Chad Pillai
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Military Officer, World Traveler, and Author.
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My Adventure in an Indian Tiger Preserve:
Tigers are fascinating and majestic creatures. After my misadventure at a tea plantation, my family headed to the Periyar Tiger Preserve National Park. The national park was a beautiful area covered in dense forest with a series of interconnected lakes. On one of the lakes, there was a small resort where guests could stay the night. Guests had to take a small boat out to the resort, and my father had rented it as an anniversary gift for my mother. When we arrived by boat, we were informed that it was possible to see wild elephants bathing in the lake early in the mornings.
By Chad Pillai5 years ago in Wander
Surviving in the Abyss
The cabin was cold, dark, and damp. I sat alone in a thick metal sphere crammed with computer monitors and caressed the heart-shaped locket on my necklace. As I sat alone, my mind wandered, and I thought about how far from home I was in the deep abyss. The computer screens, the only light source, compounded this feeling as they displayed the vast undersea landscape of the deep abyss.
By Chad Pillai5 years ago in Fiction
My Adventure in India
India is an exotic land to outsiders. My perception of India was shaped by stories and movies like the Jungle Book and Indiana Jones. My father, an immigrant from India, had told me stories of his homeland, and I remember asking him once if he ate monkey brains. The question did not amuse my father, yet he shared stories of his childhood and heroes from Indian lore, such as the Monkey God named Hanuman. His stories always fascinated me, and I wondered what an adventure to India would be like one day. Thankfully, I was fortunate enough to travel and experience adventures in India with my father. The one adventure that comes to mind involved getting lost around a forested mountain, a failed hunt, and a conversation with a dog.
By Chad Pillai5 years ago in Wander
