Keoladeo National Park

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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 nice, but you can’t really see much since they mostly travel through farmland and open desert-y areas.

One interesting site in the villages was giant stacks of dried cow pies the size of small huts. They use the flat round pies for cooking fires. Since the cows are sacred and can’t be killed, they make good use of their milk and other by-product.

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Comments

[EricaRidley]

I love...
the animals and architecture - but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't want to nap on a rickshaw! =)