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Category Archives: Rajasthan

India 2016 (part XVI): Birding in Jaipur

May 29, 2016by matt-travels 20 Comments

Jaipur, Rajasthan: Apart from a lot of work (no posts on that!), religious festivals, and extensive sightseeing, I also spent my time in Jaipur with birding. Even though the city […]

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India, India 2016, Jaipur

India 2016 (part XV): Sights of Jaipur 1

May 24, 2016by matt-travels 8 Comments

Jaipur, Rajasthan: One week after the festival of Gangaur, I used a lazy sunday to explore some sights of Jaipur together with a friend. First we visited Galtaji, an ancient […]

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India, India 2016, Jaipur

India 2016 (part XIV): Gangaur in Jaipur

May 19, 2016by matt-travels 5 Comments

Jaipur, Rajasthan: The weeks following my journey to Kolkata and the Kaziranga National Park were filled with work in Jaipur – but that did not exclude interesting new experiences! One […]

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India, India 2016, Jaipur

India 2016 (part IX): Jaisalmer

April 15, 2016by matt-travels 6 Comments

Jaisalmer, Rajasthan: After my return from southern India, I stayed in Jaipur for two weeks and worked. I only left the city again on the 9th of March, when I […]

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India, India 2016, Jaisalmer

India 2016 (part III): Pushkar 1

March 4, 2016by matt-travels 9 Comments

Pushkar, Rajasthan: Following the outing to the step well of Abhaneri, another day trip brought me to Pushkar, 145 km southwest of Jaipur. Pushkar is a small town surrounding a […]

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India, India 2016, Pushkar

India 2016 (part II): Abhaneri

February 26, 2016by matt-travels 5 Comments

Abhaneri, Rajasthan: Following my arrival from Kachchh, I joined friends/colleagues on a day tour to Abhaneri, approximately 100 km east of Jaipur. This little village is famous for an enormous step […]

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Abhaneri, India, India 2016

North India 2008/09 (part II): Jaipur

June 21, 2015by matt-travels 11 Comments

Jaipur, Rajasthan: During the last few years, I frequently used the Indian Railways and was always very happy with its organization as well as comfort. My first train journey in […]

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India, Jaipur, North India 2008/09

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