View from our Room at the Shivalik Cottage, Railway Station, Barog, Himachal Pradesh I have managed to upload the pictures from Barog and the nearby places now. I wish I could identify all those birds. I think I am developing a fondness for clicking birds but what a difficult subject they are! They always hide…
Lazy Sunday Photo, Barog- A Beautiful Hill Station on Kalka Shimla Train Route
Barog- A Beautiful Hill Station on Kalka Shimla Train Route We, Brat1 Brat 2 and I spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Barog and guess what they rent rooms right at the station to the tourists too! More soon.
More Tiger Tale but this time from Mexico
I am linking to Kelly’s post (from Gonomad) who was on a press trip to Mexico and guess what she got to pet a tiger! You have to go and see the tiger picture to believe it. PS. I am taking a short break. Would be back by Monday.
Grey London Day!
Victoria Memorial on a Grey Day, London The day I was roaming around in London in May 2009 was completely grey, cold and at times there was a light drizzle too. No, I am not complaining but all the photographs have a well, grey look. And I had just this one day in London. What…
Manchester United Club, They Catch them Young!
ManU Baby Wear for Sale at the Manchester United Club, Manchester, UK They Try to Catch them Young!
What do You Sell to the Tourist?
I remember it was the rainbow day at Triund. We were chatting with a young local lad who was studying in Germany and had a tourism business based out of Germany too. Rainbow at Triund, Above McLeod Ganj, Himachal Pradesh We were discussing random things, like the trek, the snow at the Indrahar Pass, the…
Tiger Tales from Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh
The Pug Mark of a Tiger, Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh Tiger Tale 1: I was having a conversation with one of the naturalists at the Taj Safaris Banjaar Tola resort and he told me an interesting tale. One day the resort vehicle was in the park and the elephant riders of the parks told…
Lazy Sunday Photo- Boats at Naini Lake, Nainital
Boats at Naini Lake, Nainital
London Train Announcements
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwCGxjWHfg4&hl=en&fs=1&] London Train Announcements I unfortunately misplaced my ‘mind the gap’ file while I was moving it on my cell phone (Nokia 6275) so that I could copy it to the computer. Here is something that remains in another audio file but as I said, unfortunately, no mind the gap. Maybe if I go to…
Conversations with David at Taj Safari Lodge Banjaar Tola, Madhya Pradesh
I met David before a dinner at Taj Safari’s Banjaar Tola Lodge. There was Alger (the naturalist who took me to Kanha National Park for all my four rides) an Indian couple staying at the lodge, Mohit (another employee) and myself. All of us were chatting nineteen to a dozen. The Indian couple had a…