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Taken @ Gir NP, India.

We've seen so many monkeys during our trip through India, which is always a pleasure to me. Besides India's only ape the Hoolock Gibbon, we saw Caped-Langurs, the rare Stump-tailed Macaques, Pig-tailed Macaques, the quite aggressive Rhesus Macaques and these beautiful friendly Black-faced Langurs.

Have a wonderful weekend!

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Yesterday we returned from an incredible one-month-wildlife-trip through India. I'd never visited India before and didn't know exactly what to expect, except from the documentaries I've seen. India was still on my wish-list for spotting a tiger in its natural habitat, so we visited 7 different Nature Reserves in the north - which were all amazing in their own way. After one month (still way too short!) I have a much better impression about the country, the people, its nature and wildlife.
It has been a while ago that I was active on flickr but this trip will encourage me to upload new pics again ;-)

This photo was taken @ Kaziranga National Park, Assam.

Last Sunday, Polle arrived from Spain to join our family. He has been a shelter dog for quite some time and lived in a killing-station.
After Bully passed away I kept longing for a large male dog so we started to look out for one. We knew we wanted a Mastin Espanol mix, because of their wonderful character. Then about five weeks ago we came across this dog (through 'SOS-Strays' - a dutch organisation who offers quite often this kind of breed) and it sounded all too good. So if we really wanted one, this was the perfect match - for us and the two female dogs we have. We decided to give this guy a chance and adopted him. This gentle giant is awesome, he's sweet and social and we already have a strong bond. Till now, he's acting very well and I think he will be a keeper!

Have a nice day.

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Taken during our last trip @ Yala National Park, Sri Lanka.
Have a great weekend!

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The last couple of weeks our country was covered by a blanket of snow. Nature turned into gorgeous landscapes and it was time to pay a visit to one of my most favourite places again. Together with Hennie, we went on search of the red foxes... and what a day we had! We were treated so well and encountered several different foxes. Here's one who was just having a drink when he found out we were spying on him...

Have a nice week!