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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 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 2016 (part XIII): Kaziranga 2

May 12, 2016by matt-travels 4 Comments

Kaziranga National Park, Assam: My first day in the Kaziranga National Park was already packed with amazing wildlife sightings, therefore I was very curious whether the next day could still […]

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India 2016 (part XII): Kaziranga 1

May 5, 2016by matt-travels 19 Comments

Kaziranga National Park, Assam: On the way from Kolkata back to Jaipur, I took a short weekend detour to the fantastic Kaziranga National Park in Assam. An airplane took me […]

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India 2016 (part XI): Kolkata 1

April 29, 2016by matt-travels 5 Comments

Kolkata, West Bengal: In the week following our cruise through the Sundarbans National Park, my colleague and me spent busy days in Kolkata working on our research projects. Nevertheless, my […]

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India 2016 (part X): Sundarbans National Park

April 22, 2016by matt-travels 4 Comments

Sundarbans National Park, West Bengal: Following the field trip to Jaisalmer in westernmost Rajasthan, I spent two weeks working in the office in Jaipur. I only left the city again […]

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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 2016 (part VIII): Periyar National Park

April 7, 2016by matt-travels 6 Comments

Periyar National Park, Kerala: On our short tour through the Western Ghats of Kerala, we had stopped in Kumily overnight and visited the adjacent Periyar National Park early next morning. […]

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India 2016 (part VII): Western Ghats

March 31, 2016by matt-travels 7 Comments

Western Ghats, Kerala: After two weeks of research in Kachchh, I took a flight from Bhuj to Cochin (or Kochi) in Kerala to meet a colleague/friend. What a difference between […]

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India 2016 (part VI): Kachchh 2

March 24, 2016by matt-travels 16 Comments

Kachchh, Gujarat: Following my adventurous visit to the Gir National Park and a long drive via Junagadh, I finally arrived in Bhuj, the capital of Kachchh. In the coming two […]

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