Posted on August 8, 2017
by neuroticphilosopher
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If you are an anthropologist, or if you are a student of colonial rule and its effects on the natives, or someone into scuba diving, or maybe someone in love with corals, or simply someone who likes the wild and untamed: the Andaman and… Continue Reading “Coral past and present: The Andamans (part1)”
Category: Environment, Photography, Politics, Travelogue, tropical birds, World CultureTags: Aborigines, Andaman and Nicobar islands, Archipelago, Architectural photography, Barracks, British army, British infantry, British Raj, Cellular Jail, Church ruins, Colonial rule, Forest, Freedom fighters, Great Andamanese tribe, Historical photographs, Independence Day, India, Indian freedom struggle, Islands, Jail, Jarwas, Kala pani, Light and sound show, Nationalism, nature, Nature photography, Old photos, Onge, Patriotism, Photography, Port Blair, Presbytarian church, Revolt, Ross Island, Ruins, Sentinelese, Thomas Cook, Thomas Cook package tours, Tips for India, Travel planning, Travel tips, Tribes, World war II, WWII
We went back to Trinidad after 5 yrs and stayed at the Asa wright nature center, Arima, again. A lot of things have changed there in 5 yrs, all of it for the better at the center. One thing hadn’t changed much, the… Continue Reading “Rain trance”
Category: Environment, Phlog, Photography, Travelogue, tropical birdsTags: Asa wright Nature center, birding, birds, Dance, Hummingbirds, Nature photography, Rain, Rainforest, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, White-necked jacobin, Wildlife art, Wildlife photography
Jodhpur, the less celebrated of Rajasthan’s cities, founded by the lesser known Rathore king: Rao Jodha (at least, lesser lored) in 1497, still holds its own in the extravagant cultural and historic agglomerate, that is Rajasthan. The most famous of the kings who lived… Continue Reading “2 days in Jodhpur for the brave”
Category: I think.., Phlog, Photography, Travelogue, tropical birds, World CultureTags: Art, artist, Baoli, Black-winged stilt, Clock tower, Cousins, Family trip, food, Gift shop, Havelis, Hotels, Igneous rocks, India, Indigo, Jewel palace, Jodhpur, Mehrangarh fort, Miniature paintings, Moti mahal, Pal Haveli, Patronage Devi of Marwar, Phool mahal, Rajasthan, Rao Jodha, Restaurants, Sheesha Mahal, Street photography, Terraces, Travel, Travel India, Travel story, Turbans
Especially in the tropics, where most things are good and I never could focus on mosquitoes anyway. Here is a violet sabrewing and and wild flower called Pachira Aquatica, Costa Rica. The flower, as the name suggests was growing by and practically on the… Continue Reading “Focus on whats good”
Category: Photography, TravelogueTags: Aracari, birding, Costa Rica, depth, Flower, Focus, Hummingbird, Jungle, Nature photography, Pachira Aquatica, Palm leaves, Rare, River, Shallow focus, Travel, Tropics, Violet Sabrewing
Inspired by a friend’s Europe tour, another acquaintance’s trip memories from a previous Europe trip and the ruling by the European parliament that American’s will need visas to travel to Europe now, I was looking back at my old photos from our trip to… Continue Reading “Ze royal dining room”
Category: Travelogue, World CultureTags: arrangement, Chandeliers, Dinner table, France, French, Gold, Louvre, Napoleon II dining room, Ornaments, Paris, Photography, Royal dining, Silver, Travel