Three days, was up in the hills, away from the heat and more so the dust and grime. Add to it the aura of cruising through tea gardens in open jeeps, spotting a barking deer couple, a malabar squirrel. Man! savoured every moment of it and even now can recollect the deers tearing off in opposite directions leaping over felled branches.

The planter told me that particular plantation was home to panthers and bisons as well. And he was not bluffing, i did see the pug marks. If discover channels clipping were true then those were legitimate panther foot prints. Vowed to return there with a camera, next three day hols and lie still to capture the deft movement of the panther.