Slowly Down the Ganges

Photos from Jens and Tine's trip to India, February - March 2002

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The Jama Masjid mosque in Delhi
View over market street in Old Delhi
Delhi in all its chaotic splendour
Within the Sikh Gurdwara: Temple, as well as communal kitchen
Jens keeping an eye on the chapatti production!
Rebecca rolls out the chapattis before baking
Jens and Tine on a rickshaw in the Chandni Chowk bazaar!
Whistle salesperson at the Sangam near Allahabad
We're ready to board the boats for our river journey
One of the boats taking us 'slowly down the Ganges' to Varanasi
Camping on the beach
Visiting a small village on the way
In the village fort
Sunset over the Ganges
We're having breakfast on the beach
View over Varanasi from our hotel
On the streets of Varanasi
We visit Ramnagar Fort on the other side of the river, home to the former Maharaja
River cattle?
Walking on the ghats
Our surprise-sunset-boat-ride, featuring musicians playing cittar and tabla
Sunrise over the Ganges!
We watch people bathing on the ghats
The compartment in the train taking us to Agra. Indian 2nd class Sleeper car! We didn't get photos of the cockroaches...
I'm guessing that's the Taj Mahal!
Courtyard in Agra's Red Fort
Beautiful room in the Red Fort
The concubines' quarters at the Red Fort (holds 400)
Relaxing in the gardens at Bissau Palace in Jaipur
Amber Fort outside Jaipur
The entrace to the palace
And a sample of the decoration inside it
A view over Amber's courtyard
A wonderful decorated room in the palace
An elephant. With people on it. One is wearing an ultra-cool hat! :-)
Tine has no problem sitting on the elephant's head!
Jens is in trouble, though!
Guards standing at attention in the City Palace in Jaipur
Tine in the Queen's Suite in Roopangarh Fort. The suite was considerably bigger than our flat back home!
Children in Roopangarh village
A potter shows us his trade
Relaxing on the terrace at Roopangarh Fort
And a view from the fort
Taking a (much-needed) break on the camel safari
Camel safari: Our home for the night
Heading back to Pushkar the next day
Tine at a jeweller's shop. Beautiful stuff, low prices!
A view over the sacred lake in Pushkar
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