The colorful, highly ritualized, highly sychronized, border-closing ceremony at the Pakistan-India border at Wagah.
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Expectant crowds, on the Indian side
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The Indian officer shows how its done
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Team India march in
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Some preliminary muscle-flexing
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And some extravagant high-kicking
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Team Pakistan are also in high form
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Finally, the flags are lowered, in carefully synchrony
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Golden Temple entrance
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The Sikh Golden temple
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Temple Guard
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A mix of Pilgrims and Visitors
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Graham, with mandatory head-scarf
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Graham overlooking Golden Temple pool (Pity that I blinked!)
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Part of the vast free meal service
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A very large and busy kitchen
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Enormous chai urns!
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Maharaja Ranjit Singh statue In the former Victoria Square
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Busy street leading towards the Golden Temple
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That very rare sight, a strictly vegetarian McDonald's
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Jallianwala Bagh garden The site of the infamous 1919 Amritsar massacre
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Bullet holes from the masscare
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Memorial to the massacre
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Smoggy view to Rashtrapati Bhavan
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Smoggy view to Rashtrapati Bhavan
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Very smoggy view to India Gate
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Small seal stamp, Harappa, ~2700 BC Possibly "Gilgamesh holding two tigers"
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Nataraja, Lord of Dance, 12th c
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Garuda, 19th c
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Griffin, Astana (!), 7th-8th c.
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Buddhist painting, Dunhuang, 8-10th c Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara
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Qutb Minar
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Stub of the Alai Minar A planned even larger minaret
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The famed Iron Pillar Probably from the 4th c AD
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A sadly smoggy day in Mumbai, mostly admiring Raj-era buildings.
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Gateway of India, from the Taj
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Gateway of India
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Gateway of India: Inscription
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The very grand Taj Mahal Palace Hotel (1903)
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Taja Mahal Palace from waterfront
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Taj, looking down a grand staircase
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"Government of Maharashtra" Building
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Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya Museum
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Elphinstone College
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David Sassoon Library and Reading Room (1870)
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Rajabai Clock Tower, U of Mumbai
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Raj-era Government building
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Flora Fountain (1869) Named for the Roman Goddess
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Very grand Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Formerly the Victoria Terminus
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Victoria Terminus central tower
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“Bombay Municipal Corporation” building (1893)
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A mysteriously decayed grand dome The building below is still maintained and active
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St Thomas Cathedral
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Wandering cows Blessed with a bright sun ray!
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Bombay Stock Exchange
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Bombay Stock Exchange bull
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Starbucks, "A Tata Alliance"
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Unexpected and very welcome Pizza Express
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Eccentric ITC Hotel Declaration
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Smoggy sunset from Mumbai flight
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On the sets of some Bollywood TV soap operas
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Manicured "reality" only where needed
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A street set
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Please do not bring an emergency to this hospital
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Our (tiny) Bollywood Dance Show
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Bandhavgarh National Park is famous for its tigers, but there is no guarantee of a sighting. I was lucky enough to get one five minute close-up
encounter with a male Bengal Tiger beside the road. He was very polite and posed graciously for photos.
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Welcoming Tigers at The Untamed Bandhavgarh Camp
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More friendly Tigers at The Untamed Bandhavgarh
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Our "Gypsy" truck
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Into the Park before dawn
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Tiger prints
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Tiger print
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A curious Jackal
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Spotted deer stag
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View to Bandhavgarh Plateau
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Park view from Bandhavgarh Plateau
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Bandhavgarh Plateau shrine
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Shiva Lingam + Reclining Vishnu
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Outside the park, a road slowdown
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