Blogs from Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan, India, Asia
Adventure before Dementia India 2012
Published: March 21st 2012Asia » India » Rajasthan » Keoladeo National Park
March 20th 2012
06.00 Hours Tuesday 20 March Today I am up early to visit Keoladeo National Park, India's top and one of the world’s best ornithological destinations. Mr. Singh who did the very poor town tour takes me as he a sort of guide. Hec did OK I see loads of birds I have never heard of and a few antelopes. By the time you see an Antelope he has been loooking at you for 10 mintues I think. I not an even playing field. He is not wearing a check shirt. Anyway I enjoyed the fresh air and no dust or touts (well not many touts) for 6 hours and then relaxed in the garden the rest of the day. I think there are some birds in the photos!!!!!!!... read more
March 8th 2012
We left the land of the Taj Mahal and headed out through the rural areas to the state of Rajasthan. Here you see women working the fields in the most brilliant colours that I have ever seen—yellows, oranges, reds and blues. Part of this light fabric covers their faces. We were told that hand embroidery is often used to make this material even more beautiful. The men wear colourful turbans—the colour depicts their village and caste. In each village the people are related and are, of course, of the same caste. When the women are old enough, they marry “out” and each of the mothers that you see in each village has married “in.” We visited one of these villages. ... read more
DEL BOSQUE AL BORDE DEL DESIERTO:camino a Jaipur, y algunas reflexiones.
Published: May 24th 2007Asia » India » Rajasthan » Keoladeo National Park
May 24th 2007
A la 1 de mañana desperté y de inmediato prendà el televisor. Si, era cierto. EN VIVO. La final de la Copa de Campeones. Celebre los goles del Milan y hasta pensé enviarle un mensaje de texto a mi tÃo Machado, pero ya lo arruine una vez por contarle un resultado. Por supuesto, ya no pude volver a dormir. Me prendà de la tele para ver algunas cosas sorprendentes. India esta cambiando, y radicalmente. En America Latina se podrÃan distinguir ciclos en los cuales cada generación rompÃa con la anterior desde la segunda mitad del siglo XX en particular. Cada década trajo con ella cambios que podrÃan denominarse como progresivos. En India, el cambio es radical, y todavÃa no esta claro que dirección va a tomar esta sociedad, o sociedades. Los jóvenes de clase media ... read more
Bharatpur and Keoladeo Park -Rickshaws and birding
Published: December 12th 2006Asia » India » Rajasthan » Keoladeo National Park
December 11th 2006
John All the trains to Bharatpur were booked as it is on the main line to Mumbai, and coming up to the holiday period, so we treated ourselves and our host Ian to a car trip (wth driver) to visit the Keoladeo park wich is world renowned for its birdlife. Bharatpur is also described by the rough guide as 'fun to explore...!' The journey down was uneventful apart from Talitha being sick, which came from reading in the back...Getting out of Delhi was the usual traffic mayhem, but once we were on the main road out it was fine. Leaving the main Delhi - Agra road to connect to Bharatpur, was more off any beaten track, and much more rural, plenty of mud huts made with what we think is cow dung, and used for storage, ... read more
February 25th 2006
We left our lodge near Ranthambore National Park early in the morning to catch another train to Agra to see the Taj Mahal. Since it was on the way, we had a change of agenda to go see the bird sanctuary Keoladeo National Park. The park has just one straight, narrow road going through the center of it. They took us on a rickshaw for about a mile or so into the park, where we walked along the road to see the birds in the wetlands on both sides of the road. We got to see a few new bird species that we hadn’t seen at Ranthambore. We took a bus from Keoladeo to Agra. This was our first opportunity to see close up some of the towns and villages in the countryside. The trains are ... read more
29) Barathpur and the Keoladeo National Park
Published: May 20th 2005Asia » India » Rajasthan » Keoladeo National Park
April 21st 2005
We badly needed a break from big cities and hoped to catch a bus to a place where we would again be surrounded by nature, and we were lucky. It was already after 10 p.m., we did not see anything of Barathpur except the bus stand and took a rickshaw to a place close to the entrance of the National Park. Thank God, the family-run Falcon Guesthouse was still open and we were even served a meal. Next morning, we were up early (around 6 a.m.), hired two bicycles in the guesthouse and cycled to the Keoladeo National Park. We had already experienced Rajasthan’s water problems in other places (mainly Udaipur) and here it was no different. Half of the park should be wetland area and attract a huge variety and number of water birds, but ... read more
