The Bagh Bharatpur

... road and it was the occasion for us to ask a few questions about the religion. He was great at answering them. For example, every day is dedicated to one God. Monday was Shiva day, the one he prefers, therefore only has one meal that day. He also talked us through our next stop Rothambore park as he has been several times before. He says he attracts the tiger and gives us good vibes so that we can see one, too. <br>

... our favourite), bulbuls and babblers in the trees. When we arrived at the water, it was a feast for a bird watcher's eyes. Waterbirds everywhere. Egrets, storks, herons, ducks, cormorants, and moorhens. The bird of the day was the painted storks as one or two hundred showed off in their rookeries. A total of thirty-three new species for the day! Not too bad. :) On Day 2 Calvin, Dennis and I took off with a bagged lunch ...

Fatehpur is just 50-60km from Agra and has a beautiful old Fort in this small town. The Fort itself and the Mosque were nice but what we really enjoyed was my parents first glimpse into life in "small town" in India. There where cows everywhere, camels pulling carts everywhere and just some amazing street pictures. The Fort was nice and a beautiful afternoon we spent exploring and as it is relatively untouristic there were no crowds and we could just wander around.

... about to finished, but after blessing of God, this area has got very good rains. After the rains, it is really amazing, There are lot's of birds like Painted stork, kingfisher, cormorants and lot's of other birds. We were staying in Chandra Mahal Haveli, it is a Heritage hotel with 24 Rooms.Mr. Rajiv (Manager) gave us very nice services and very tasty food. Now i am planning to go to Pushkar fair (05th to 13th Nov)

Its hard to know what the great Moghul King Akbar was thinking when he decided to build from scratch a new capital at Fatehpur Sikri. He already had a perfectly good one in Agra. Unlike his Father, we can not blame this decision on opium, but after roughly 8 years he returns his capital 40km down the road to Agra, and leaves Fatehpur Sikri as a shell - albeit an impressive one. So ...

... and then met for some lunch. Again I felt uncomfortable in the group as we started to talk about relationships. Then the others went to bird park, and I stayed in the hotel. Then later went to a nearby hotel which had a pool, and I had a beer and finished the Naipaul book. while everyone else swam. Again I felt like the odd one out, but thought its not too bad at this stage to ...

... them, maybe not. For example, the Hindu Gods' heads are painted with surrounding halos just like Catholic saints; Hindus use holy water just like Muslims and Catholics; The "salam" or respectful greeting used by Muslims touches points of the face similar to Hindu and Catholic blessings. Then there's the flower offerings that Hindus place for their Gods and prophets that are made of marigolds (or Mexican "cempasuchil") that we use to venerate our beloved departed ...

... stretched out the tour to a massive 4 hours I gave him a good tip on top ........ wait for it......... "more, more" came the reply. Now, by this time I was quite use to this through many encounters I have not bothered to mention here, so I was blunt (but polite) and I received the usual "I you are happy, I am happy". I suppose you can't blame people for trying their luck, especially when there is so much poverty about - but it does get wearing. Harish (our ...

... tolleranza verso tutte le religioni e per la capacità di gestire il suo impero, avrà ben avuto il diritto a fare una cazzata nella vita. Una cazzata imponente, però. La città fantasma è enorme: vari palazzi e cortili eleganti, della solita pietra rossa finemente cesellata che non mi stanco mai di ammirare, si compongono con equilibrio su vare centinaia di metri quadrati. Subito fuori, c'è una moschea (funzionante) con un grande cortile quadrato all'interno e, soprattutto, un ...

... in 1526 and during its zenith the Empire stretched over most of the Indian Subcontinent. The rule of the Islamic Mughals finally ended in 1857 when it was dissolved by the British Empire. The magnificent city, which consists of a complex of forts, palaces and mosques built out of sandstone, was constructed on the orders of Akbar the Great in 1570. However, due to the lack of water supply the city had to be ...