Tadvai - Pakhal

Pakhal - Dal Lake Of Andhra Pradesh

It was a hot day . After hours of sweating in the forest I decided to leave the forest to my next destination, with hope that the life in the forest continuous to thrive without any human disturbances. I was on my way to Pakhal now. Didn't know what to expect. I was hoping to see some Croc's as people at Eturnagaram were talking of them.

As I was going once again I came across the colony of storks which I had came across before .

As I was going further many fields came across.

As I was going further then came across fields full of flowers.

I don't know what flowers they were. I wondered what for those were used for. 

With some interrogation of the locals, got to know that they are used to feed the cattle . After knowing that I put a small grin on my face & left . I felt that even the cattle were also there in this struggle for land.

As I continued my drive I found this beauty injured on the road I didn't feel like leaving it on the road took it , had some clicks & left it in the fields beside & started off.

On the way again on the way I came across my old friend, The kite . It was getting more hotter , with all my luggage I was feeling tired had a few sips of water & again started now went for a long stretch without any stops. 

I was feeling bored as there was no food for my mind , I was looking around for anything beautiful to have some clicks but found nothing , finally after some time I saw something odd on the road couldn't identify as I was speeding off I came back to see what it was . when I saw, Can anyone  identify the snake  plz & let me know it was a road kill. A snake which was crushed recently the body was fresh. 

Now I entered a bypass road which leads to Pakhal & on the way there were many villages.  

The first person I saw as I entered the village side was this toddy tapper with his pot full of fresh toddy . I felt like tasting it but there was a long journey ahead . I didn't wanted to take the risk . As I went further a school van came with loads of kids in it.

 

Little kids all smiling & waving at me without any inhibitions & felt very happy . I was going slow following the van smiling back to the kids, after a few minutes I realised it was getting dark so  moved ahead & for the next 50 minutes I drove continuously & finally reached Pakhal. 

It was already 5.00 in the evening  & as I spoke to the forest officer he revealed a shocking news to me . I was tired & confused didn't know what to do. I was in a dilemma not knowing whether to go ahead or go back . As I was thinking, few monkeys came & sat on my bike & started fiddling , pulling all things out . I shooed them away & i decided that I'll go ahead instead of going back. The forest officer told that there was no place to stay.

 No forest guest house or a hotel or even small lodges . It was already 5.30 it was getting dark I wanted to see the famous Pakhal lake which I thought was fully infested with Croc's . The forest officer told that there were nearly 50-60 crocs in the lake but when I spoke to the local fisherman fishing in the lake & they said there were only 4-6 Croc's . Didn't know what to believe I searched the banks if I could find any signs of Croc's but no luck .

 

But the lake was simply stunning at the sunset it was like the "Dal Lake " of "J & K" .

There were monkeys all around but no signs of Croc's & it was getting darker. 

 

The drive ahead was for another 60 km's in the darkness of the forest to reach the next town for my night stay. I set off again at the dawn of the darkness. As I was going deeper into forest it was getting much colder & I was freezing, after a grueling ride finally reached Yellandu town, took a room & had dinner . I lay off on my bed watching the tv, slept like that with tv & light on, woke up 1.30 at night switched off & again back to sleep. Next morning woke up at 8.45 got ready & set off to Kinnersani .