tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64832803275722004962012-02-16T18:58:07.912+09:00Our short term travels across India and the worldcharmine.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18184298911832518611noreply@blogger.comBlogger681100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6483280327572200496.post-54523950282041728742012-01-02T17:20:00.003+09:002012-01-04T16:43:46.676+09:00

   First- I wish everyone of you a happy new year and hope you get to see more new places this year. Every year the garden of five senses hosts the garden festival.These pictures are from the festival in 2011...I'm late in blogging on this. It is a feast for the senses and one I recommend you visit if your in the area around the time they host this festival.This one was held in February 2011.  

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If your in Phuket don't miss a chance to experience the weekend market.We went on a Saturday evening.It's crowded,  visited by both local and foreign tourists and packed with stalls selling foods,lovely handbags handicrafts,hand-made soaps,candles,garments,shoes(even second hand shoes are sold) all kinds of things.In the picture above is fried quail eggs.And the image below is of a handicapped

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Did you know today is world tourism day? The theme this year is linking cultures and  it's being hosted in Aswan- Egypt(27TH Sept). Travel is indeed fun and with modern life becoming more hectic,it's no wonder that people look for opportunities to travel and get away from it all...even if only for a few days. There's all kinds of tourism today-cultural tourism,village tourism,off the beaten path

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                                                       Wat Chalong On a recent visit to Phuket-Thailand, hubby and I set out to visit Wat Chalong-wat is the Thai word for   temple and Chalong means festival-it's also the name of the place where this temple is.I was impressed with the architecture at wat Chalong.Everywhere we looked there was color and lovely designs,the doors,ceiling ceramic

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Around Phi Phi Island-Phuket I'm back after a long break-in fact,I've been taking long breaks from blogging,sorry about that.I think I get too occupied with researching new places to travel to,making travel plans...that I forget to BLOG.Anyway,I'm back from my most recent trip-Thailand.Hubby and I recently celebrated our wedding anniversary (7TH Sept) and took a short trip to Phuket and

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 This monument in the capital city Delhi, is one of many UNESCO heritage sites in India. Humayun's tomb complex precedes the Taj Mahal and is the first garden tomb and grand mughal edifice  in India.The monument is situated in east Nizamuddin -Delhi.Recently I took my dad on a tour of this heritage site and we were pleasantly surprised to find no long queues compared to the other monuments in

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Our journey to the fest. We leave Allershausen and head to Munich,a 1 hour ride by taxi-then,take the tram to Theresienwiese  which is two stops away from Munich train station.Right across the road, a 5 minute walk and we are at  Oktoberfest,the famous beer fest,held yearly. In 2010 it was held from Sept 18 - Oct 4.Actually,2010 marked 200 years of oktoberfest fest and a 'historical Oktoberfest'

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 Allershausen-a charming little village just outside Munich ,Germany-in Freising district of upper Bavaria.A short drive(about 20 Min's) by taxi from the airport and we (hubby & I)are in this lovely village close to A9 motorway. I went to Munich during Oktoberfest and as hotel room rates had doubled due to the fest and most were booked,we,hubby & I settled on a hotel in Allershausen.I had not

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Today I'm in Sweden.I have been traveling so much these past weeks,and it has been wonderful...but very tiring as well.It has been difficult to travel and blog,I intended to post often ,but either there was no internet,especially so in Tuscany,we stayed in a charming stone mansion,out in the country- then sometimes,I was busy traveling OR just tired at the end of the day.However, this has been a

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These pictures are from the Bavarian forest Germany,taken during our tree top walk.Though there are other tree top walks in some countries,this is the LONGEST one,1300 meters.The views of the forest and surrounding villages are marvelous!It really was a long ride to get to this walk and I have more pictures to show,but that is tomorrow.I do have internet access now,but little time to blog,it's

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Today I"m in Florence ,Italy.I"m SORRY I couldn"t blog sooner as I was traveling through small towns ,most had no WiFi. My travels so far have been wonderful,lots of photos coming up just as soon as I reach a hotel with WiFi.Oktober fest was super. More later ok.

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Earlier this year we went on a short holiday to Kumarakom,Kerala,in south India.We stayed at waterscapes resort close to the bird santuary there.The surroundings were beautiful and taking a walk in the bird santuary was fun.Though,we saw more lovers than birds there!Lol  The river as we come into Kumarakom.  Aview of the lake from the resort. As I said,we couldn't find many birds that day,

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I will be traveling again! This Saturday I'll  travel to Europe and spend time in France-my first stop will be Munich.Oktoberfest   has began already and it attracts people from all over the world-It's the famous beer fest.But hubby and I will not be drinking.There's more to Munich and we hope to do some sightseeing in Bavaria. I will be blogging during my travels and before I leave you can

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The river that sustains the forest. In the heat of summer we(hubby & I along with friends) set out to see  Jim Corbett national park in Uttarakhand, north India.This is not the best time to go ,but we are lucky,it's not too hot this time. India's first tiger reserve,set up under the project tiger scheme-As India's tiger population is dwindling,only about 1300 or so tigers remain,of which about

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Earlier this year we went on a tour of Kerala ,south India and in a town called Iduki we stopped to visit a spice garden.It was an educational trip- we saw first hand how spice is grown and realized there was so much we didn't know about spice.The whole garden had a  spicy fragrance,well,that was expected!For a small fee a guide takes us around the garden and explains the different spices,how

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(Check out my post after this!)I know it's been along time since I blogged here.Real sorry about that.Well,I was rather upset with some folks copying my stuff and then I had house guests and got caught up with work.But those of you who follow my blogs,know I love art and travel and I can't stay away too long.Well I have loads of travel stories to share and will post all that soon. I'll also be

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One of the attractions of Lucknow is the CLOCK TOWER. This towering structure was built between 1880-1887-it stands 67 meters tall and has a red brick exterior.A huge clock with a pendulum of about 14feet is fixed on the tower.This grand edifice is in Hussainabad near Chota imambara.Near by is the picture gallery that has life size portraits of the nawabs(rulers) of Lucknow.The city was once

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Fresh fruits at the weekly market in our area,held every Sunday. Please click on any photo to enlarge The farmers market challenge is hosted by Judy from the blog The road to here  Thank you Judy for this event that lets us see markets all over the world. Fresh vegetables-Bitter gourd,beans,pumpkin,egg plant... Pav bhaji-A bread based snack with a vegetarian filling. This event 

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Fernhill palace Fernhill palace was once the summer residence of the Maharajah of Mysore and still remains the property of the royal family of Mysore,a city in Karnataka,south India. The first building was built on 50 acres of land in 1844 AD by captain F cotton who was with the engineers regiment in Madras(Renamed chennai now) ,later it was bought by the Maharajah(ruler) of Mysore and improved

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It's summer time , the kids are on vacation ,the heat punishing and you just can't zip across the country for a holiday.Maybe you can't take a break from work or perhaps you just can't afford a holiday right now.Don't despair! What to do around Lucknow?There are fun things you can do in & around Lucknow,True you can't escape the heat,but that doesn't mean you've got to stay indoors and watch TV.

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My list of places to go this summer.Places you can head to and escape the heat. Places  filled with natural beauty.Would'nt it be nice to stroll through orchards,walk through  pine forests,go rock climbing/boating,roll in the snow or just relax under a tree faraway from the crowds and so close to nature? In this post are vacation spots across India.Check out these summer destinations and enjoy

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I recently went on a houseboat cruise in Kerala ,south India and these pictures were taken from within the houseboat.These are photos of the changing sky ,taken as we travelled along lake Vembanad-If you like you can see more of my cruise in my previous posts.Thanks to the skywatch team for this fun meme,for more pictures of skies from around the world go to  http://skyley.blogspot.com/ Thank you

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As the sun sets on lake Vembanad I capture these images from  within the houseboat.We've been cruising since afternoon and now the boat is docked at Alleppey for the night-there's only a few...maybe four or five boats docked at this strip and everyone stays on board,so it's pretty lonely out here, the beautiful sunset soon fades and darkness covers the lake,only the dim lights  from the

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FROM KUMARAKOM-ALLEPPEY (Part-1) with photos. We started our cruise down  lake vembanad from Kumarakom,a fishing village near Kottayam in the state of Kerala, south India.The resort we stayed in made the arrangements and at 12 noon  we boarded our cruise at the back of the resort.....the backwaters of lake vembanad.Houseboat or kettuvallom in malayalam, the language spoken in Kerala-was a way

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Hello everyone, I'm back! I went for a long tour of the south of India and just came back a week ago.Boy, was I exhausted!Sorry for not informing y'all before I set out,you see it was to be only for a week-but I was having such a good time travelling that I kept going.Internet access was real hard to come by and as a rule I never use public wi-fi to open my blogs,all I had was internet via my

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About two years ago I spent christmas in Shimla,the capital of the state of Himachal Pradesh in N.west India.I wanted to have a white christmas!We took off by car and after about 7 hrs the hubby and I were in Shimla.Going round & round the steep hills always makes me sick.Shimla is around 350kms from Delhi and there are many buses going there , you can also take a train to this place. The first

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I got this award awhile ago...in oct,Sorry ,It took soooo long,anyway I thought I'd give it out to all my followers ....Christmas is just around the corner and  I'm in the mood for giving :)Bhavesh gave me this,do check out his informative bloghttp://infobybvc.blogspot.com/  Have a good day :)

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Hauz Khas means royal tank. In the last post I mentioned old monuments just outside Deer park and a shopping area selling antiques,furniture,old paintings/prints,books, & designer wear.The whole place looks like time stood still....well almost,the nearby apartments and shops jolt us back to reality.The narrow lanes hold so many treasures and is a must see when you visit deer park.I couldn't take

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This plaque was near the monuments.Near Hauz Khas village in Delhi India,lies Deer park-Amidst lush greenery,with birds merrily chirping around and deer basking in the winter sun,the city outside is soon forgotten.This place is good for a picnic with the family or just to stroll around and inhale the fresh air. There's a duck pond....this is how it looked when we visited,plastic bags,leaves

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These pictures were taken at the deer park in Delhi India .One Sunday a few weeks ago, we set out to take a walk through this park....it looked more like a forest.We loved watching the ducks swim around this man made Island.A full post on this tomorrow,it's a huge place and besides the deer,there's peacocks roaming freely and historical monuments dating back centuries.Thanks to Susan for hosting

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Hello everyone!Sorry, I have been missing in action lately,I'm not feeling too well these days and today I'm off to the hospital for some tests. In No mind to blog these days.Hopefully all should be OK in a few days.

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Lucknow zoo visit: My second time with this event,hosted by Susan from http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/ These are pictures from my recent visit to the zoo in Lucknow north India.This city has a rich history ,and is known for its culture and food.I was visiting my in-laws there and decided to visit this place.The zoo can get crowded on weekends and whole families can be seen

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About 12 kms from central Lucknow,in the state of Uttar pradesh in north India,lies Kukrail reserve Forest.It's lush greenery, local bird population, river and fresh air will make you forget the city outside.This place was chosen in 1978 as a conservatory for the dwindling crocodile population,which in 1975 was said to be around 300.A center was set up to save the crocodiles from becoming

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These pictures were taken in the forest in Lucknow,north India.It is a beautiful forest and I shall cover it in detail soon.Thanks to the Watery wednesday team for this meme,for more watery pictures click onhttp://waterywednesday.blogspot.com/ What bird is this? Do you know?It was very tiny...maybe 5" long. Thanks for stopping by today,Have a nice day.

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Time for some watery fun!Thanks to the team at http://waterywednesday.blogspot.com/ for hosting this fun event.Picture taken in Berlin,the reflection of the river bank opposite can be seen on the glass windows. For more watery fun ,click on the link above.Thanks for stopping by ,enjoy your week.

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This is a recent sunset picture,taken just as the sun was setting.To see more click http://skyley.blogspot.com/ These photos were taken two weeks ago after a heavy spell of rain.The colors and cloud formations were so lovely and photographs don't do justice to it.Thank you for dropping in, Do visit the others. Have a great weekend everyone .

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This picture was taken at the zoo in Frankfurt.For more watery pics go to http://waterywednesday.blogspot.com/ Please enlarge pics,it is lovely when enlarged. This was snapped out at the Louvre museum in Paris.Thank you for visiting me today.Have a nice week.

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These pictures were taken from inside the TGV train. A view of the countryside along the Paris -Frankfurt route.For more scenic views from around the globe go to http://scenicsunday.blogspot.com/ Thank you for visiting me today,do check out the other blogs for more scenery.Have a good week everyone.

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The setting sun,captured from my window here in India.For more sky watch go to http://skyley.blogspot.com/

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It's Wednesday! Time for some watery fun.These penguins were snapped out at the zoo in Frankfurt Germany.For more watery Wednesday posts go to http://waterywednesday.blogspot.com/ I posted this pic earlier Thank you for stopping by ,visit the others and have a great day.

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Suddenly it began to rain heavily at around 4.40 this evening and the sky looked as though it was painted black & white,it soon turned dark and only the wind howling could be heard. I added these pics soon after it started to rain.I had earlier only posted Berlin pics.Pictures taken around Berlin.For more go to http://skyley.blogspot.com/

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I love boating and all these pictures were taken in Frankfurt Germany,NO! I'm not in these photos but hey! it was a great day to paddle down the river.Thanks to the watery Wednesday team and for more WATERY pictures go over to http://waterywednesday.blogspot.com/ Thank you for coming by, blogging would be boring without you guys ,your visit is always appreciated

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Just a small note to say thank you to all those who took part in the photo challenge I hosted on Sunday.I picked the theme "A view from above" a simple theme- thinking it will be easy for all to join in and have fun,but i guess some were not too enthusiastic about the theme and some thought they were required to scale heights to take photos.Well,there is always the next challenge to look forward

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Hello everyone! The day has arrived! Donna at the http://brendaphotochallenge.blogspot.com/ is the brain child of this photo challenge.Today I'm playing host at the Brenda photo challenge and the theme is "A view from above".Pictures can be taken from anywhere as long as the subject being photographed is below and the photographer above.What makes the Brenda photo challenge interesting is that,

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Hello everyone,This is just to remind you that the Brenda photo challenge is on Sunday 16TH August.PLEASE remember to put out your post only on that date,if you post earlier then folks may miss your post when they visit you on Sunday.THOSE WHO have already posted please do this on Sunday-put the logo on your post and give a thread so that we can ALL come see your photos.Regards the thread--click

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For more watery wednesday posts go herehttp://waterywednesday.blogspot.com/ Pictures taken in Frankfurt at the zoo. Can you see him? look! he's in the water. Thanks for visiting,go check out the other blogs everyone.PS Have you backedup your blog??What's that you ask? checkout the post below this. Just sharing,do share your thoughts on this.thanks.

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Have you backed up your emotional hub?Shared via AddThis click to find out.Some folks lost their blogs last week ,to avoid the same fate BACKUP.I have put out a post on this on my other blog do check it out.READ THIS EVERYONE.Use the export feature on blogger to backup your blog in a jiffy or use the RSS feed ,just subscribe to RSS and it will backup your blog and also give it exposure.Go save

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Things are better,new post later on my blogs.Thanks.

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German skies.For more go to http://skyley.blogspot.com/In other news http://squirrelqueen2.blogspot.com/ is hosting the Farmers market challenge on the 29TH August09,click on the link in my sidebar for details if you would like to join-she is also having a giveaway,so show off your market and join in the fun.

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This challenge is the brain child of Donna and it's fun because each challenge has a different host and theme.Judy from http://squirrelqueen2.blogspot.com/ has asked me to host the next challenge and Donna of the http://brendaphotochallenge.blogspot.com/ has officially invited me to host the next one. I accept and Thank you Judy and Donna for inviting me.The next Brenda photo challenge will be on

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http://waterywednesday.blogspot.com/ Click on the link for more watery Wednesday.This is the lake palace in Udhaipur-Rajasthan W,India. This grand palace is situated in the middle of the lake,and boats ferry people from the mainland to the palace.It is now converted into a five star hotel.A post on this is coming soon so stay tuned.

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This is an ariel view of Berlin.Hubby was attending a meeting at his Berlin office(he works for a french power co.) it's his favorite city in Europe and while there he took lots of pictures,i thought I'll share some with you.Infact it was his idea. Cruising on the river Rhine.A view of the countryside.

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Donna at the http://brendaphotochallenge.blogspot.com/ is the creator of this challenge.Each challenge has a different host, this time it is being hosted by http://squirrelqueen2.blogspot.com/ of the Road to here blog.Her theme is being cool/ways to be cool.I love this theme but due to some problems in uploading photos to blogger i couldn't upload all the photos i had picked out.Still.........The

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Sunset- A view from my window at about 7pm, Just before a drizzle.Thank you Sky watch team for letting me take part.For more Sky photos go to http://skyley.blogspot.com/ Do visit the other blogs and enjoy sky watch together.

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I'm late- but thought I'll post a few snaps of the weekly market that we have here. Thank you squirrelqeen for creating this event. These markets used to sell local produce , but these days villages are fast becoming towns and vegetables and fruits come from neighbouring villages.So not everything in these markets are local produce....that is sad.How ever, these weekly markets,that are held once

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The view from my window.DO visit the other blogs at http://skyley.blogspot.com/ Check out the video of Frankfurt in the last post

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Enjoy this video clip ,these musicians also sold their CD's that day.This is in the central market area of Frankfurt.

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A big thank you to Susan for hosting this event.This is my 1st time here and I'm happy to participate,Susan's link is at the bottom,click on it to visit the other blogs.A few years ago hubby and I and a few friends set out on this trip to Mysore in South India.This place is famous for it's zoo and the palace,the royals are still around and host the grand Mysore festival yearly,the whole place

charmine.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18184298911832518611noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6483280327572200496.post-48757605185898016362009-07-19T06:01:00.016+09:002009-07-19T16:46:48.738+09:00

A street performer.Some more pictures of Frankfurt-An old church in the background and a yacht on the river. Street views -shopping district.An environment friendly three wheeler.Street musicians entertain the crowds.Trains like this one run through Europe and they are real fast . Now this is an elderly lady taxi driver,you can't see this in India.The countryside.I have a video that I'll put out

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I was hoping to have this post up yesterday but that didn't happen and today i spent about 1hr and 30 min trying to have these photos up,THAT IS TOO LONG a time,must ask hubby to fix this when he gets home.Anyone else with this problem???Now on to the tour of Frankfurt.Frankfurt is the commercial hub in Germany,all the major companies have offices here.This pic is of the tram stop near the market

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Tomorrow I'll take you on a tour of FRANKFURT......Stay tuned.PIC BELOW-Lomar market area.1. Acknowledge the person who gave you an award.2. Copy the logo and Place it on your blog.3. Link to the person who nominated you for this award.4. Note 7 things about your self that people might find interesting.5. Nominate 7 Kreativ Blogger.6. Post link to the 7 bloggers you nominated.7. Leave a comment

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My husband travels quite a bit as part of his job with a French power company ,this is his visit to the zoological park in Frankfurt Germany. TO BE CONTINUED......

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YES,DUE TO MY ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH CONNECTION I AM NOT ABLE TO VISIT ALL MY FOLLOWERS OR POST.IT IS A REAL PAIN...CAN'T GET MY OWN POSTS OUT .HERE IT TAKES TIME TO GET THINGS FIXED SO PLEASE BEAR WITH ME . THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.

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GRAND ENTRANCE TO THE DURGAH -Bulund durwaaza, A huge door 54m high-Constructed out of red sand stone,the buildings speak of the grandeur of the mughal empire in medieval India.There is a rich history behind these monuments ,the history buff that i am I'd love to tell you all that i learned on my visit there but that would stretch into long,detailed posts ,so I'll share just a bit of it's history

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I PLAN ON PUTTING OUT A NEW POST BUT I'M HAVING SERVICE PROBLEMS........BAD CONNECTION SO WHEN IT IMPROVES I'LL PUT OUT A POST.

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LEMONADE STAND AWARD: also known as the ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE AWARD.Oh! my goodness more lemonade!!Ok, 1st for this blog. THANK YOU Sharon & AL for this award ,by mistake i put Sharon's award on the art blog....SORRY!,it should have been put up here any way I'm accepting this award with an attitude of gratitude ,And passing it on to all my followers ,do pass it around & have fun..The guidelines

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THE TAJMAHAL IN AGRA. A CYCLE RICKSHAW. A vehicle with three wheels,covered on top and driven by a rickshaw puller,it can seat two. We are off to AGRA & set out by 9AM in the morning by car ,to cover the 260kms in 3hrs time .What we don't anticipate is the unusually heavy traffic this morning,trucks,buses,rickshaws(lots of them in north India),bicycles,cars and people weaving through passing

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