November was a good start with another small trip to Dalma range of mountains, and it called for a stay at the Makulakocha, we had a small room with NON attached bathroom, (essential luxury of life) but then when you are in the jungle you are in the jungle,
Early morning we went for a walk and was pleasantly surprised to see another acquaintance driving by, he is a bird watcher too, and well we piled into his car and off we went to look for birds, after all when watching birds it helps to have extra pair of eyes helps in better spotting ( as I have learned)
We drove up to approx. 2000 feet height; it was a good 6 – 7 km from Mackulokocha. In my friends fancy huge car.
We were merrily birding away and trying to recognize calls of birds and try to photograph the tiny ones, before we realized it was 0900 hours and our ride had no intention to returning before 10- 1030, we had to check out by 1000 hours,
It was not likely we would reach back the 7 km on hills by 1000, but we had to try n
Then lady luck spotted us, there was a gentleman, Mr. Mahato who was headed to work on his bike, On requesting he was happy to give is both, yes there was two of us) a ride back to our place of stay, what a gem of a person, on a 125cc bike he agreed to give a ride to two strangers on a muddy, slip sliding road. THANK YOU Mr. Mahto for having such a big heart and being a good human,
Along the road I saw this board, which so aptly exemplified what it said and how our new friend showcased a quality of humanity that is so easily overlooked in the quest for ME 1st and ME all the way
This gentleman with his bike is worth his weight on Gold I say, any day a BIKER is a better person to have next to u in crisis that’s been my experience, What about you ?
All’s well that ends well and here are a few more pleasant memories from Dalma, Makulakocha
