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  • Rajasthan,  Writers' Quotes Wednesday

    Udaipur, Rajasthan’s city of lakes

    August 14, 2022 / 25 Comments
    Lake surrounded by low mountains with a small island

    Udaipur’s setting in the Aravalli Mountains, and around a string of man-made lakes, gives it a unique character among Rajasthan’s cities. Arriving here it is immediately obvious why it is so often called the ‘city of lakes’.

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    Lady in pink head covering in front of grass roof

    A warm welcome in the Thar Desert

    February 11, 2021
    Banner with photo of a tightrope walker

    Friendly Friday: meet a young tightrope walker in Jaisalmer

    August 27, 2021
    Lake with palace on the hill beyond

    The Palace of Bundi: Kipling’s ‘work of goblins’

    November 18, 2020
  • Monday walks,  Rajasthan,  Street photography,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: the friendly people of Khimsar

    July 13, 2022 / 40 Comments
    Boy and his father in a shop

    Around a 450 year old fort on the edge of the Thar Desert a small town has grown up, consisting of little more than a market, some shops and a bus station. These serve the surrounding rural community and those who work in the fort, which is today is both home to the Thakurs, former rulers of the Kingdom of Khimsar, who built it, and also a heritage hotel.

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    Straw hat with pink hibiscus flower

    One of Colombia’s most famous crops

    March 28, 2023
    Lake set among pine forests

    The Lewis Burn inlet walk at Kielder Water

    March 22, 2021
    Man sitting among motorbikes in front of a garage

    A walk in Fort Kochi, Kerala

    January 12, 2022
  • Friendly Friday,  People,  Travel in general

    Friendly Friday: meet some amazing guides (part two)

    November 26, 2021 / 17 Comments
    Banner with photo of a man in black and white football top

    As I said last week, this is the last in this series of Friendly Friday: meet … challenges, as I’m planning a shake-up for the New Year. So I’m finishing the series by introducing you to some of the most amazing, wonderful, helpful and knowledgeable guides I’ve met on my travels.

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    Small purple blossoms

    Gallery: a bouquet of purple flowers

    August 11, 2021
    Limestone building in garden among trees

    Special treats: The Black Swan at Oldstead

    February 2, 2021
    Banner with photo of a man in Arab dress

    Friendly Friday: meet some amazing guides

    November 19, 2021
  • Animals,  Birds,  Rajasthan,  Sunday Stills

    Tiger, Tiger, burning bright …

    November 8, 2021 / 51 Comments
    Landscape with trees and escarpments

    Like just about everyone else who visits, we came to Ranthambore with the aim of seeing tigers. And Ranthambore is all about the tigers. Every conversation you have here is guaranteed to start with ‘Did you see any tigers?’ The answer is quite likely to be yes, although there are, as ever with wildlife, no guarantees ...

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    River and wooded shore with reflections

    Gallery: on the Narayani River

    November 16, 2022
    Rhino eating

    A postcard from Nepal: rhinoceros

    October 30, 2022
    Two elephants among trees

    Elephant encounters on elephant terms

    September 13, 2020
  • Architecture,  Culture & tradition,  Friendly Friday,  History,  Rajasthan

    Friendly Friday: meet a young tightrope walker in Jaisalmer

    August 27, 2021 / 49 Comments
    Banner with photo of a tightrope walker

    Perched on the top of Trikuta Hill, Jaisalmer’s honey coloured fort rises above the city like a giant sandcastle. This is the second oldest fort in Rajasthan, one of the largest in the world, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and almost unique in India in being still inhabited.

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    Looking down a spiral staircase

    Gallery: the perfect simplicity of a spiral staircase

    October 10, 2021
    Small boats on a river with grassy banks and old buildings

    A sunny day out in Cambridge, part one

    July 19, 2022
    Black and white photo of street signs

    Gallery: meet me on the corner

    September 2, 2022
  • CBWC,  India,  People,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: people at work in Kerala and Rajasthan

    August 5, 2021 / 20 Comments
    Black and white photo of man with rickshaw

    If you enjoy candid photography there is no better country to visit, perhaps, than India. I have never been anywhere else where people are so comfortable to be photographed and that is its one downside, as they can be too eager to pose as soon as they see your camera. However, a posed photo can be as effective as a candid shot if you are photographing people within the setting of their workplace.

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    Black and white photo of sea stacks

    Gallery: reflecting on black and white

    July 24, 2021
    Two baby baboons playing

    Gallery: two of a kind

    December 3, 2021
    White wooden doors with painting of girl in red dress

    Double dipping: a challenges overload!

    January 9, 2022
  • Colour,  Culture & tradition,  Rajasthan,  Sunday Stills,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: La Vie en Rose in Rajasthan

    June 14, 2021 / 30 Comments
    Group of ladies in pink saris

    The fashion editor Diana Vreeland once said, ‘Pink is the navy blue of India’ and in Rajasthan I certainly saw why she would say that. Everywhere we went the women were dressed in the most gorgeous shades of that colour. Among all the wonderful colours that I remember from our time there, it is pink – a shocking pink – that stands out.

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    Pink flowers half-silhouetted against a pink sky

    Gallery: looking on the pink side

    October 18, 2021
    Small purple blossoms

    Gallery: a bouquet of purple flowers

    August 11, 2021
    Sign mimicking an artist's palette

    Gallery: all the colours of the kaleidoscope

    December 10, 2021
  • Culture & tradition,  Just One Person,  Rajasthan

    Meeting the locals in Narlai, Rajasthan

    March 17, 2021 / 22 Comments
    Lady in Indian dress with a goat

    The village of Narlai in Rajasthan would be completely off the tourist track were it not for the hotel that has been created in the former hunting lodge of Jodhpur’s royal family. It is a small village which faces some of the same challenges as rural communities everywhere. Its population is declining as younger people drift away, tempted by big city life and its wider opportunities.

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    Lake with domed structure and birds

    Tales of death in Jaisalmer and beyond

    February 19, 2021
    Girl in traditional blue clothing

    Traditional textiles in San Antonio Palopo

    April 21, 2021
    Close-up of head sculpted in bronze

    Purple Haze: remembering Jimi Hendrix

    July 30, 2021
  • Architecture,  History,  Rajasthan,  Sunday Stills

    Chaumukha Mandir, the four-faced temple of Ranakpur

    March 1, 2021 / 24 Comments
    Ornate marble pillars holding up carved ceilings

    On a wooded hillside in the Aravalli range of hills in Rajasthan, north of Udaipur, is an exquisite Jain temple, intricately carved in white marble, Ranakpur. It has a cool serenity, its pale stone a welcome contrast to the vivid colours and assault on the senses that is India.

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    Black and white photo of street signs

    Gallery: meet me on the corner

    September 2, 2022
    Series of ornate arches with trees beyond

    Gallery: looking out from the shadows

    May 7, 2022
    Stone and wood built temple surround a square with children and pigeons

    In Kathmandu’s Durbar Square

    November 19, 2022
  • Culture & tradition,  History,  Rajasthan

    Tales of death in Jaisalmer and beyond

    February 19, 2021 / 18 Comments
    Lake with domed structure and birds

    Deep in the Thar Desert in the far west of Rajasthan is a golden city. A fairy tale fort sits on a ridge overlooking the town, still home to many families whose houses cluster within its sheltering walls. I loved Jaisalmer's remoteness, its border-town mentality, and the beauty of its golden architecture. And I enjoyed the personal stories of life (and death) as told by our Brahmin guide Gaurav.

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    White hearts with purple trim

    Viva Cuenca: one weekend, three festivals

    January 21, 2021
    Low stone houses on a hillside

    The Birdmen of Rapa Nui

    January 15, 2021
    Rocky coastline

    Stunning landscapes of Iceland: the day the sun shone

    October 29, 2021
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Fisherman in Fort Kochi, Kerala
Two elephants in long grass
Okavango elephants
Blue glacier edge
Glacier Grey, Torres del Paine, Chile
Elderly woman in black hat and sunglasses
In Santiago, Chile
Very large statues of North Korean Leaders
Statues of the Great Leaders on Mansudae Hill, Pyongyang
Water reflecting the sky with clouds and low sun
Approaching sunset in the Okavango Delta
Feet of huge metal sculpture, with man standing beside
The feet of the Angel
Large moai with row of more behind
The ‘travelling moai’ and Ahu Tongariki
Man in knitted hat by water, black and white photo
Waiting for the ferry, Banjul
Mountain reflected in a lake
On the road to Dyrholaey
Sunset at Wahiba Sands, Oman
Squirrel with a conker in his mouth
In Walpole Park, Ealing
Silhouette of a man in a gateway
Looking out from Bundi Palace
Blue and pink bird on a dead tree
Lilac-breasted Roller, Chobe NP, Botswana
Buddhist monk in orange robes with mobile phone
Monk at Wat Nong Sikhounmuang, Luang Prabang
Man sleeping in a tuk tuk by a carved stone wall
Tuk tuk driver by the Terrace of the Leper King
Close up of flamingo with head tucked under
Flamingo (Jersey Zoo)
Lady with baskets of fruit sitting by a canal
In Hoi An, Vietnam
Small fishing boat with a man in it, on a large lake
Lake Atitlan
Wet street and two people with bright pink umbrella
Street in Lucca, rainy day – edited

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