<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582637</id><updated>2011-07-30T21:02:39.197Z</updated><title type='text'>Wanderlust</title><subtitle type='html'>I ROAM, therefore I AM ! ;)) ...                        Quo Vadis ??  
&lt;br&gt;

&lt;br&gt;

&lt;a href="mailto:go2_sujith@yahoo.com"&gt;&amp;gt;.&amp;gt;eM@il&lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;br&gt;
&amp;gt;.&amp;gt;home: &lt;a href="http://sites.google.com/site/there4iroam"&gt;http://sites.google.com/site/there4iroam &lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Photography&amp;gt;&amp;gt; &amp;gt;&amp;gt; &lt;a href="http://community.webshots.com/user/sujith007"&gt; on Webshots &lt;/a&gt; &amp;gt;&amp;gt; &amp;gt;&amp;gt; &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dream-catcher"&gt;on Flickr &lt;/a&gt;</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vaga-bond.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6582637/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vaga-bond.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>jith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01402465658748253046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>16</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582637.post-112018562663271136</id><published>2005-06-30T22:25:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-07-01T02:42:05.713Z</updated><title type='text'>Journey Home</title><summary type='text'>Gosh! A few weeks back, in the last blog, I keyed in thoughts about the outbound jouneys and the discovering and connecting with the Self, journey to one's soul. And now when I read 'Journey Home' from Tagore's Gitanjali, found it reflects on those lines as well!. Mann, I loved these lines.. and the coincidence as well! Have u xperienced such a feeling of deja vu with an instant Connection and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6582637/posts/default/112018562663271136'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6582637/posts/default/112018562663271136'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vaga-bond.blogspot.com/2005/06/journey-home.html' title='Journey Home'/><author><name>jith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01402465658748253046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582637.post-111690077194140359</id><published>2005-05-24T01:22:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-05-25T22:11:46.470Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Out n around.. Greenwich Meridianhttp://greenwich-times.blogspot.comThoughta keepin a separ8 Brit Isles journal, jus4 t heck of it.. Gosh, am drownin in back-logs o trip journals.Tis nice when life is a busy existence, filling the hollows between out-bound days ;)The beauty of it is that.. the more out-bound u go, the more u reflect and connect with, n discovering ur inner-self !!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6582637/posts/default/111690077194140359'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6582637/posts/default/111690077194140359'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vaga-bond.blogspot.com/2005/05/out-n-around.html' title=''/><author><name>jith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01402465658748253046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582637.post-111969115784175180</id><published>2005-03-25T09:10:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-07-01T06:34:39.366Z</updated><title type='text'>Serendipity: Exploring The Andamans</title><summary type='text'>Luke’s reflections added as epilogue. Though I started writing a prologue to it, ‘it’ ended up as an epilogue :)                                                         Trip Album SERENDIPITY :We ended up Birding in a remote part of Havelock Island, in the Andamans. The two of us were taken there by a local Bengali fisherman in his motorised ‘dinghy’, for snorkeling. Arranged by our </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6582637/posts/default/111969115784175180'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6582637/posts/default/111969115784175180'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vaga-bond.blogspot.com/2005/03/serendipity-exploring-andamans.html' title='Serendipity: Exploring The Andamans'/><author><name>jith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01402465658748253046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582637.post-111689766756058969</id><published>2005-03-21T22:52:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-05-24T01:21:07.563Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Mar 11-21 : Sikkim Trip</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6582637/posts/default/111689766756058969'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6582637/posts/default/111689766756058969'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vaga-bond.blogspot.com/2005/03/mar-11-21-sikkim-trip.html' title=''/><author><name>jith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01402465658748253046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582637.post-110787973970180933</id><published>2005-02-08T16:22:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-06-29T03:43:18.556Z</updated><title type='text'>Cyber Cafe @Jaisalmer Fort</title><summary type='text'>A Cyber Cafe @Jaisalmer Fort. They say it is a "living fort" with about 5000 townspeople still living in it.. n o'course, there r shops n commercial establishments inside the fort.Built when the city was founded in 1156, every part of Jaisalmer fort , from its outer walls to the palace, temples and houses within, is made of soft yellow Jurassic sandstone.Jaisalmer lay on the camel trade route </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6582637/posts/default/110787973970180933'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6582637/posts/default/110787973970180933'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vaga-bond.blogspot.com/2005/02/cyber-cafe-jaisalmer-fort.html' title='Cyber Cafe @Jaisalmer Fort'/><author><name>jith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01402465658748253046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582637.post-110779129047635818</id><published>2004-11-20T20:45:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-06-29T03:42:35.576Z</updated><title type='text'>Rajasthan, Nov'04</title><summary type='text'>It's a very interesting 8-days backpacking trip with Vij my younger bro, through..Jaipur-Jodhpur-Jaisalmer,Desert National Park@Jaisalmer  andRanthambhor National Park  [un4tun8ly, no pics from the Tiger haven ;(  ]Yet to do the write-up.Trip albums here...&gt;.&gt;.&gt;  (Digicam shots).&gt;.&gt;.&gt;  (SLR shots on Slide Film )</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6582637/posts/default/110779129047635818'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6582637/posts/default/110779129047635818'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vaga-bond.blogspot.com/2004/11/rajasthan-nov04.html' title='Rajasthan, Nov&apos;04'/><author><name>jith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01402465658748253046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582637.post-110779471836167531</id><published>2004-10-31T17:45:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-06-29T03:45:14.030Z</updated><title type='text'>Trekking in Mookambika WLS /Western Ghats</title><summary type='text'>In oblivion !.. relaxing by the falls, listenin to the water thundering down.. after the trek @Mookambika WildlifeSanctuary. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6582637/posts/default/110779471836167531'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6582637/posts/default/110779471836167531'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vaga-bond.blogspot.com/2004/10/trekking-in-mookambika-wls-western.html' title='Trekking in Mookambika WLS /Western Ghats'/><author><name>jith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01402465658748253046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582637.post-110779364807465821</id><published>2004-10-30T21:27:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-06-29T03:46:22.250Z</updated><title type='text'>Bonfire nite after Kayaking..</title><summary type='text'>Guitar (by Gagan, my colleague) fires up the spirit.  Relaxing after a terrific af'noon of kayaking.@Anejerry Nature  Camp, Mookambika WildlifeSancutary, Karnataka. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6582637/posts/default/110779364807465821'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6582637/posts/default/110779364807465821'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vaga-bond.blogspot.com/2004/10/bonfire-nite-after-kayaking.html' title='Bonfire nite after Kayaking..'/><author><name>jith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01402465658748253046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582637.post-110779553022449275</id><published>2004-08-01T16:58:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-06-29T04:27:40.243Z</updated><title type='text'>Butterflying!</title><summary type='text'> Caterpiller(~4in. in length) of Malabar Tree Nymph butterfly. During butterflying with Krushnamegh Kunte (author of Butterflies of Peninsular India), @Shendurney WildlifeSanctuary, Trivandrum. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6582637/posts/default/110779553022449275'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6582637/posts/default/110779553022449275'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vaga-bond.blogspot.com/2004/08/butterflying.html' title='Butterflying!'/><author><name>jith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01402465658748253046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582637.post-110779281022536530</id><published>2004-05-15T16:13:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-06-29T03:47:31.826Z</updated><title type='text'>Tibetan Temple, Kushal Nagar, Koorg</title><summary type='text'>Tibetan Buddhist monks at prayer. 'Golden Temple', Tibetan Camp, KushalNagar, Koorg. May'04 </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6582637/posts/default/110779281022536530'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6582637/posts/default/110779281022536530'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vaga-bond.blogspot.com/2004/05/tibetan-temple-kushal-nagar-koorg.html' title='Tibetan Temple, Kushal Nagar, Koorg'/><author><name>jith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01402465658748253046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582637.post-108120508626956163</id><published>2004-04-05T22:44:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-04-28T10:58:15.424Z</updated><title type='text'>In search of Cranes, @ NorthKorea Border</title><summary type='text'>Another solo backpacking/birding trip, in search of the magnificient Cranes,wintering in the high-security military area along the NorthKorea border.(some stuff from DMZ, the DeMilitarized Zone, North Korea border... the "remotest" place I've been to...)SouthKorean Army checkpost at high-security DMZ.On SK highways, camouflaged towers called TankTraps are wired to explode and block the advance of</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6582637/posts/default/108120508626956163'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6582637/posts/default/108120508626956163'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vaga-bond.blogspot.com/2004/04/in-search-of-cranes-northkorea-border.html' title='In search of Cranes, @ NorthKorea Border'/><author><name>jith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01402465658748253046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582637.post-107860524095920181</id><published>2004-03-06T19:05:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-06-29T04:43:51.563Z</updated><title type='text'>Midnight thoughts, watching the falling snow</title><summary type='text'>Right now, tis snowing outside..maybe a good 4-5inches already..for a week, forecast was Max10, Min-10. am waiting for Spring to hit with bloom o blossoms ngreener grass.. now tis cold and dry.. gray-n-white sky,brown-n-occasional-white below and leafless trees..Ah these icy stares and wintry smileso the Weather Gods ! But without those,once spring is back in your steps, would theCherry Blossoms </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6582637/posts/default/107860524095920181'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6582637/posts/default/107860524095920181'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vaga-bond.blogspot.com/2004/03/midnight-thoughts-watching-falling.html' title='Midnight thoughts, watching the falling snow'/><author><name>jith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01402465658748253046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582637.post-110779066413481674</id><published>2004-01-10T15:35:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-07-01T05:23:00.406Z</updated><title type='text'>Himachal : Himalayan Winter Trekking</title><summary type='text'>Thru the Abode of the Gods !Pir Panchal Range, at an avg elevation of 5000m.&gt;&gt;&gt;(Album) The fact that I have to go back soon.. that's what I hated most about this travel;That feeling is lingering, and growing into me, as the 'Himachal Path Parivahan Nigam'bus makes the winding descent from McLeodGunj. The abode of Dalai Lama andthe Tibetan-govt-in-exile, is silhoutted against the imposing </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6582637/posts/default/110779066413481674'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6582637/posts/default/110779066413481674'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vaga-bond.blogspot.com/2004/01/himachal-himalayan-winter-trekking.html' title='Himachal : Himalayan Winter Trekking'/><author><name>jith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01402465658748253046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582637.post-107867341353853211</id><published>2003-11-14T15:27:00.001Z</published><updated>2011-03-16T07:10:33.603Z</updated><title type='text'>Korea in Autumn Glory</title><summary type='text'>---&gt;&gt;    Here's the Trip Album..
TRAVEL TRIVIA : (Nov 2/03)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Morning Glory
Solo. I decided to follow myself, to quench the thirst forthe resplendent shades of Fall.
Night-out on a south-bound train..to catch the soft, warm sun
showering the blessings of golden rays on the
Land of Morning Calm in all its glory..

To get a symbolic shot of the Fall, I've been looking
for the close shot</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6582637/posts/default/107867341353853211'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6582637/posts/default/107867341353853211'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vaga-bond.blogspot.com/2003/11/korea-in-autumn-glory.html' title='Korea in Autumn Glory'/><author><name>jith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01402465658748253046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-L-Qlj9_z0_s/TYBiJZ2Z3BI/AAAAAAAAAYo/UknCQyhrJ8s/s72-c/KoreaFallLeaf.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582637.post-107978029780601753</id><published>2003-06-20T10:54:00.000Z</published><updated>2004-03-20T11:04:00.530Z</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'> From the Land of Morning Calm..  Imagine this..You are in The Land of Morning Calm. Though people are generally very warm, friendly, approachable, and peace-loving, any which way you turn, there are myriads of mysterious ‘characters’ in all hues and sizes staring and blinking at you. Over-awed by what seemed like arcane hieroglyphics from a bygone era, you were losing hope.. of even making an </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6582637/posts/default/107978029780601753'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6582637/posts/default/107978029780601753'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vaga-bond.blogspot.com/2003/06/from-land-of-morning-calm.html' title=''/><author><name>jith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01402465658748253046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582637.post-112007421236302455</id><published>2003-03-29T19:19:00.000Z</published><updated>2005-06-30T07:11:37.393Z</updated><title type='text'>Encounter with a Rogue Elephant !</title><summary type='text'>Journals of the two trips to Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary, Thattekkad, Kerala.The Photos are from the trip album"How to survive an elephant attack ?".. all ears pricked up, eyes shifting focus between Jose and Sachariya, their face barely visible in dim flickering keroscene lamp.. the trackers narrating anecdotes of their wild encounters and escapades.. We were reclining on sleeping bags atop the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6582637/posts/default/112007421236302455'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6582637/posts/default/112007421236302455'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vaga-bond.blogspot.com/2003/03/encounter-with-rogue-elephant.html' title='Encounter with a Rogue Elephant !'/><author><name>jith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01402465658748253046</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>
