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26 July 2010

Nagerhole Wildlife Sanctuary

After a 4+ hour drive from Bangalore, arrived at the Nagerhole Wildlife Sanctuary see HERE
Accommodations are very basic - but comfortable. I at least have a fridge to keep my insulin chilled. Surprisingly - the weather here is much, much cooler than it was in North India, there is a constant breeze & no AC in the "cottages'!

On the way we stopped at a silk cocoon market - top pic. "Silk Farmers" raise silk worms in there homes, boil the cocoons to remove pupae (sp?) which they "save" & bring the cocoons to market to sell to silk merchants who remove silk from cocoons & spin into threads for dying.

Tomorrow an early AM & late PM "safari.