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Travel Blogs from Bharatpur
Bird watches paradise
Another dark cold early morning, up at 6:00am to catch the train to our next destination; Keoladeo Ghana National Park. This park is famous for its birds with over 400 species within the park at the peak season (Oct – Mar), most of which have migrated to India for the comfortable winter temperatures. Before this place was made into a reserve …
The Talented Mr Singh
... this man and what he has been able to achieve.We watch the sunset as we make our way back thru the park, I have taken a lot of photos but I'm afraid my camera isn't good enough to really capture the birds or their surroundings. We hit the main road that takes us back to our hotel, and guess what, we are now going to be travelling into on coming traffic with no lights. No suprises there. We say goodbye to the talented Mr Singh and thank him for a very pleasant ...
DEEG DONDON
... rare qu’on puisse s’installer sur une pelouse pour lire sans être trop dérangé. Quelques autres pavillons ponctuent l’endroit. Plein d’écureuils y gambadent et les singes attendent le soir pour redevenir maîtres des lieux.
De plus, le village est fort agréable, et à nouveau, la sortie de l’appareil photo déclenche quelques ardeurs. Il faut parfois tempérer ces excités qui voudraient que je prenne tout en photo, ...
Fatehpur Sikri
... wife got the better deal as her palace is the largest of the three with a grand courtyard.
The Mosque is located a short walk from the palace and here you will find the tomb of Shaikh Salim Chishti’s Tomb. Shaikh Salim Chishti is a Sufi saint who blessed Emperor Akbar to have a son with his Hindu wife. His tomb is enclosed within a white marble structure. The interior of the tomb has gorgeous tilework designs. Pilgrims come to the tomb ...
The drive to Bharatpur..
Friday evening drives are always fun and when you have office work to back it up, even better. I left office at 4 pm and knew traffic was coming. I just had no idea how much. The plan was to pick Adam and Emily and then Ekta from her office. In the middle of this, I had to be dialed-into a fairly useless conference call. All the confusion caused was soon forgotten and we began a fight with the traffic together. ...
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