India 2016 (part XLVI): Diwali in Jaipur
Jaipur, Rajasthan: After my return from Bharatpur and the Keoladeo National Park, Jaipur was celebrating the Hindu festival of lights: Diwali. The streets and major monuments were illuminated by millions […]
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India 2016 (part XLV): Fatehpur Sikri
Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh: Originally, I travelled to Bharatpur to visit the magnificent Keoladeo National Park, but in addition I spent an afternoon wandering through the ancient monuments of nearby […]
Video: Wildlife in Keoladeo National Park (India 2016)
The Keoladeo National Park close to Bharatpur in easternmost Rajasthan is a true bird paradise as you have seen already from the photos in my last post. Here you can […]
India 2016 (part XLIV): Keoladeo National Park
Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan: While roaming through the city centre of Bharatpur was somewhat interesting, the real reason of me coming here was to visit the magnificent Keoladeo National Park. […]
India 2016 (part XLIII): Bharatpur
Bharatpur, Rajasthan: Four weeks after my last trip to Khajuraho, I used the holidays surrounding Diwali and took the train to Bharatpur in easternmost Rajasthan. Bharatpur is famous for the […]
India 2016 (part XLII): Khajuraho
Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh: On the weekend following my short visit to Pushkar, I took the train to Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh (13.5 hours for 660 km!). Khajuraho is a small […]
India 2016 (part XLI): Pushkar 2
Pushkar, Rajasthan: Two weeks after my return from Himachal Pradesh, I joined a couple of friends for a day trip to Pushkar. Since my last visit to the holy town […]
India 2016 (part XL): Manali
Manali, Himachal Pradesh: After the epic road trip from Kaza on the previous day, we explored Manali before finally leaving the Himalayas and returning to the hot plains of northern […]
Video: Kaza to Manali (India 2016)
The drive from Kaza (~3600 m) to Manali (~2000 m) brought us through a truly impressive mountain scenery. We crossed the Kunzum Pass, the highest point of our trip with […]
India 2016 (part XXXIX): Kaza-Manali
Kaza-Manali, Himachal Pradesh: Once our work in the magnificent Spiti Valley was done, we left Kaza and began our long return journey via Manali. The ca. 200 km long drive […]
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