Off the beaten track in Satpura
�We all have forests on our minds. Forests unexplored, unending. Each one of us gets lost in the forest, every night, alone.� ? Ursula K. Le Guin , The Wind's Twelve Quarters Alas, it is difficult to get lost in a forest in India, there are few unexplored forests left and it is difficult to be alone. However the Satpura Tiger Reserve is one such forest where the crowds are less and the resorts are sensibly made to merge into ambient nature. Our welcome by a leopard by the side of the road as we drove in at night was a wonderful precursor of the two days ahead. The haughty animal, disdainfully looked at us and slowly walked away into the jungle. Here is where we let go of our daily electronic cocoons and freed ourselves to the joys of simply being at one with nature. The bridge and a hut at Reni Pani Resort... ...is a perfect example of being one with nature. Local material is used on the outside to give a natural ambience to the dwellings and community areas. The passion o