Manas National Park- Where to Stay

Musa Jungle Retreat.
That was our home during our visit to Manas National Park in Assam.
Located close to the Park, it is an eco-friendly resort with lot of greenery and few geese also!

Here is the complete set of stories of our visit to Assam and Manas National Park. We were a team of 20 Navy veterans and spouses all in their late 60s. This set of stories should be read together. Quick links are given below:

1. Who were the travellers?
2. Guwahati the Gateway to North East India
3. Driving through the Bamboo land
4. MNP- When a Safari Vehicle Breaks Down!
5. MNP- Where crickets sing like Temple Bells
6. Bodo Village- Living with Nature
7. Where to Stay in Manas
8. Deepor Beel A Ramsar Site

Here is a photo-walk around the Retreat including few video clips. Let the pictures do the talking.

The Retreat has been built using local materials. You can see the roof of main lounge built using bamboo in the picture below.

With spacious lawns, the Retreat is ideal for evening functions during Reunions.

Since the Retreat is located adjacent to Manas National Park, the fencing had to be electrified to keep the animals away. See the pictures below with Indian ingenuity to provide electric insulation on existing iron pillars!

A wooden carving made from a single bark of a tree depicts all the animals found in Manas National Park. See the clip below.

Residents geese at the Retreat!

Here is a short video clip of Bodo Tribal Dance performed exclusively for Navy Veterans in Assam.

Our Reunion could happen only because of 'Dada' Animesh. See what his course-mates from the Navy and their spouses had to say in the video clip below.

Hope you agree that you are never too old to party or to drink or to dance! Haven't these Navy Veterans shown how to remain young?

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    - Harsh-the-Ghumakkad with Neeta Bhargava/ 28th August 2019
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Bodo Village- Living with Nature

Bodo Village in Assam now called Asom.
Like any other village in India.
Living in harmony with Nature.
Completely.
The villagers use local material for making their huts. Grow local fruits and trees. Respect Nature. They adapt to the climate using natural means.

This was evident during Ghumakkad's visit to a Bodo Village near Manas National Park (MNP) in north Asom in Nov-18. This picture story is part of a series.

Here is the complete set of stories of our visit to Assam and Manas National Park. We were a team of 20 Navy veterans and spouses all in their late 60s. This set of stories should be read together. Quick links are given below:

1. Who were the travellers?
2. Guwahati the Gateway to North East India
3. Driving through the Bamboo land
4. MNP- When a Safari Vehicle Breaks Down!
5. MNP- Where crickets sing like Temple Bells
6. Bodo Village- Living with Nature
7. Where to Stay in Manas
8. Deepor Beel A Ramsar Site

Coming back to the Bodo Village, let the pictures do the talking.

Bodo is pronounced as 'Boro' 

 Here is a short clip of Bodo folk dance being performed by Bolapi.

It was time to bid good bye. Even the Bodos bid adieu with Paan-Supari पान सुपारी. Only difference was that both the paan leaves as well as supari nuts were grown in the village and freshly plucked. See the picture below.

The eldest resident of the village came and blessed all of us. See her expressions below.

We sincerely hope that future generations living in rural India maintain their balance with Nature. The urban folks have done much damage to the environment.

In the next story we will answer the query 'where to stay' when visiting Manas National Park?

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   - Harsh-the-Ghumakkad/29th June 2019

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