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K Gudi Wilderness Camp, Karnataka, southern India

28/07/2020 by .
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Stuart Forster experiences the Kyathadevara Gudi Wilderness Camp located inside of the Biligiri Raganna Temple (BRT) Wildlife Sanctuary.

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Spectacular Mysore Dasara Festival

26/09/2016 by .

Kambala Buffalo Racing in South India

21/04/2016 by .
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In India’s palm-rich south, where Karnataka and Kerala meet, kambala rather than cricket, is the most popular sport.Two pairs of buffaloes are raced head-to-head along specially prepared twin tracks in kambala, the sport of the people in the rural districts around Mangalore. This is Kambala Buffalo Racing in South India.

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Shimla Indian Summers revisited

04/02/2015 by .
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Anthony Lydekker gives us the second part of his journey on a Group Tour of India this time north to Shimla home to the ‘Indian Summers’ series following his last trip report on India’s Golden Triangle – New Delhi, Jaipur and Agra including the Taj Mahal . So is this Shimla Indian Summers revisited?

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India Golden Triangle

29/08/2014 by .
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This is the first of a two-part story about Anthony’s first visit to India starting with a seven-day coach tour in the India Golden Triangle followed by four days in Shimla.

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The Rambagh Palace, Jaipur

01/07/2013This entry was posted in Asia, Hotel Reviews, India, Jaipur and tagged , , on by .
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Walk into Jaipur’s Rambagh Palace and you immediately feel like an extra in a costume drama about the last days of the Raj. Turbanned bearers are everywhere, sentries on horseback stand to attention for a maharajah long departed and posh people take tea on the lawn, blissfully removed from the bustle of the Pink City and its bazaars.

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