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Udaipur

Friday, September 5th, 2008

The floating palaces on lake Pichola.

Spice and vegetable market.

Monsoon Palace at sunset.

Kumbalgarh – second longest wall in the world. Fort held 30,000 people.

Adinatha Jain temple at Ranakpur

City Palace, Udaipur

Indian hair cut!

Kovalam, Kerala

Monday, September 1st, 2008

Local lads playing Kabaddi

Early morning. guy catching small crabs by hand

Impressive fishermen scooba dive for mussels from small wooden rafts, somehow managing not to get smashed to bits on the rocks.

Hard hats and cranes are overrated.

On the road

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

Elephants!

Kerala Backwaters

Friday, August 29th, 2008

We stayed on a Kettuvallam (house boat)

Giant prawns for dinner!

Sunset

Sunrise

Periyar National Park

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

We went on an elephant! Not this one, but it looked similar.

Simon found a soul mate

Trekking for tigers. Found some leeches instead.

Madurai

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Tank of the Golden Lotus at the Meenakshi Temple

The carvings are done out of single pieces of solid granite.

Peacock at Taj Garden Retreat

On the Road

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

Trichy

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

Devotees washing at Amma Mandapam

Sri Ranganathasvami Temple

Tanjore

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

Here are some shots from the Brihadeeswara Temple.

Tanjore is world famous for it’s bronze work, which is still largely done by hand.

Pondicherry

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

Here are some shots from in and around The Dune in Pondicherry.