end': '2253.359', 'text': "possible to see we get we don't if it is"}, {'start': '2251.040', 'end': '2255.359', 'text': 'a clear sky we get to see it even now'}, {'start': '2253.359', 'end': '2256.800', 'text': "but it's a lot of clouds right so you"}, {'start': '2255.359', 'end': '2258.880', 'text': 'were saying December Milky Way is'}, {'start': '2256.800', 'end': '2261.280', 'text': 'visible from here'}, {'start': '2258.880', 'end': '2263.359', 'text': 'not Milky Way'}, {'start': '2261.280', 'end': '2266.320', 'text': "that's why Milky Way stretch Milky Way"}, {'start': '2263.359', 'end': '2268.920', 'text': "stretch Milky Way all the come I'll take"}, {'start': '2266.320', 'end': '2273.240', 'text': 'you there. There is a open uh'}, {'start': '2268.920', 'end': '2273.240', 'text': 'area to see constellations.'}, {'start': '2273.510', 'end': '2278.079', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '2276.079', 'end': '2280.560', 'text': 'Are you talking about Milky Way or Orian'}, {'start': '2278.079', 'end': '2284.920', 'text': 'constellation? Orian constellation both'}, {'start': '2280.560', 'end': '2284.920', 'text': 'the Milky Way stretch. Okay.'}, {'start': '2287.119', 'end': '2292.160', 'text': 'You know the cloud line cloud line of'}, {'start': '2289.760', 'end': '2295.040', 'text': 'the Milky Way that is we get to see'}, {'start': '2292.160', 'end': '2297.359', 'text': 'clear in December December December the'}, {'start': '2295.040', 'end': '2300.640', 'text': 'far room'}, {'start': '2297.359', 'end': '2303.920', 'text': 'from the balcony of all the year room'}, {'start': '2300.640', 'end': '2305.599', 'text': 'you get to see this milky way like the'}, {'start': '2303.920', 'end': '2308.720', 'text': 'clear is it safe to use the balcony at'}, {'start': '2305.599', 'end': '2314.000', 'text': 'night a problem not problem in it you'}, {'start': '2308.720', 'end': '2314.000', 'text': 'can enjoy the balcony if'}, {'start': '2333.800', 'end': '2339.359', 'text': 'Slowly a lot of them are becoming'}, {'start': '2336.079', 'end': '2342.480', 'text': 'visible now. Our eyes turn off the'}, {'start': '2339.359', 'end': '2343.920', 'text': 'light. arrive using'}, {'start': '2342.480', 'end': '2346.160', 'text': 'if you turn off the light. Yeah, that is'}, {'start': '2343.920', 'end': '2350.079', 'text': 'one thing uh I have also noticed once I'}, {'start': '2346.160', 'end': '2351.760', 'text': 'was in dark see how these nocturnal'}, {'start': '2350.079', 'end': '2354.400', 'text': 'animals like flying squirrel they have'}, {'start': '2351.760', 'end': '2356.240', 'text': '100% eyesight in the night even human'}, {'start': '2354.400', 'end': '2358.160', 'text': 'beings we have something like a 30%age'}, {'start': '2356.240', 'end': '2360.240', 'text': 'of the eyesight you can walk without the'}, {'start': '2358.160', 'end': '2362.880', 'text': 'light in the night but we are adapted'}, {'start': '2360.240', 'end': '2366.680', 'text': "used with the light so that's why our"}, {'start': '2362.880', 'end': '2369.760', 'text': 'eyes are not able'}, {'start': '2366.680', 'end': '2371.359', 'text': "to I won't advocate bringing pets in a"}, {'start': '2369.760', 'end': '2373.680', 'text': 'forest area but should you decide to'}, {'start': '2371.359', 'end': '2375.839', 'text': 'bring one these are few pet friendly'}, {'start': '2373.680', 'end': '2378.160', 'text': 'properties around at the time of making'}, {'start': '2375.839', 'end': '2380.960', 'text': 'this video. You will find more if you'}, {'start': '2378.160', 'end': '2382.640', 'text': 'are visiting from the cabin side. Pets'}, {'start': '2380.960', 'end': '2385.200', 'text': 'are strictly not allowed going to'}, {'start': '2382.640', 'end': '2388.160', 'text': "Machan's proximity to the national park."}, {'start': '2385.200', 'end': '2391.359', 'text': 'But I was not far from Canine companions'}, {'start': '2388.160', 'end': '2394.320', 'text': 'as Romy and Julie were there to liven up'}, {'start': '2391.359', 'end': '2396.640', 'text': 'the common area. Julie posed gorgeously'}, {'start': '2394.320', 'end': '2399.359', 'text': "before my lens and they didn't disturb"}, {'start': '2396.640', 'end': '2401.520', 'text': 'anyone. Yes, people do get disturbed by'}, {'start': '2399.359', 'end': '2404.000', 'text': 'their presence as I learned from a trip'}, {'start': '2401.520', 'end': '2406.860', 'text': 'advisor review which negated everything'}, {'start': '2404.000', 'end': '2411.510', 'text': 'I have shared about Machan so'}, {'start': '2406.860', 'end': '2411.510', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '2412.520', 'end': '2416.640', 'text': 'far. Are you watching a sponsored'}, {'start': '2414.960', 'end': '2419.359', 'text': "review? Then let's read through the"}, {'start': '2416.640', 'end': '2421.440', 'text': 'grieviances a bit. It mentioned that the'}, {'start': '2419.359', 'end': '2423.440', 'text': 'booking process is complicated. The'}, {'start': '2421.440', 'end': '2425.599', 'text': 'reason being the team took a whole day'}, {'start': '2423.440', 'end': '2428.000', 'text': 'to confirm the receipt of the payment.'}, {'start': '2425.599', 'end': '2430.160', 'text': 'Well, this happens fairly regularly with'}, {'start': '2428.000', 'end': '2431.520', 'text': 'properties in outskirts lacking stable'}, {'start': '2430.160', 'end': '2433.280', 'text': 'connectivity. While this may be'}, {'start': '2431.520', 'end': '2435.839', 'text': 'inconvenient for some guest, the'}, {'start': '2433.280', 'end': '2437.680', 'text': 'complication part is not clear. So for'}, {'start': '2435.839', 'end': '2439.560', 'text': 'my own experience is concerned, I got'}, {'start': '2437.680', 'end': '2441.760', 'text': 'prompt confirmation with no'}, {'start': '2439.560', 'end': '2443.440', 'text': 'complication. The second issue mentioned'}, {'start': '2441.760', 'end': '2445.280', 'text': 'here is when they arrived for check-in'}, {'start': '2443.440', 'end': '2447.920', 'text': 'at the reception, they were met by one'}, {'start': '2445.280', 'end': '2449.760', 'text': 'of the staff who took them straight to'}, {'start': '2447.920', 'end': '2451.839', 'text': 'the room with no check-in procedure and'}, {'start': '2449.760', 'end': '2453.839', 'text': 'welcome drink. The reason being the'}, {'start': '2451.839', 'end': '2456.800', 'text': 'reception was under renovation and the'}, {'start': '2453.839', 'end': '2458.880', 'text': 'person in charge was out. Machan is not'}, {'start': '2456.800', 'end': '2461.280', 'text': 'too commercialized yet. It lacks a'}, {'start': '2458.880', 'end': '2463.359', 'text': 'designated front desk and usually the'}, {'start': '2461.280', 'end': '2465.680', 'text': 'manager or someone appointed for this'}, {'start': '2463.359', 'end': '2468.720', 'text': 'task take care of the formalities. In'}, {'start': '2465.680', 'end': '2470.800', 'text': 'his absence, it seems one staff directed'}, {'start': '2468.720', 'end': '2473.040', 'text': 'the guest to the room and the formality'}, {'start': '2470.800', 'end': '2474.880', 'text': "happened later. Not sure what's the real"}, {'start': '2473.040', 'end': '2476.880', 'text': 'concern here. Again, maybe skipping the'}, {'start': '2474.880', 'end': '2479.440', 'text': 'welcome drink. If you have noticed when'}, {'start': '2476.880', 'end': '2481.200', 'text': 'I first showed reception I mentioned on'}, {'start': '2479.440', 'end': '2483.839', 'text': "the screen that don't get bothered if"}, {'start': '2481.200', 'end': '2485.440', 'text': "you don't see people around immediately."}, {'start': '2483.839', 'end': '2487.440', 'text': 'I never felt that machan was'}, {'start': '2485.440', 'end': '2489.839', 'text': 'understaffed even during my offseason'}, {'start': '2487.440', 'end': '2492.000', 'text': 'visit but then I was visiting in 2024'}, {'start': '2489.839', 'end': '2494.000', 'text': 'and to be fair this is a 2019 review'}, {'start': '2492.000', 'end': '2496.319', 'text': 'which I read before I booked here.'}, {'start': '2494.000', 'end': '2498.720', 'text': "That's why what we do in Trip Advisor or"}, {'start': '2496.319', 'end': '2500.640', 'text': 'YouTube is not a real property review'}, {'start': '2498.720', 'end': '2502.560', 'text': 'when we merely can narrate our own'}, {'start': '2500.640', 'end': '2505.119', 'text': 'experience. One needs to visit the'}, {'start': '2502.560', 'end': '2507.040', 'text': 'property multiple times over different'}, {'start': '2505.119', 'end': '2509.599', 'text': 'seasons and years using different'}, {'start': '2507.040', 'end': '2513.040', 'text': 'approaches to make a real review as'}, {'start': '2509.599', 'end': '2514.960', 'text': 'standards and experience seasonally vary'}, {'start': '2513.040', 'end': '2517.280', 'text': 'in most properties and this is where'}, {'start': '2514.960', 'end': '2518.880', 'text': "let's give the devil its due. Jailer"}, {'start': '2517.280', 'end': '2521.119', 'text': 'properties currently run by the Indian'}, {'start': '2518.880', 'end': '2523.599', 'text': 'forest service officers can score with'}, {'start': '2521.119', 'end': '2526.640', 'text': 'boring consistency. Eat food, go to'}, {'start': '2523.599', 'end': '2529.280', 'text': 'safari, return, drink, tea, coffee,'}, {'start': '2526.640', 'end': '2531.359', 'text': 'wash, rinse and repeat. And also the'}, {'start': '2529.280', 'end': '2533.599', 'text': "price point of Jailer King sanctuary's"}, {'start': '2531.359', 'end': '2535.599', 'text': 'costliest Mahalaja package at Nagali is'}, {'start': '2533.599', 'end': '2537.920', 'text': 'much lower than Machan because the'}, {'start': '2535.599', 'end': '2539.560', 'text': 'letter is a premium stay. No chance of'}, {'start': '2537.920', 'end': '2542.000', 'text': "missing welcome drink because it's"}, {'start': '2539.560', 'end': '2544.079', 'text': 'nonpromised. Come to think of it, Machan'}, {'start': '2542.000', 'end': '2546.640', 'text': 'served me tea numerous times inside the'}, {'start': '2544.079', 'end': '2548.640', 'text': 'room during monsoon without much ado.'}, {'start': '2546.640', 'end': '2550.240', 'text': 'Even though for food, you need to visit'}, {'start': '2548.640', 'end': '2552.319', 'text': 'the in-house restaurant in most'}, {'start': '2550.240', 'end': '2555.040', 'text': 'properties. Also nobody would usually'}, {'start': '2552.319', 'end': '2557.040', 'text': 'complain if JLR deception or other area'}, {'start': '2555.040', 'end': '2558.319', 'text': 'is undergoing renovation. A part of the'}, {'start': '2557.040', 'end': '2560.640', 'text': 'property was actually undergoing'}, {'start': '2558.319', 'end': '2561.920', 'text': 'renovation when I visited Bandipur and'}, {'start': '2560.640', 'end': '2563.520', 'text': 'neither of you could make out from my'}, {'start': '2561.920', 'end': '2565.920', 'text': 'video nor it bothered me enough to'}, {'start': '2563.520', 'end': '2568.800', 'text': 'explicitly mention. My personal opinion'}, {'start': '2565.920', 'end': '2570.400', 'text': 'is that when the cover of the book is in'}, {'start': '2568.800', 'end': '2572.640', 'text': 'shambles and by that I mean when the'}, {'start': '2570.400', 'end': '2574.640', 'text': 'reception area is undergoing renovation,'}, {'start': '2572.640', 'end': '2576.880', 'text': 'a property should temporarily suspend'}, {'start': '2574.640', 'end': '2580.160', 'text': "bookings but then I guess it's just not"}, {'start': '2576.880', 'end': '2581.839', 'text': 'economically viable for a large lodge.'}, {'start': '2580.160', 'end': '2583.520', 'text': 'If all you want to do Nagar hole is'}, {'start': '2581.839', 'end': '2585.920', 'text': 'backto-back deep safaris to maximize'}, {'start': '2583.520', 'end': '2588.480', 'text': 'your wildlife sightings, I would choose'}, {'start': '2585.920', 'end': '2590.720', 'text': 'JR. This time I booked only two safaris'}, {'start': '2588.480', 'end': '2593.440', 'text': 'because the purpose of my visit was to'}, {'start': '2590.720', 'end': '2595.599', 'text': 'enjoy the stay and its natural sight and'}, {'start': '2593.440', 'end': '2599.200', 'text': 'sound in a pleasing environment with'}, {'start': '2595.599', 'end': '2600.880', 'text': 'excellent food. Now the kicker. On the'}, {'start': '2599.200', 'end': '2604.240', 'text': 'way to the room, they were greeted by'}, {'start': '2600.880', 'end': '2606.960', 'text': 'two large overfriendly dogs, one of whom'}, {'start': '2604.240', 'end': '2609.040', 'text': 'actually pounced on the guest. It was'}, {'start': '2606.960', 'end': '2611.520', 'text': 'quite a scary experience especially as'}, {'start': '2609.040', 'end': '2613.359', 'text': "we don't have pets and as these dogs"}, {'start': '2611.520', 'end': '2615.760', 'text': 'were not accompanied by any of the'}, {'start': '2613.359', 'end': '2618.800', 'text': 'machan staff. I had to move away from'}, {'start': '2615.760', 'end': '2621.599', 'text': 'the dogs inch by inch. Machan never had'}, {'start': '2618.800', 'end': '2623.520', 'text': 'any dogs except these Indian native dogs'}, {'start': '2621.599', 'end': '2625.680', 'text': 'and they cannot be controlled or'}, {'start': '2623.520', 'end': '2627.920', 'text': 'accompanied by the staff members as they'}, {'start': '2625.680', 'end': '2629.440', 'text': 'are freeranging. They stay inside'}, {'start': '2627.920', 'end': '2631.839', 'text': 'whenever they wish to but they are not'}, {'start': '2629.440', 'end': '2633.839', 'text': 'pets. While I can understand that'}, {'start': '2631.839', 'end': '2636.160', 'text': 'everyone is not comfortable with dogs,'}, {'start': '2633.839', 'end': '2638.079', 'text': 'but you are coming to a place where in'}, {'start': '2636.160', 'end': '2640.240', 'text': 'the worst case scenario a tiger can'}, {'start': '2638.079', 'end': '2641.599', 'text': 'pounce on you. And if one is not'}, {'start': '2640.240', 'end': '2643.760', 'text': 'comfortable with the topmost'}, {'start': '2641.599', 'end': '2645.359', 'text': 'domesticated animal in the world,'}, {'start': '2643.760', 'end': '2646.520', 'text': 'frankly speaking, they should rethink'}, {'start': '2645.359', 'end': '2648.560', 'text': 'their choice of'}, {'start': '2646.520', 'end': '2650.319', 'text': 'destination. Next concern is the'}, {'start': '2648.560', 'end': '2652.640', 'text': 'approach road to the room as they had to'}, {'start': '2650.319', 'end': '2654.560', 'text': 'walk downhill through an uneven muddy'}, {'start': '2652.640', 'end': '2657.359', 'text': 'slope with no steps to reach the cabin'}, {'start': '2654.560', 'end': '2659.359', 'text': 'room. An electric golf cart buggy'}, {'start': '2657.359', 'end': '2661.520', 'text': 'promptly arrived every time I needed a'}, {'start': '2659.359', 'end': '2663.680', 'text': 'drop from room. Not sure whether that'}, {'start': '2661.520', 'end': '2665.920', 'text': 'service was available in joint 19. Maybe'}, {'start': '2663.680', 'end': '2668.240', 'text': 'not. But just look at where cabins are'}, {'start': '2665.920', 'end': '2670.000', 'text': 'located. When a coffee plantation is'}, {'start': '2668.240', 'end': '2671.920', 'text': 'right in front of you, it is expected'}, {'start': '2670.000', 'end': '2674.400', 'text': 'that one needs to negotiate few tricky'}, {'start': '2671.920', 'end': '2676.800', 'text': 'steps which can be disagreeable for some'}, {'start': '2674.400', 'end': '2679.760', 'text': 'people during monsoon but they stayed in'}, {'start': '2676.800', 'end': '2682.000', 'text': 'the last week of April. So I guess this'}, {'start': '2679.760', 'end': '2684.640', 'text': "guest didn't enjoy the rustic elegance"}, {'start': '2682.000', 'end': '2686.480', 'text': 'Machan boasted about. Then the review'}, {'start': '2684.640', 'end': '2688.960', 'text': 'went on to explain problems with the'}, {'start': '2686.480', 'end': '2691.760', 'text': 'lock of the room, connectivity issues,'}, {'start': '2688.960', 'end': '2693.839', 'text': 'lack of other guests and staff. Wait,'}, {'start': '2691.760', 'end': '2695.920', 'text': 'how lack of kitchen stuffs matter when a'}, {'start': '2693.839', 'end': '2698.240', 'text': 'sumptuous food was served. Nevertheless,'}, {'start': '2695.920', 'end': '2700.400', 'text': "the facility doesn't mention any games"}, {'start': '2698.240', 'end': '2702.960', 'text': 'room or recreational activities except'}, {'start': '2700.400', 'end': '2704.400', 'text': 'pool and spa. If they wanted to play'}, {'start': '2702.960', 'end': '2706.400', 'text': 'cricket inside a property, they should'}, {'start': '2704.400', 'end': '2708.560', 'text': 'have opted for properties like mango'}, {'start': '2706.400', 'end': '2710.880', 'text': 'mist resort in Bangalore outskirts with'}, {'start': '2708.560', 'end': '2713.599', 'text': 'a good array of activities and a rather'}, {'start': '2710.880', 'end': '2715.520', 'text': 'solid cricket ground where endangered'}, {'start': '2713.599', 'end': '2717.839', 'text': 'mammals, birds and insects are roaming'}, {'start': '2715.520', 'end': '2720.720', 'text': 'around and peace reign supreme. It is'}, {'start': '2717.839', 'end': '2722.480', 'text': 'not advisable. Anyway, I presented this'}, {'start': '2720.720', 'end': '2725.440', 'text': 'use case with plethora of what they'}, {'start': '2722.480', 'end': '2728.000', 'text': 'described as red flag to show how'}, {'start': '2725.440', 'end': '2730.960', 'text': 'mismatched expectation, ignorance, and'}, {'start': '2728.000', 'end': '2733.520', 'text': 'dare I say a sense of entitlement can'}, {'start': '2730.960', 'end': '2735.359', 'text': "ruin one's own traveling experience and"}, {'start': '2733.520', 'end': '2738.079', 'text': 'misguide others who may not have the'}, {'start': '2735.359', 'end': '2740.240', 'text': 'time or test to dig deep. Some other'}, {'start': '2738.079', 'end': '2743.280', 'text': 'reviews, including this one, called out'}, {'start': '2740.240', 'end': '2746.079', 'text': 'one common concern. The long and rugged'}, {'start': '2743.280', 'end': '2746.079', 'text': 'approach road to'}, {'start': '2756.760', 'end': '2761.200', 'text': 'Machan. Even five-star property like'}, {'start': '2759.200', 'end': '2764.000', 'text': 'Sarai Cababini and exclusive stay like'}, {'start': '2761.200', 'end': '2765.760', 'text': 'Bison Cabini have bad approach roads and'}, {'start': '2764.000', 'end': '2768.319', 'text': 'they are in Cabini close to the most'}, {'start': '2765.760', 'end': '2770.480', 'text': 'popular gate of Nagul. 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Instead of embellishment, folks'}, {'start': '2805.920', 'end': '2810.240', 'text': 'here behaved authentically, not casual,'}, {'start': '2808.720', 'end': '2813.040', 'text': 'not over the top. We are waiting for'}, {'start': '2810.240', 'end': '2817.150', 'text': 'your written variety. Ultimately the'}, {'start': '2813.040', 'end': '2831.400', 'text': 'reality is wherever you go there you'}, {'start': '2817.150', 'end': '2834.480', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '2831.400', 'end': '2836.079', 'text': "are but as I say right everybody's uh"}, {'start': '2834.480', 'end': '2837.920', 'text': 'you know personal experience will be'}, {'start': '2836.079', 'end': '2839.760', 'text': 'different you can pretty much figure out'}, {'start': '2837.920', 'end': '2842.000', 'text': 'that this is not a sponsored post based'}, {'start': '2839.760', 'end': '2844.079', 'text': "on the subscriber count so I'm doing it"}, {'start': '2842.000', 'end': '2846.160', 'text': 'completely on my own. Uh nobody has'}, {'start': '2844.079', 'end': '2847.680', 'text': 'asked me to do it. And also the beauty'}, {'start': '2846.160', 'end': '2849.839', 'text': 'of it is that you are not under any'}, {'start': '2847.680', 'end': '2852.079', 'text': 'compulsion to actually say nice things'}, {'start': '2849.839', 'end': '2855.359', 'text': "about uh uh something that you don't"}, {'start': '2852.079', 'end': '2857.920', 'text': 'feel like or you know unnecessarily'}, {'start': '2855.359', 'end': '2859.839', 'text': 'criticize out of personal vendetta. If'}, {'start': '2857.920', 'end': '2862.160', 'text': 'you know hypothetically speaking even if'}, {'start': '2859.839', 'end': '2863.839', 'text': 'somebody invites me to stay in a place'}, {'start': '2862.160', 'end': '2865.680', 'text': "for free I don't know whether will I"}, {'start': '2863.839', 'end': '2868.480', 'text': 'like it or not. the fact that I saved'}, {'start': '2865.680', 'end': '2870.720', 'text': 'money you know for so many months uh I'}, {'start': '2868.480', 'end': '2874.000', 'text': 'looked forward to it and the excitement'}, {'start': '2870.720', 'end': '2876.240', 'text': 'that ran through my vein when I booked'}, {'start': '2874.000', 'end': '2878.160', 'text': 'machan and when I ultimately came I'}, {'start': '2876.240', 'end': '2881.119', 'text': 'think all this will go you know if all'}, {'start': '2878.160', 'end': '2883.119', 'text': 'this will come on my platter and uh you'}, {'start': '2881.119', 'end': '2885.599', 'text': 'know somebody gives me for free like you'}, {'start': '2883.119', 'end': '2886.960', 'text': 'know I think somewhere that at least'}, {'start': '2885.599', 'end': '2889.520', 'text': 'definitely will douse down the'}, {'start': '2886.960', 'end': '2891.280', 'text': 'excitement a lot and then you will be'}, {'start': '2889.520', 'end': '2892.720', 'text': 'compelled to review according to the'}, {'start': '2891.280', 'end': '2895.440', 'text': 'demand of the property because since'}, {'start': '2892.720', 'end': '2897.440', 'text': 'they are giving you free stay. Uh you'}, {'start': '2895.440', 'end': '2902.040', 'text': 'you may not be able to you know freely'}, {'start': '2897.440', 'end': '2902.040', 'text': 'express all your opinions about it.'}, {'start': '2902.620', 'end': '2907.480', 'text': '[Music]'}]