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Message: <blockquote data-quote="richard jb" data-source="post: 1755834" data-attributes="member: 72753">You've hit the nail on the head there. Thank you for posting your experiences here too as it has given more of an insight. Obviously we approached the place differently, as our circumstances dictated. The way we did our trip would have been completely incompatible with a shorter visit. Just so you know, I would encourage people to employ a local guide. If Bharatpur generates no income/jobs then it will be abandoned.For comparison, in December there were about a dozen guides working at Bharatpur. Not all of them were as knowledgeable or friendly as the guide in your photo.Amazingly this is not the case! I think habitat destruction in peripheral areas concentrates birds here, and they are quite tame. Obviously some species stay away though.I'm glad you're enjoying the thread. I will finish it! Discussions like these greatly enhance it I think, so thank you.</blockquote>