The Interceptor 650 was ideal for 3 of us and we decided to show Avani , Kokkare Bellur Bird Sanctuary (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokrebellur) a unique village for the long-established bond between the spot-billed pelicans and the villagers who have adopted this bird as their local heritage, since they consider the birds as harbingers of good luck and prosperity to the village. After having breakfast at Kamat Yatrinivas on the Mysore Road we headed straight to Kookare Bellur , though the birding season is from Oct to April (Oct to Mid Jan for Pelicans and Jan to April for Painted Stork) the Pelicans were less in number , there will usually be around 2000 birds hovering around the village and this time it’s less than 200 of them due to contamination of water in the nearby lake which is primary source of food for the Pelicans. It was very hearting for all the 3 of us and specially a good learning of Avani as she saw a few rescued birds which had fell from the tree and also saw the forest guards giving drips to an injured Pelican as it had refused taking any food.
From Kokkare Bellur we came to Hill View resort in Ramanagara where we had booked our stay. We rested for a while and went to the pool , Avani’s happiness knew no bounds. After spending good time in the pool it was time for some play in the play area and some pictures around the rock inside resort.
The next day post breakfast we left from Hill view resort and went to Doodaalada Mara (Big Banyan tree) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodda_Alada_Mara a giant approximately 400-year-old banyan tree. Avani was excited to see loads of monkeys along with their babies.
After spending sometime there , we rode back home. End of a nearly 220kms ride and I was happy and surprised that all along the little one sat on the bike without complaining. Now , on to the next.
