http://www.odyssei.com India, Photoarticles - lately on the site en-us Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:52:23 +0200 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:52:23 +0200 pet@odyssei.com (Piotr Jaworski) pjm@odyssei.com (Pawel Jaworski) http://www.odyssei.com/travel-article/13800.html Goa - do 1961 roku ostatni bastion portugalskiego kolonializmu. Przyprawy, kolory, wiatr i słońce... Bombaj to przedsmak Indii, a Goa to jakby kropla miodu w kurkumie - niby to samo a jednak coś innego... [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-article/13800.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-article/13053.html Sleepy tourists follow singing pilgrims on the road to the Ganga. At this wee hour, a handful of pilgrims and vendors keep alive this road, which was a river of cycle rickshaws yesterday evening. The motley crowd takes a detour at one of the entrances to [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-article/13053.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-article/13051.html Apart from a handful of minibuses and the big autorickshaws that could accommodate a dozen passengers (and long distance trains, of course), public transport is scarce between Varanasi and Saranath. But the wary traveller doesn’t need a route map on the [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-article/13051.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-article/13049.html A procession of decorated elephants snake through the winding stone path to the Amber Fort. Rajasthani men in their traditional dress and flashy turbans ride their big pets on a neat line. Amused foreign tourists, playing to the mood with hired headgear, [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-article/13049.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-article/13047.html Gita and Sita pose impulsively, fingers swirling, feet tapping, eyes smiling. No lens could resist the frame. As the shutter closes, the sisters cease to be exotic gypsy dancers. "Das-panch dena," the models ask for their remuneration. A picture [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-article/13047.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-article/13045.html The road to Munnar is lined with signboards on Neelakurinji and Nilgiri tahr. The Kerala forest department is on a double-edged drive to advertise and create awareness on the rare flower that blooms only once in 12 years. Official estimate expects 5 lakh [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-article/13045.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-article/13043.html Praveen aimed the D100 as soon as he spotted the wild boars, big sturdy ones and small shy ones, grazing on the wayside. He has not come across such a large sounder of boars in his years as a wildlife photographer. Tiny eyes above fatal tusks watched the [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-article/13043.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-article/13041.html Hour has come for the divine appointment. A group of cousins goes to the local temple to usher in the oracle. Not very sure of the way and way of rural life, they follow Thejus, who is to join 4th class after the summer vacation. The local boy leads the p [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-article/13041.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-article/13039.html After a four-hour journey from Mangalore, the bus entered Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary. One of the most popular pilgrim centres in India is covered in thick forest. Mookambika temple in Kollur is equally inspiring for the religious and the atheist, layme [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-article/13039.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-article/13037.html Two rows of drummers and three rows of pipers are building a tower of rhythm in front of the Bhagati temple in Nayarambalam. As the melam reaches a crescendo, men on top of the nine caparisoned elephants behind the pipers stand up, ritualistically fanning [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-article/13037.html