Udai Vilas Palace Bharatpur

... of the park is not particularly exciting, but the bird life is astounding. We saw so many birds and so many species of birds. We saw hordes of Painted Storks, lots of Egrets and other water birds. We saw several different types of kingfisher, including my favourite of the day the Pied KingFisher this bird actually hovers over the water (like a humming bird) waiting to ...

... pictures of us and we are really embarrassed (see pictures). Maman je me suis bien assise sur le banc de Lady Di comme promis. After Taj, we visited Agra fort on the heights of the city. Akbar's son was jailed here (quite classy cell actually with great view) and they even had rooms dedicated to sexual activities. Locals start to ask us to take pictures with them. It is funny and great to start a little chat ...

... we are immediately the centre of attraction, as they see few westerners out here. Bhupendra has laid on another surprise - there are saris waiting for all the girls, following their traditional wedding guest make-up of henna ink decorations on their hands. The transformation complete, we go down into the courtyard to welcome the groom's procession, complete with fireworks and bangers, all taken in its stride by the horse. During the commotion ...

Author - Master Parker Monday 31/3/08 Caught a 'proper' local bus (with people other than our group on it) which dropped us a couple of hours later at a hotel somewhat outside Bharatpur, with very little else about. Still feeling wobbly, so retired to the room and ...

... just amazing. Floating on the horizon, crooked, yet perfect. The morning light adds a soft yellow glow to the white marble, and I got a reflection in the nearly empty fountains in front. Its quite well preserved, mostly I think because of the ban on any metal objects from being taken into the grounds. Many of the other historical sites we went to in India had a lot of graffiti and marks on the walls. You even wear booties over your ...

... unos judios caminando por un mercado local. Este es un tema inagotable pero he aqui algunos datos breves e interesantes que quiero comentar. Quizas sean triavles, quizas no. Por ejemplo que los dioses hindus y sus reencarnaciones son representados con auras (o halos) en la cabeza (tal como los santos catolicos), y que ellos tambien tienen un agua bendita que la gente se echa en la cabeza y que le ponen flores a sus profetas que son igualitas que los cempasuchiles ...

... und Baumeistern, ein virtuoses Prunkstueck wie es nur unter absoluten Herrschern entstehen kann. Rund um Agra, sieht man was Indien einmal war. Eine kulturelle Groszmacht, die fast 5000 Jahre Zeit hatte sich zu entwickeln. Das Agra Fort, die Palaeste von Fatehpur Sikri sind das Zeichen einer ehemaligen Schoenheit und zugleich ein Beispiel dafuer wie Kultueren wieder versinken. Von dem reichen und gerechten Koenigreich Ashokas und dem Imperium der ...

... la prima vista del Taj ci ha impressionati. Il bianco che si indovinava, la dimensione, le proporzioni, l'eleganza, il suo stagliarsi con dietro nulla altro che la nebbia.... Infatti c'č un altro dettaglio delle mattine di gennaio, ad Agra: c'č una nebbia non dico padana, ma tale da far vedere il sole solo verso le 9. Per cui, con il gruppetto che si ingrossava dei turisti meno mattinieri, siamo rimasti infreddoliti nella luce crescente anche se non diretta del sole ...

... t jiné věci a být si vědom o vsech svých já, no prostě bůh. Byli jsme s tímto mnichem, jehoz jméno zní GITA NAGARI celé odpoledne, provedl nás chrámem a vysvětlil hromadu věcí - po pravdě musím říct, ze konečně nám bylo něco vysvětleno tak, abychom tomu porozuměli - a bylo to skvělé. Třeba jsme se dozvěděli, ze tento chrám byl zalozen zakladatelem hnutí Hare Krisna, a který tu má taky hrobku. Do ...