MY TOUR OF SHIMLA,KUFRI AND NARKANDA

About two years ago I spent christmas in Shimla,the capital of the state of Himachal Pradesh in N.west India.I wanted to have a white christmas!We took off by car and after about 7 hrs the hubby and I were in Shimla.Going round & round the steep hills always makes me sick.Shimla is around 350kms from Delhi and there are many buses going there , you can also take a train to this place.

The first

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A PRESENT FOR YOUR BLOG.

I got this award awhile ago...in oct,Sorry ,It took soooo long,anyway I thought I'd give it out to all my followers ....Christmas is just around the corner and  I'm in the mood for giving :)Bhavesh gave me this,do check out his informative bloghttp://infobybvc.blogspot.com/  Have a good day :)

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MONUMENTS IN HAUZ KHAS VILLAGE AREA.

Hauz Khas means royal tank.
In the last post I mentioned old monuments just outside Deer park and a shopping area selling antiques,furniture,old paintings/prints,books, & designer wear.The whole place looks like time stood still....well almost,the nearby apartments and shops jolt us back to reality.The narrow lanes hold so many treasures and is a must see when you visit deer park.I couldn't take

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MY VISIT TO DEER PARK IN DELHI

This plaque was near the monuments.Near Hauz Khas village in Delhi India,lies Deer park-Amidst lush greenery,with birds merrily chirping around and deer basking in the winter sun,the city outside is soon forgotten.This place is good for a picnic with the family or just to stroll around and inhale the fresh air. There's a duck pond....this is how it looked when we visited,plastic bags,leaves

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OUTDOOR WEDNESDAY-AT THE PARK

These pictures were taken at the deer park in Delhi India .One Sunday a few weeks ago, we set out to take a walk through this park....it looked more like a forest.We loved watching the ducks swim around this man made Island.A full post on this tomorrow,it's a huge place and besides the deer,there's peacocks roaming freely and historical monuments dating back centuries.Thanks to Susan for hosting

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On sick leave

Hello everyone!Sorry, I have been missing in action lately,I'm not feeling too well these days and today I'm off to the hospital for some tests. In No mind to blog these days.Hopefully all should be OK in a few days.

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OUTDOOR WEDNESDAY-AT THE LUCKNOW ZOO

Lucknow zoo visit:
My second time with this event,hosted by Susan from http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/



These are pictures from my recent visit to the zoo in Lucknow north India.This city has a rich history ,and is known for its culture and food.I was visiting my in-laws there and decided to visit this place.The zoo can get crowded on weekends and whole families can be seen

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SCENIC SUNDAY-KUKRAIL RESERVE FOREST.

About 12 kms from central Lucknow,in the state of Uttar pradesh in north India,lies Kukrail reserve Forest.It's lush greenery, local bird population, river and fresh air will make you forget the city outside.This place was chosen in 1978 as a conservatory for the dwindling crocodile population,which in 1975 was said to be around 300.A center was set up to save the crocodiles from becoming

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WATERY WEDNESDAY-IN LUCKNOW

These pictures were taken in the forest in Lucknow,north India.It is a beautiful forest and I shall cover it in detail soon.Thanks to the Watery wednesday team for this meme,for more watery pictures click onhttp://waterywednesday.blogspot.com/





What bird is this? Do you know?It was very tiny...maybe 5" long.



Thanks for stopping by today,Have a nice day.

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WATERY WEDNESDAY-ON THE RIVER

Time for some watery fun!Thanks to the team at http://waterywednesday.blogspot.com/ for hosting this fun event.Picture taken in Berlin,the reflection of the river bank opposite can be seen on the glass windows. For more watery fun ,click on the link above.Thanks for stopping by ,enjoy your week.

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SKY WATCH FRIDAY-SUNSETS

This is a recent sunset picture,taken just as the sun was setting.To see more click http://skyley.blogspot.com/ These photos were taken two weeks ago after a heavy spell of rain.The colors and cloud formations were so lovely and photographs don't do justice to it.Thank you for dropping in, Do visit the others. Have a great weekend everyone .

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WATERY WEDNESDAY

This picture was taken at the zoo in Frankfurt.For more watery pics go to http://waterywednesday.blogspot.com/ Please enlarge pics,it is lovely when enlarged. This was snapped out at the Louvre museum in Paris.Thank you for visiting me today.Have a nice week.

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SCENIC SUNDAY # 2

These pictures were taken from inside the TGV train. A view of the countryside along the Paris -Frankfurt route.For more scenic views from around the globe go to http://scenicsunday.blogspot.com/ Thank you for visiting me today,do check out the other blogs for more scenery.Have a good week everyone.

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SKY WATCH FRIDAY.

The setting sun,captured from my window here in India.For more sky watch go to http://skyley.blogspot.com/

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WATERY WEDNESDAY-PENGUINS

It's Wednesday! Time for some watery fun.These penguins were snapped out at the zoo in Frankfurt Germany.For more watery Wednesday posts go to http://waterywednesday.blogspot.com/ I posted this pic earlier Thank you for stopping by ,visit the others and have a great day.

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SKY WATCH FRIDAY

Suddenly it began to rain heavily at around 4.40 this evening and the sky looked as though it was painted black & white,it soon turned dark and only the wind howling could be heard. I added these pics soon after it started to rain.I had earlier only posted Berlin pics.Pictures taken around Berlin.For more go to http://skyley.blogspot.com/

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WATERY WEDNESDAY

I love boating and all these pictures were taken in Frankfurt Germany,NO! I'm not in these photos but hey! it was a great day to paddle down the river.Thanks to the watery Wednesday team and for more WATERY pictures go over to http://waterywednesday.blogspot.com/ Thank you for coming by, blogging would be boring without you guys ,your visit is always appreciated

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THANK YOU NOTE

Just a small note to say thank you to all those who took part in the photo challenge I hosted on Sunday.I picked the theme "A view from above" a simple theme- thinking it will be easy for all to join in and have fun,but i guess some were not too enthusiastic about the theme and some thought they were required to scale heights to take photos.Well,there is always the next challenge to look forward

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A VIEW FROM ABOVE

Hello everyone! The day has arrived! Donna at the http://brendaphotochallenge.blogspot.com/ is the brain child of this photo challenge.Today I'm playing host at the Brenda photo challenge and the theme is "A view from above".Pictures can be taken from anywhere as long as the subject being photographed is below and the photographer above.What makes the Brenda photo challenge interesting is that,

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PHOTO CHALLENGE POSTS SHOULD BE PUT OUT ONLY ON SUNDAY.

Hello everyone,This is just to remind you that the Brenda photo challenge is on Sunday 16TH August.PLEASE remember to put out your post only on that date,if you post earlier then folks may miss your post when they visit you on Sunday.THOSE WHO have already posted please do this on Sunday-put the logo on your post and give a thread so that we can ALL come see your photos.Regards the thread--click

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WATERY WEDNESDAY-IT'S A ZOO OUT THERE

For more watery wednesday posts go herehttp://waterywednesday.blogspot.com/ Pictures taken in Frankfurt at the zoo. Can you see him? look! he's in the water. Thanks for visiting,go check out the other blogs everyone.PS Have you backedup your blog??What's that you ask? checkout the post below this. Just sharing,do share your thoughts on this.thanks.

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HAVE YOU BACKED UP YOUR BLOG?

Have you backed up your emotional hub?Shared via AddThis click to find out.Some folks lost their blogs last week ,to avoid the same fate BACKUP.I have put out a post on this on my other blog do check it out.READ THIS EVERYONE.Use the export feature on blogger to backup your blog in a jiffy or use the RSS feed ,just subscribe to RSS and it will backup your blog and also give it exposure.Go save

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Things are better,new post later on my blogs.Thanks.

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SKY WATCH FRIDAY.

German skies.For more go to http://skyley.blogspot.com/In other news http://squirrelqueen2.blogspot.com/ is hosting the Farmers market challenge on the 29TH August09,click on the link in my sidebar for details if you would like to join-she is also having a giveaway,so show off your market and join in the fun.

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A PHOTO CHALLENGE YOU CAN ENTER.!

This challenge is the brain child of Donna and it's fun because each challenge has a different host and theme.Judy from http://squirrelqueen2.blogspot.com/ has asked me to host the next challenge and Donna of the http://brendaphotochallenge.blogspot.com/ has officially invited me to host the next one. I accept and Thank you Judy and Donna for inviting me.The next Brenda photo challenge will be on

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WATERY WEDNESDAY# 1

http://waterywednesday.blogspot.com/ Click on the link for more watery Wednesday.This is the lake palace in Udhaipur-Rajasthan W,India. This grand palace is situated in the middle of the lake,and boats ferry people from the mainland to the palace.It is now converted into a five star hotel.A post on this is coming soon so stay tuned.

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BERLIN-A PICTORIAL.

This is an ariel view of Berlin.Hubby was attending a meeting at his Berlin office(he works for a french power co.) it's his favorite city in Europe and while there he took lots of pictures,i thought I'll share some with you.Infact it was his idea. Cruising on the river Rhine.A view of the countryside.

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THE BRENDA PHOTO CHALLENGE.

Donna at the http://brendaphotochallenge.blogspot.com/ is the creator of this challenge.Each challenge has a different host, this time it is being hosted by http://squirrelqueen2.blogspot.com/ of the Road to here blog.Her theme is being cool/ways to be cool.I love this theme but due to some problems in uploading photos to blogger i couldn't upload all the photos i had picked out.Still.........The

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SKY WATCH FRIDAY.-From north India.

Sunset- A view from my window at about 7pm, Just before a drizzle.Thank you Sky watch team for letting me take part.For more Sky photos go to http://skyley.blogspot.com/ Do visit the other blogs and enjoy sky watch together.

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FARMERS MARKET-NORTH INDIA.

I'm late- but thought I'll post a few snaps of the weekly market that we have here. Thank you squirrelqeen for creating this event. These markets used to sell local produce , but these days villages are fast becoming towns and vegetables and fruits come from neighbouring villages.So not everything in these markets are local produce....that is sad.How ever, these weekly markets,that are held once

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SKY WATCH FRIDAY.

The view from my window.DO visit the other blogs at http://skyley.blogspot.com/ Check out the video of Frankfurt in the last post

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STREETS PERFORMERS IN FRANKFURT.

Enjoy this video clip ,these musicians also sold their CD's that day.This is in the central market area of Frankfurt.

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OUTDOOR WEDNESDAY.

A big thank you to Susan for hosting this event.This is my 1st time here and I'm happy to participate,Susan's link is at the bottom,click on it to visit the other blogs.A few years ago hubby and I and a few friends set out on this trip to Mysore in South India.This place is famous for it's zoo and the palace,the royals are still around and host the grand Mysore festival yearly,the whole place

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MORE SIGHTS TO SEE.

A street performer.Some more pictures of Frankfurt-An old church in the background and a yacht on the river. Street views -shopping district.An environment friendly three wheeler.Street musicians entertain the crowds.Trains like this one run through Europe and they are real fast . Now this is an elderly lady taxi driver,you can't see this in India.The countryside.I have a video that I'll put out

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STREETS OF FRANKFURT.

I was hoping to have this post up yesterday but that didn't happen and today i spent about 1hr and 30 min trying to have these photos up,THAT IS TOO LONG a time,must ask hubby to fix this when he gets home.Anyone else with this problem???Now on to the tour of Frankfurt.Frankfurt is the commercial hub in Germany,all the major companies have offices here.This pic is of the tram stop near the market

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KREATIV BLOGGER AWARD./ 7things about ME.

Tomorrow I'll take you on a tour of FRANKFURT......Stay tuned.PIC BELOW-Lomar market area.1. Acknowledge the person who gave you an award.2. Copy the logo and Place it on your blog.3. Link to the person who nominated you for this award.4. Note 7 things about your self that people might find interesting.5. Nominate 7 Kreativ Blogger.6. Post link to the 7 bloggers you nominated.7. Leave a comment

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FRANKFURT ZOO--CONTINUED

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FRANKFURT ZOO--A PICTORIAL.

My husband travels quite a bit as part of his job with a French power company ,this is his visit to the zoological park in Frankfurt Germany. TO BE CONTINUED......

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IF I CAN...

YES,DUE TO MY ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH CONNECTION I AM NOT ABLE TO VISIT ALL MY FOLLOWERS OR POST.IT IS A REAL PAIN...CAN'T GET MY OWN POSTS OUT .HERE IT TAKES TIME TO GET THINGS FIXED SO PLEASE BEAR WITH ME . THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.

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AT FATEHPUR SIKRI.

GRAND ENTRANCE TO THE DURGAH -Bulund durwaaza, A huge door 54m high-Constructed out of red sand stone,the buildings speak of the grandeur of the mughal empire in medieval India.There is a rich history behind these monuments ,the history buff that i am I'd love to tell you all that i learned on my visit there but that would stretch into long,detailed posts ,so I'll share just a bit of it's history

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service????????

I PLAN ON PUTTING OUT A NEW POST BUT I'M HAVING SERVICE PROBLEMS........BAD CONNECTION SO WHEN IT IMPROVES I'LL PUT OUT A POST.

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LEMONADE STAND AWARD.

LEMONADE STAND AWARD: also known as the ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE AWARD.Oh! my goodness more lemonade!!Ok, 1st for this blog. THANK YOU Sharon & AL for this award ,by mistake i put Sharon's award on the art blog....SORRY!,it should have been put up here any way I'm accepting this award with an attitude of gratitude ,And passing it on to all my followers ,do pass it around & have fun..The guidelines

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MY TRIP .

THE TAJMAHAL IN AGRA.
A CYCLE RICKSHAW.
A vehicle with three wheels,covered on top and driven by a rickshaw puller,it can seat two.

We are off to AGRA & set out by 9AM in the morning by car ,to cover the 260kms in 3hrs time .What we don't anticipate is the unusually heavy traffic this morning,trucks,buses,rickshaws(lots of them in north India),bicycles,cars and people weaving through passing

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