In India

[Will03]

Its quite a popular stopover for tourists, although I was the only one there that day.

To have a rat run over your feet is considered lucky, to sight a white rat among the thousands of brown ones means the visitor is really blessed.

It is also not uncommon to see the locals sitting on the floor and sharing food with the rats.

One thing that was particularly interesting to me was that people will shuffle their feet instead of walking normally, everyone seems very careful not to accidentally step on a rat. Killing a rat means you are obliged to pay its weight in gold to the temple!

intersting information.. anyway.. very nice pics... looking forward to mroe..

 

[Scoop]

great pictures! Absolutely love #1

 

[satayman]

woah...some are nat geo standard :thumbsup:

 

[ahbian]

intersting information.. anyway.. very nice pics... looking forward to mroe..

I think thats more or less about all for the keepers, not a high hit ratio this trip.

great pictures! Absolutely love #1

Thanks! Definitely one of my faves also.

woah...some are nat geo standard :thumbsup:

Woah. Thats a pretty lofty benchmark, but thanks for the generous comparison.

 

[asterixsg]

bro, i must confess. i have been checking this thread for updates regularly. quite glued to the quality photos that you've come up with. the first photo itself set the standard. :thumbsup:

i had a relook at your itinerary. it appears that you spent too much time in jaipur (10 nights in jaipur is way too much in my opinion). possibly because you wanted to shoot the holi festival. in hindsight, it would've been great if you could've spent less time in jaipur. that would've allowed you to travel to mt. abu from udaipur and also to ranakpur, nathdwaara and chittorgarh. these are great places - well known for the architecture of temples and the last one for its fort (which is now falling into ruins). its famous for the bravery and honor of the rajput queen, who preferred to immolate herself rather than fall into the hands of the invading moghuls. :thumbsup:

did you go to fatehpur sikri from agra ? i don't quite remember seeing any photos of that place.

you could've even gone to khajuraho too. 5 weeks to travel is a luxury that most of us don't have.

india can be a treat as well as a drain of your energy. its a double edged sword. you go in asking for a feast and it throws everything at you in multifold. the sounds, the sights, the smells, billions of humans and other living creatures, packed like sardines in cities that are bursting at their seams - its gets onto your nerves after a while. but when you detach yourself from all this, its just a game. and that's when the fun begins.

anyways, i am sure you have a few more gems tucked away. looking forward to those.

 

[ahbian]

Yup, definitely was spending too much time in Jaipur. The original plan was to spend only 18-19th March in Jaipur for the 2nd round, there was this Gangguar Festival on the 18th I wanted to catch.

My friend was supposed to be with me for the 1st 3 weeks but unfortunately had to fly home on the 2nd week due to a bad case of food poisoning. With some shuffling of plans and factoring in the costs (really long story), finally decided to reach Jaipur early. I guess it was a also a timely few days to cool the heels and even leave the camera behind and recharge. Starting to feel the effects of a few weeks of hardcore shooting.

I did make a day trip to Fatephur Sikri (so many persistent "touts" and" guides"!) from Agra. Chittorgrah and Ranakpur were minor pitstops or drive by when traveling in between cities. But no photos there really worth keeping.

On hindsight, I would have allocated more time for Khuri village and Rhanthambhore, and included a trip to Mt Abu.

 

[Numnumball]

Very nice series :thumbsup:

 

[ahbian]

Very nice series :thumbsup:

Thank you. Feel free to C&C

Was walking past a laundry when the girl stopped me and requested for a photo with her mother. The mum was initially quite shy and only agreed after some cajoling by her daughter.

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[ahbian]

Views from the higher above, overlooking Udaipur City from the Monsoon Palace. For a sense of scale, for the first picture, the line on the right was a two way road. Overall, the weather was rather hazy.

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[pigs_can_fly]

bro, i must confess. i have been checking this thread for updates regularly. quite glued to the quality photos that you've come up with. the first photo itself set the standard. :thumbsup:

i had a relook at your itinerary. it appears that you spent too much time in jaipur (10 nights in jaipur is way too much in my opinion). possibly because you wanted to shoot the holi festival. in hindsight, it would've been great if you could've spent less time in jaipur. that would've allowed you to travel to mt. abu from udaipur and also to ranakpur, nathdwaara and chittorgarh. these are great places - well known for the architecture of temples and the last one for its fort (which is now falling into ruins). its famous for the bravery and honor of the rajput queen, who preferred to immolate herself rather than fall into the hands of the invading moghuls. :thumbsup:

did you go to fatehpur sikri from agra ? i don't quite remember seeing any photos of that place.

you could've even gone to khajuraho too. 5 weeks to travel is a luxury that most of us don't have.

india can be a treat as well as a drain of your energy. its a double edged sword. you go in asking for a feast and it throws everything at you in multifold. the sounds, the sights, the smells, billions of humans and other living creatures, packed like sardines in cities that are bursting at their seams - its gets onto your nerves after a while. but when you detach yourself from all this, its just a game. and that's when the fun begins.

anyways, i am sure you have a few more gems tucked away. looking forward to those.

Agreed! Khajuraho is nice... Along the way, there's Orcha.

This is something I took in Dec 2008 at Khajuraho. The carvings are amazing...