Destination: India

My Photo scholarship 2010 entry

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 | By salilbera | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: #2010wnphoto, travel photography scholarship 2010

India - Gangtok

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 | By irenecabay | Views [646]

Sikkim is an area that was its own country up until the mid 70’s, and then they were kind of bribed to become part of India.   They were given loads of money for infrastructure (real sidewalks!) and have maintained an almost national park ... Read more >

Goa to Mumbai

Fri, 17 Sep 2010 | By jeffbrad | Views [3331] | Comments [2]

Monday 13th September - Time to move on from Calangute. To get a foreign quota seat on a train leaving soon, we have to go to the train station at Margao (Madgaon). Cannot book on line as with other seat including the Tatkal quota.  Our ... Read more >

Get De Hell outta here

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 | By noflyzone | Views [735]

Let's begin with a fairy tale. Once upon a time, there was a city called Delhi. It was a huge and wondrous city, home to millions upon millions of people. One day, Delhi was chosen to host athletes from many countries in a huge celebration of sport, ... Read more >

Tags: commonwealth games, delhi, india

Delhi

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 | By akulhavy | Views [468] | Comments [1]

Sept 13th Delhi India is fucked!  That is my first impression.  Of course, I was staying in the Paraganj which is the budget are of India.  I arrived at like 4 in the morning and took a taxi directly to my hotel.  We got near there and my first instinct ... Read more >

Photos: Delhi

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 | By noflyzone | Photo Gallery

India - Darjeeling

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 | By irenecabay | Views [713]

  Darjeeling is 2200 meters above sea level and is a cool 22C.   We had to get our fleeces out, as we had just left Bodhgaya with 42C.   It rained most of the time we were there, and had to make sure we brought our umbrellas ... Read more >

India - Bodhgaya

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 | By irenecabay | Views [751]

This is where the Buddha sat under the Bodhi Tree and became enlightened. Mahabodhi   Mahavihara is a world heritage site and   a Buddhist pilgrimage site.   A sapling of the original tree sits in the exact spot.   The entire ... Read more >

Ach, men are bad

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 | By noflyzone | Views [578]

After a pretty grotty change from a night bus to a delayed day train, we came at midnight to the lovely city of Ahmedabad, capital of Gujarat.  Why go to Gujarat?  Two reasons really, it's on the way and a nice break between Mumbai and Rajasthan and ... Read more >

Photos: Varanasi, India

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 | By chrisaknight | Photo Gallery

"An Unplanned Journey"

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 | By nolimits | Views [671] | Comments [1]

hIt was a rainy morning but I loved the way   it was .I remember some photographer telling that “you should experiment with any kind of weather” .I climb in the bus .I was listening to the soothing music of Robert Plant and it reminded me of ... Read more >

Tags: beaches, forest, hill, mountains, on the road, photography, rain., trekking, waterfall

India - Varanasi

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 | By irenecabay | Views [815]

If you have the ability to zoom in on the pictures I post, do so, as there is usually a lot more going on than initially meets the eye.   Varanasi is a sensory overload.   Unfortunately, I can only offer you the visual, but while selecting ... Read more >

Photos: travel photography

Sun, 12 Sep 2010 | By russellroberts | Photo Gallery

Goa

Sun, 12 Sep 2010 | By jeffbrad | Views [1544]

Tuesday 7th September - We had to move out of the Indian Kitchen this morning as the price was too high, albeit for a larger room. Nothing cheaper available. Some places are prepared to negotiate, whilst others stay fixed and you just walk away.... Read more >

Photos: Ahmedabad and Udaipur

Sun, 12 Sep 2010 | By noflyzone | Photo Gallery