The Park Bharatpur

Drive to Karauli via Mahuwa and Hindaun ACTUAL from journal: This morning I enjoyed the solitude of my room before breakfast, until I learned that I had received a phone call but they didn't know which room I was in! A bit of a downer, but okay... I shared breakfast with Indira and we talked about Hindu philosophy and yoga :) then we all got on a very bumpy 4-1/2 hour bus ride (one stop where I picked up souvenirs ...

... legs ached as well walked back to our hotel. A total of 15km for the day. Day 3 - Dennis and I took a cycle rickshaw to the 5km mark. Calvin and Latha weren't feeling well (the bagged lunch from yesterday turned out to be a bad idea), so Calvin met us around noon and Latha took a day off. We found 12 new birds for the day including two owls and a night jar that our driver showed us. The bird of the day was the elegant sarus ...

... from the UK and Europe will come here, but right now till December it is filling up with locally migrating birds (from India and Asia). Its funny to think that this becomes a hot spot for indians comming here to see a mallard and other everyday UK birds! I hired myself a guide and the worlds most rickety bike. And at 6am, off we went for four hours riding around......mind you I reckon my bottom thought it had been way more than 4 hours! Saddle ...

... like this in the group, as the people you get on best with at first often do not end up being long term friends. We had the buffet which was a bit **** really, in that the food was too far aimed at tourists.Matt, Justin and I walked home after that. This was the first place that I felt like a trendy coach tour, and where we were was a million miles for the reality of life in India.

... elements of different religions around 500 years ago!!!. A Muslim himself, he founded this "perfect" city, Fatehpur Sikri, as a haven for respect, having wise men and priests from all religions come and discuss/debate the tenants of each in a civilized environment to assert the common truth. Many could call this a sacrilege, and holy wars have been fought throughout the times to defend one religion over another, yet I still think this Maharaja learned first hand what ...

... imprisoned by his son in quite a sweet confine. His son imprisoned him because he thought he had spent too much effort and money on building the Taj, go figure. Having said that, he had quite the nice prison "cell" in his palace. The fort had a moat with crocodiles, a pit with tigers and capital punishment inflicting elephants to boot! This complex was possibly equally impressive as the Taj to me ...

... Indiens zu akzeptieren ist es ein Land voller herausragender Reiseziele. Diejenigen, die es nicht schaffen - und das sind nicht wenige - hassen es. http://picasaweb.google.com/laurin.jane s/Agra Seit einer Woche bin ich in Bodh Gaya, dem Ort an dem der historische Buddha die Erleuchtung erlangt hat, der Ort von dem sich der Buddhismus ueber 2500 Jahre lang ueber die Welt ausgebreitet hat und der Ort an dem die Geschichten die ich gelesen habe, eine reale ...

... ventina di minuti di attesa, doveva essersene portata via una buona fetta. Infatti, scrollavamo sistematicamente la polvere dalle pagine del libro che leggevamo, che saltava dalle coperte nelle quali si avvolgevano i nostri vicini. Eravamo pigiati sui sedili contro la finestra del fondo, quelli per i quali tutti i maschi lottavano, ai tempi del liceo, perché faceva fico e si poteva vedere senza essere visti. Per fortuna, dopo poco si sono liberati dei posti, e ci siamo ...

... 345;ímo i bydlí a předávají si starost o chrám z generace na generaci. Do kazdého chrámu si musíte sundat boty a já se pak dívám hlavně do čeho slapu - nás mnich ne, ten jde, voda nevoda, hovínka nehovínka, hlína nehlína - jestě mám na co si zvykat. Dnesní den byl hodně intenzivní. Od rána do večera jenom Krisna, Krisna, Krisna. Byl intenzivní hlavně po stránce hinduismu, takový nás křest od boha Krisny. Díky nasemu ne zrovna hubenému mnichovi ...

... only 12 years after its completion. Who's the genius that made that mistake? Our extremely enthusiastic guide through Fatehpur Sikri was a former professor who spoke so quickly that most things came out as gibberish. Still we dutifully followed along with his antics and nodded at the appropriate times. The splendid grounds were very impressive and during those 12 years Akbar must have had a great, albeit thirsty time.