Setting of from the hotel at 5:30 am meant another pre 5am wake up. Not ideal on holiday. And just me and the driver. I had expected to join others for a safari, but the hotel made no attempt to match me up with other people, although to be fair there were also not many guests.
But it was very enjoyable trip. I had forgotten how much I enjoyed safaris. But we were not alone - the dawn queue to enter Yala National Park
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| A jackal, just discernible at maximum zoom. Would never have spotted this without the aid of my driver. Who was also supposed to be keeping his eye on the road..... |
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| Spotted deer |
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| Painted Stork |
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| Monitor lizard |
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| Spotted deer stag |
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| White throated kingfisher |
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| Monitor Lizard |
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| Skull of a buffalo |
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| Rose ringed parakeet |
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| Mynah bird on a buffalo |
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| Mongoose |
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| Barn Swallow |
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| Common Kingfisher |
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| A red wattled lapwing, I think |
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| Purple faced langurs on a rocky outcrop |
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| Black headed ibis |
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| Red wattled lapwing |
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| Open billed stork |
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| Little bee eater |
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| Yellow wattled lapwing displaying his yellow wattling particularly well |
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| Buffalo with their attendent cattle egrets |
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| Black winged stilt |
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| Brahminy kite |
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| Green Imperial Pigeon |
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| Painted stork |
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| Spoonbill |
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| Pond Heron |
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| Mongoose |
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| A rare beast to see, a sloth bear |
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| Spotted doves |
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| Little bee eater. Love these birds |
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| Barn swallows |
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| Hoopoe |
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| Spot billed pelican |
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