Announcement and Music on the Bangalore Rajdhani Express Train We traveled by the Rajdhani Express recently from New Delhi to Bangalore (and came back by the Karnataka Express Train, both AC III coaches. So the journey must be comparable, Right? Well, hear me out and then decide for yourself. There is a big advantage of…
Category: Videos
Fishermen Launching a Boat at the Sea- A Video from Surathkal
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahpn5JsKu6E&hl=en&fs=1] Fishermen Launching a Boat at the Sea, Surathkal Beach I was walking along the Sutarhkal Beach when I saw the fishermen launching a boat at the sea. It took some 20 men and a lot of waves to get the boat finally moving at the sea. Saw this for the first time and was…
Jal Mahal, Jaipur, A Small Video Captured on Nokia N96
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZQ-bR7F6Xg&hl=en&fs=1] Jal Mahal, Jaipur I have to say that Jal Mahal is actually much more scenic rather than my video but I think I get better videos on Nokia N96, rather than my Nikon Coolpix 3200. The only thing is, the Nikon will remain with me whereas the Nokia N96 will go back after a…
Green and Serene- Langza, Spiti
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNm8tE2QJUc&hl=en&fs=1] Langza is a really small village in Spiti (Himachal Pradesh). You can see how green it is and how serene too. The beautiful range of Cho-CHo Khang Nilda forms the backdrop to the Langza village.
York Police Band Playing at Royal Armories, Leeds, UK
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HJ8Gy0AKv4&hl=en&fs=1] York Police Band Playing at Royal Armories, Leeds, UK I watched this performance last year (November 2007) in UK when I went to Leeds to attend a conference on tourism. I went to an academic conference after a gap of four years. I remember there was Champagne before the dinner at the Royal Armories…
Thames Walk, Oxford, UK
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvk5DyLZrxw&hl=en&fs=1] Thames Walk (Oxford, UK) Video, It was So Serene This is a less than a minute duration video but I really like it. It was such a peaceful day and unlike India most of the time I could feel I was alone on this walk and yet always felt safe. The only botheration was…
Another Dance from Club Mahindra Coorg Stay
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mme-dWwibco&hl=en&fs=1] A Dance Performance at Club Mahindra, Coorg As I said, for a while it is going to be videos. This one was a dance performance that I enjoyed.
A Small Video of the Covered Market in Oxford, UK
A Small Video of the Covered Market (Established 1754) Oxford UK The videos that I made with my point and shoot Nikon camera have a .mov extension. Windows media player would not open it and for last 3 years I never downloaded any other player that would play it! So the few videos that I…
Another Dance from Coorg
This was another dance performance that we saw at the Club Mahindra Coorgtrip. Folks back then described this performance to be inspired by Bollywood rather than having a local flavor. Shrinidhi actually had posted a translation of the song (if you are reading this post Srinidhi, could you please give me a link to that…
How Does a Typical Home Stay at Spiti (Himachal Pradesh, India) Look Like?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgeVFNPsT2g] This video has the partial answer. How I wish I had moved the camera gently and not with the jerky movements that will probably give you a headache. The video was taken at Langza, our first day at the Spiti trek. The first room where there are a lot of people is typical of…