No, this was not a dream. I had not even imagined to listen to the botany class sitting in a boat. But it happened. For the first time, on a hot weekend afternoon I realized that I was actually sitting in a boat and listening to the botany class. It was a great feeling and a great learning of course on Mangroves and their diversity around the Konkan coast. Thanks to my botany teacher and a good friend Swapna Prabhu who is working on conserving mangroves across the Konkan coast for organizing this field trip and taking us through amazing plant diversity in and around Ratnagiri. And thanks to my Field Botany Course with Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), I am getting to learn a thing or two. Here are some panoramic photographs from my recent field botany camp to Ratnagiri and around.
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| Ratnagiri beach |
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| scared places and sacred groves |
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| Mucky waters with piercing barnacles to walk on |
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| On the way to the creek |
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| Swapna Prabhu talking about mangroves |
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| Two boat full of enthusiastic botany students |
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| the coast |
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| Rocky Plateaus |
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| Flower carpets on the Plateaus |
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| cloud play over the plateaus |
Cheers,
Srikanth
