Jungle Lodge Bharatpur

... to grab on. It was a bit like the Pied Piper. After spending time at the fort/palace, we went to one of the local Hindu temples to see the women's arti (evening devotional prayer). I was the only female without a scarf - will not make that mistake twice on this trip! because two of my fellow travellers got to dance to the chanting. It was a really awesome experience and I also wanted to get up and dance, but I was ...

... of the trip today. The sun was really bright and hot; I was covered up to no avail, it still got me! We arrived at the hotel and received leis of marigolds (which of course I want to keep, but I took a picture instead) *picture* and had a wonderful 2 hour break. I think most people went swimming in the hotel pool, but I used the time to just be alone and recharge - since the tour leader gave me my own room (my turn!). In the late ...

... The bird is intelligent enough to catch firefly and take it back to the nest to use as a light. Dead clever!! Aftrer the bird sanctuary I chilled out a bit and found a large patch of wasteland on the edge of town. This was prime kite flying territory and it just so happens I have a small kite with me, so I spent a couple of hours mucking around with the locals. Some of the children spent half an hour chasing the shadow of the kite, and ...

... music. There are always people walking on the streets with cattle and dogs so travel is slow. We arrived at the fort and took a taxi into it (auto's were not allowed). As with the other forts, it was very magnificent and had space for 5000 concubines as well as entertainment for the emperor by playing Parcheesi using concubines rather than stones. "It is good to be the king"!!!. After spending a little over and hour at the fort, we left to go back to Delhi to catch our flight ...

... Cadbury's éclair. Obviously Cameron then perked up to such an extent that he had to test out the acoustics and echoes on the whole site - so while we were grateful, the rest of the visitors may have preferred a more peaceful scene to consider their tranquillity. Back to the hotel for a proper breakfast and time to say goodbye to Agra. As worthwhile as it is to see the Taj Mahal, we wonder if we will ever be back. As the car headed west to Fatehpur Sikri we trundled along miles of narrow ...

... de los padres, etc. Pero en Mexico decimos que la religion y el futbol no se discuten, asi que este es un tema que solo he podido compartir con pocos. La India tenia que enseñarme que realmente no hay nada nuevo bajo el sol... Uno de los mas famosos emperadores de la India, Akbar, comenzo una filosofia llamada "Din-I-Ilahi" o "Fe Divina", que contenia elementos de diferentes religiones, hace aproximadamente 500 años!!!. Nacido musulman, este emperador construyo esta ...

... hinterhergetragen. Aber das schoenste ist das Mama und Papa, Mirko Anne und Ben und Waltraud tatsaechlich auch da sind. Es ist ein idealer Ort and dem nichts fehlt. Und so feiern wir ein etwas unuebliches Silvester am Strand und tauschen Geschichten aus. Das sind die Bilder: http://picasaweb.google.com/laurin.jane s/Dubai Nach fuenf Tagen laecherlicher Dekadenz beginnt wieder der Ernst des Reiselebens und ich werde hart in die indische Realitaet ...

... E il budget come lo teniamo??? (in questa espressione trasudano numerosi anni di banca...) La città fantasma di Fathepur Sikri era la terza meraviglia Moghul che Lenka ed io ci earvamo scorpacciati in tre giorni. Infatti, eravamo arrivati qui da Agra, vera capitale di quella dinastia, che ospita un forte impressionante e soprattutto la perla dell'India, il Taj Mahal. Perla dell'India ed anche gallina dalle uova d'oro! Per evitare la folla, come un altro centinaio di turisti ...

... morning to go on the bird tour with our host. We rode bicycles through the park. Along the way we came across an orphan deer which kept following us, he was a sweetie. The guide was very good at showing us where the birds where, as if by ourselves we would have just peddled right by them. When we got back to the guesthouse we had drinks and dinner with a German couple staying ...