In the spring of 2008, I visited India for the second time. It had been almost twenty years between my visits. This time, I toured in Delhi, Japiur, Ranthambore, Agra, Kajaraho, Varanasi, Cochin, Bombay, and points in between, with an Overseas Adventure Travel group for three weeks. India offers us a glimpse of life on the edge, with its huge population living simultaneously in both yesterday and today. It presents us with surprising and sometimes shocking incongruities that fuels both thought and camera. If you've viewed the
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The Nahargarh Hotel, Ranthambore Our hotel just outside Ranthambore National Park, one of India's...
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Moonset at Ranthambore As we prepared to leave our hotel for our early morning game drive in...
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On the track of the tiger, Ranthambore There are only 26 tigers in Ranthambore. They are solitary animals and are...
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Peacock, Ranthambore As dawn breaks, we saw peacocks by the dozen. We were hoping to find a tiger.
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Tiger tracks, Ranthambore Tiger pug marks were all over this curb along side the road we were...
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Tiger on the hunt, Ranthambore After an hour of searching for this tiger, we found her sitting in a...
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Marking Territory, Ranthambore The tiger in the previous image walked directly in front of our vehicle for...
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Tiger traffic, Ranthambore The tiger in the preceding images continued to walk down the road in...
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Camel herd, near Sawai Madhopur Dozens of captive camels filled the road around our tour bus. I made...
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Gypsies, near Dausa This gypsy caravan had stopped just in front of our bus. We stopped as...
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Woman and water buffalo, Abhangri We had a brief visit with this woman who farms in a small village in...
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Barbershop, Chandbaori Our bus stopped briefly for supplies in this small Rajasthan town. We...
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Bewilderment in Chandbaori I also made this image through the open door of our bus during a short supply...
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Village bus, rural Rajasthan The front end of a handbuilt truck that serves as a bus in rural village,...
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At prayer, Abhangri A Muslim at prayer in Abhaneri, a small village in Southeastern...
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Holy men, Fatehpur Sikri These turbaned holy men were meditating in an arcade surrounding the...
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The Great Mosque of Fatehpur Sikri A 175 foot high gateway -- the largest in Asia -- dominates a seven mile long...
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Tomb attendant, Fatehpur Sikri The great mosque of Fatehpur Sikri contains the tomb of Salim Chishti, a Sufi...
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Sunrise at the Taj Mahal, Agra The Taj Mahal is Indian's premier tourist attraction. Thousands of camera...
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First light, Taj Mahal, Agra I found the early morning light on the edges of the Taj just as...
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Resting tourists, Taj Mahal, Agra Two to four million people visit the Taj Mahal each year, with more...
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No shoe for the shoe shop man, Agra There is more to Agra than the Taj Mahal. I found this picture in the...
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The other side of the Taj, Agra Few foreign visitors take the time to visit the park just across the Yamuna...
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Drug store, Agra In India, medicines are sold (mostly without prescription) in Chemists shops...
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The shock of color, near Jhansi Two things fascinate me about this picture. The blue sari and veil seems...
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