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Travel Pictures - INDIA (South) - 1999 |
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| London with palm trees - Mumbai,
India |
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| The Indians are mad about
cricket - Mumbai, India |
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Victoria Terminus train station
with its flying buttresses and Gothic architecture is an architectural
masterpiece -
Mumbai, India |
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| Malabar Park's colorful vista
above Chowpatty Beach - Mumbai, India |
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This pedestrian
"gauntlet" jutting out into the Arabian Sea is the only access
to the Haji Ali Mosque -
Mumbai, India |
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Mani Bhavan is the house were
Mahatma Gandhi stayed during his visits to the city -
Mumbai, India |
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| Vendors peddling vegetables on
the city's sidewalk - Mumbai, India |
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This lovely monument, the Gateway
of India, sits on Bombay Harbor -
Mumbai, India |
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| These magnificent temples were
carved out of Elephanta Island's solid rock - near Mumbai, India |
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Only in India will you find naked
Europeans, Indians dressed in full-length Saris, and COWS all sharing the
same beach -
Colva Beach; Goa, India |
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| Beach cows hangin' at the Hard
Rock Cafe - Baga Beach; Goa, India |
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Fort Aguada, perched on top of the
distant hill, is
now "home" for many tourists previously involved in the drug trade;
notice the brown cow (center of picture) enjoying the seascape - Goa,
India |
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| One of several grand cathedrals
built by the Portuguese during the 1500's and 1600's - Old Goa, India |
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| The teetering ruins of St.
Augustine Church - Old Goa, India |
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While I waited for a bus, this
man brought down an entire coconut tree,
piece by piece, using only a machete and a firm grip -
Benaulim, India |
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| Goan sunset - Vagator Beach; Goa,
India |
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The "backwaters" along India's southwest coast is
a region of lakes, lagoons, rivers, canals, and rice fields -
Allepey, India |
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| Wild elephants viewed during a
boat safari - Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary, India |
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| The Sri Meenakhi Temple's 160-foot-tall stone towers
(goporams) dominate the skyline - Madurai,
India |
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This 160' tall goporam is
composed of intricately
carved stone blocks -
Sri Meenakhi Temple; Madurai, India |
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| Temple elephant handing out
blessings (for a small fee) - Sri Meenakhi Temple; Madurai, India |
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| The safety standards in India
"fall" short of those in the West! - Madurai, India |
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| Spicy meals on board an Indian
train - near Delhi, India |
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| This legless beggar moves about
the train collecting small change - near Delhi, India |
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All tourists must move about the
interior of this grandiose palace barefooted! -
Mysore Palace; Mysore,
India |
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| One of the world's magical
locations - Hampi, India |
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| Dreams carved from stone - Hampi,
India |
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| Stone chariot - Hampi, India |
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These enormous entryways are
sized appropriately for pachyderms -
Elephant stables; Hampi, India |
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A seat at the back of the bus has
a different meaning in India -
near Hampi, India |
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| Festival attendees departing en
masse - Hampi, India |
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| Indian double-decker buses -
Hampi, India |
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| Rolling goporams and balancing
rocks - Hampi, India |
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| Cows of a different color -
Hampi, India |
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| Barefoot amid the ruins - Hampi,
India |
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| Hampi Bazaar - Hampi, India |
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| Simply spectacular - Hampi, India |
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| This young lady assembled her
"friends" for a group photo - Hampi, India |
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| Festival attendees atop one of
the region's granite domes - Hampi, India |
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| The full moon is rising amid the
ruins - Hampi, India |
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| Sunset over Hampi Bazaar - Hampi,
India |
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A mass of volunteers are pulling
this rolling goporam -
Hampi, India |
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The festival came to a climax with
the arrival of the temple elephant -
Hampi, India |
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The temple elephant, in a
blessing frenzy, tapped hundreds of heads and still managed to collect
rupees -
Hampi, India |
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This imaginative Ferris wheel
operates with a two-manpower engine -
Hampi, India |
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| No rupees, no blessing - Hampi,
India |
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| Baptism by pachyderm - Hampi,
India |
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The towers of the Charminar,
built in 1591, rise more than 180 feet -
Hyderabad, India |
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| The Golconda Fort was built in
12th century - Hyderabad, India |
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Only Gandhi's oversized effigy
could exude such gentleness -
Hyderabad, India |
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| Rush-hour traffic - Hyderabad,
India |
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This Buddha statue is said to be
the largest monolithic statue in the world -
Hyderabad, India |
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