In the morning we drove into the Pedcholi area to several small villages.
Well adorned cow
A good view of the local dress in the area. This young lady was starting the morning fire.
With the onslaught of photographers she became a little shyer
It was pretty early when we arrived - this girl was a little shy as well
Beautiful blue dress
We then moved on to the main village square where there was some sort of ceremony going on. It
looked like
the entire village was there. We then were told to leave - so few pictures of the ceremony.
This woman displays the corsage type of ornamentation.
After leaving the village we stopped at a family home on the road.
This little girl was not so enthusiastic to stand in front of a wall of her home for us.
Mother and baby
We then hit the road for Bera - a very long drive of 3-4 hours. We arrived at the Bera Safari
Lodge.
Once there we had lunch and then
headed out to hunt for leopards in the surrounding hills.
The leopards populate a wide area called
Leopard Hills of Jawai - but there is no specific
park or fence or sanctuary. The leopards live in harmony with the villages. There have been no
attacks on humans - a few small animals gone but no serious confrontations.
We waited quite a distance from a rocky hill and were focused on a cave where a mother and two
large cubs were
living. Near dusk the mom appeared - this is she. Later the younger ones came out but it was too
dark.