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[Pensive]

India and Pakistan share the same history Pensy, so its very likely that the architectures are similar. I understand what you mean by the real thing, I see here also, on a lot of such monuments people scribble love messages, and spoil the beauty They dont know that it makes it ugly.

Yes. Ancient buildings are a country's heritage. They must be preserved and well-cared by all. I wonder when people will learn this.

[Niamh]

Wow Madi those pictures are wonderful! They make me want to visit india even more!

Pensive, eh yeah i think they are real! Just very discoloured with age. I remember when i was working on the 14th cent cemetry we discovered a few skeletons had been truncated by a small shallow ditch. When we excavated the other side of the ditch we discovered all the skulls and some other human bones all placed neatly, in two rows one on top of the other and a 'shelf' that the ditch diggers had dug into the side of the ditch. It was amazing!

[Madhuri]

Wow Madi those pictures are wonderful! They make me want to visit india even more!

Thanks

You should definitely visit India. And these pictures are from my city, Delhi , I will show you around.

[Virgil]

Very nice pictures Maddie. The fort actually looks European, like a castle, except for the dome shapes.

Lots of good pictures here. If I haven't complimented you, it doesn't mean I don't like them. I just can't keep up. I have some nice pictures to post too. Perhaps in a day or too.

[Niamh]

Thanks

You should definitely visit India. And these pictures are from my city, Delhi , I will show you around.

Oh you dont know how much i'd love to go to india. Keep trying to convince my boyfriend to go but.... no funds. have to stick with edinburgh for the time being. Am jealous though. One of the managers in work is off to India tomorrow.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Wow, these look real, and scary. Make me want to ask if these are real. Or are these men-made?

Oh, they are very real but not very scary. The atmosphere down there was very calm and peaceful.

I was told that they ended up there because cemeteries are no exception to the rule that big cities are crowded: These older remains were moved to their present location to make room for more recent ones when Paris' cemeteries became full, and you would not believe how much of them you can find down there. The walls are lined with human remains for mile after mile.

When you look around, it soon becomes obvious that a large number of those people must have died violently, which comes as no big surprise considering the fact that many of them met their creator during the French revolution.

/Claes

[Virgil]

Here are some pictures of my mini vacation to Martha''s Vinyard last August. For those that don't know, Martha's Vinyard is an island off Massachusettes.

[Virgil]

Some more:

[Madhuri]

Very nice pictures, Virg. The beach is not at all crowded, it looks so peaceful. The picture of the cottage looks like a painting, many shades of grass. Very pretty.

Very nice pictures Maddie. The fort actually looks European, like a castle, except for the dome shapes.

Thanks You'll see a lot of buildings in Delhi influenced by European architecture, especially British.

The Rashtripati Bhavan (President's residence) was designed by Edwin Lutyens, a British architect. The Parliament House in Delhi was designed by Herbert Baker. A lot of other important buildings such as these were modeled by Britishers. These are very different from the Mughal architecture, that you saw in the previous pictures.

I have a few more pictures to post from my recent visit to Pykara Falls and a Wildlife sanctury in the south of India.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

The picture of the cottage looks like a painting, many shades of grass. Very pretty.

I agree. A very nice picture, that one...

I have a few more pictures to post from my recent visit to Pykara Falls and a Wildlife sanctury in the south of India.

Oh, great. I'm looking forward to seeing those (most of you must have figured out by now, that I am very fond of wildlife).

/Claes

[Madhuri]

Oh, great. I'm looking forward to seeing those (most of you must have figured out by now, that I am very fond of wildlife).

/Claes

Dont have high hopes, Claes. They are no where like yours. I didnt get to see many animals. Someone told us that this is the right time to visit the sanctuary, and since that reserve also has Tigers (because of the Project Tiger), we very happily went, but it turned out that its the dry season. We went inside the jungle and were only able to see Tiger pug marks . There were other animals too in the sanctuary, like, Elephant, Leopards, different types of birds, and we could only see Deer and a few birds. The difficulty in taking the wildlife pics is that, that when you find some animal in the right pose, and you are about to click, they move , and you are like -- Okay Great, I am about to take a perfect shot and you have to move !!

By evening, hopefully i'll share a few of those.

[toni]

Wow, Uncle Virg, we didn't know that you are also a photographer! Great photos! You too, Maddie! India is truly wonderful! India is like art in motion!

[toni]

I'm not sure it would have improved that picture: It may have rendered those patterns in the sky impossible to see? We'll never know, of course. I am not sure you need it: A very nice picture, that one. Still, I appreciate the comment

/Claes

Whoa. Thanks a lot, Claes! Yeah, I think the problem is with the clouds. They need to pattern themselves more clearly. *send message to the clouds*

[Madhuri]

Wow, Uncle Virg, we didn't know that you are also a photographer! Great photos! You too, Maddie! India is truly wonderful! India is like art in motion!

Thanks, Toni . I have a few more to share. Some will show wildlife, some general life in a typical village, and some of the falls. I hope you like the pictures.

[toni]

Thanks, Toni . I have a few more to share. Some will show wildlife, some general life in a typical village, and some of the falls. I hope you like the pictures.

Oh go on please, Maddie! I can never get enough! I always see India specials on CNN and on ChannelNews Asia.. Enchanting, they are...