Tyrshi Falls, Meghalaya

Tyrshi Falls, Meghalaya

Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya, India There are countless small and large waterfalls in Meghalaya. Some stunning beyond description and impossible to miss, except…


A waterfall in Lumwahnai, Meghalaya

A waterfall in Lumwahnai, Meghalaya

There are so many waterfalls in Meghalaya that I wondered if mega refers to numbers of rapids and waterfalls. Only the largest and most accessible waterfalls…


Kynrem falls, Meghalaya

Kynrem falls, Meghalaya

One might think it is a bad idea visiting the wettest place on earth during the monsoon, but this is the time when all the hidden waterfalls reveal themselves…


Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo)

Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo)

My room was in what could best compare with a cul-de-sac - at the very end of the new complex of Cristalino Jungle Lodge, and from my room I could watch all…


Short-billed Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes nitidus)

Short-billed Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes nitidus)

My room was in what could best compare with a cul-de-sac - at the very end of the new complex of Cristalino Jungle Lodge, and from my room I could watch all…


Headlight Beetle (Pyrophorus nyctophanus)

Headlight Beetle (Pyrophorus nyctophanus)

This is such a little known annual display in Oct/Nov in some of the forests bordering the Cerrado in Brazil and Bolivia. Each light is a beetle larva…


White-shouldered Tanager (Tachyphonus luctuosus)

White-shouldered Tanager (Tachyphonus luctuosus)

My room was in what could best compare with a cul-de-sac - at the very end of the new complex of Cristalino Jungle Lodge, and from my room I could watch all…


Wallace’s Longwing (Heliconius wallacei)

Wallace’s Longwing (Heliconius wallacei)

Further up the Cristalino River, the first rapids and a small island with a great tree, Cristalino Jungle Lodge has a small farm and here I found several…


Heliconius sp

Heliconius sp

Further up the Cristalino River, the first rapids and a small island with a great tree, Cristalino Jungle Lodge has a small farm and here I found several…


Cristalino Jungle Lodge Lepidoptera 03

Cristalino Jungle Lodge Lepidoptera 03

Further up the Cristalino River, the first rapids and a small island with a great tree, Cristalino Jungle Lodge has a small farm and here I found several…