The lovely thing about driving around in New Zealand is that you can cover a lot of the country in fairly good time. This shot was taken towards the end of my trip there in 2009. I had spent the previous couple of days on the West Coast in the little township outside the Franz-Joseph glacier. After spending the morning flying up to the Franz-Joseph glacier in a helicopter, and not being particularly mobile (I’d twisted my ankle a couple of days...
Today’s post is yet another rendition of Humayun’s tomb… I’ve presented it in the past both from the inside, and from the outside, from the top, and from the ground level. This perspective is a little away to the right from the main entrance, in an area that was under restoration in January 2011. There has been a fair bit of restoration work to a lot of India’s historical monuments off late, with a new found sense of pride...
A few days ago, I had published a photograph of the Diwan-e-Am (the Hall of Public Audience) at New Delhi’s Red Fort. This image above is from the Diwan-e-Khas – the Hall of Private Audience. Cloistered within the interior walls of the fort, these chambers were reserved for the Emperor to grant audience to his visitors of note – typically, ambassadors and kings. The interior of these walls is made out of carved marble, and were, at one...
It is one of the my favourite locations to visit on a lazy summers’ day here in Victoria – Cape Schanck is the edge of the Australian mainland continent. Beyond this point are King Island, and Tasmania before the next major landfall… Antarctica. The weather here is consistently fickle. You will need to dress for all seasons when visiting here. The pathway here is the paved walkway that will take you to the edge of Pebble Beach to the...
Have you ever been in a rush to catch a plane while travelling from one continent to another? I’ve rarely faced this dilemma - and it has something to do with me being a bit of a nervous traveler. I have to get to the airport as early as possible, to avoid any possibility of a delay getting there. However, while traveling across continents, occasionally, one needs to make a stop over – and that involves walking across airport terminals to...
The Red Fort in New Delhi is one of the most historic buildings in India. It is here that the Indian national flag was raised for the first time in Independent India. Consider this – the entire city of New Delhi was – at one time – contained within the walls of the Red Fort. Consutrction started in 1638 under the reign of the emperor Shah Jahan, and was completed in 1648. It was home to the Mughal Emperors ever since, before being lost...
In an otherwise dismal tour for the Indian cricket team, on the 27th of December 2011, I got to live my dream as an avid cricket fan – watch the Boxing Day test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground with India taking on Australia. For the record, the two batsmen in the middle are Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar. This shot was taken during what was perhaps the only decent period of play by the Indian batsmen during this entire tour. Its been all downhill...
My memories of this image are somewhat bittersweet – this was shot on the Tasman trail at Mount Cook National Park a few September’s ago. Now, I really had done absolutely no planning when I travelled to New Zealand in 2009. I pretty much rocked up with cameras in a backpack (at the time, a Canon 350D and a Canon 1000D), rented a car, and drove into the great wide open. I happened to chance upon Mount Cook National Park, and decided to brave...
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