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6th January 2010, 23:53
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| Senior - BHPian  | tanveer somehow missed this thread man. Excellent stuff !! BTW I do envy you at times coz you seem to have the all time in the world to travel. Jaisalmer simply has left me spell bound. Great captures as usual and that really is a horny bull.How did the white elephant respond to the bulls approach  ? |
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7th January 2010, 11:03
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7th January 2010, 11:03
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7th January 2010, 12:12
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| Team-BHP Support | Khaba Khaba and Kuldhara, the names are still spoken in whispers. Ghost villages, two of the 80 villages where people left their homes overnight, taking whatever they could, and burying what they couldn't. Till late 80s, gold diggers used to find gold there, till the govt stepped in. While Kuldhara is a village, Khaba also has a fort We paid entry to the fort, and went to the walls. These overlook the village The village view from the fort  The courtyard. It was restored by ASI  Window view  with not much to do at the fort, it was time to head down to the village  The track was all sand, and slightly downhill. As I crossed the dune, I realized we may have bitten more than we could chew. Coming back, this would have to be tackeled uphill! Anyways, will take care of that later, for now, time for some clicks The 500 year old temple  Fort as seen from there  Carvings on temple boundary  The steeds  Our Route for the day, From desert camp to Khaba to Kuldhara  TO BE CONT......... |
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7th January 2010, 12:39
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| Team-BHP Support | Circus at Khaba As I mentioned earlier, to go back, we had to climb the dune again. First it was turn of the black safari. The worst happened. On top Nitin got Beached. Since the entire track was sand, rescuse was impossible. After 20 minutes of stones, footmats etc., nitin was able to reverse out. After that he built up more speed, and roared through. I also applied the speed approach, and we were able to clear the dune. This was our second beaching of the trip. Sand definitely is a killer when it comes to the safari. The 2 and a half tonne behemoth likes to dig in like anything! Anyways, we had to drive towards Kuldhara. we had seen it last year, but Nitin wanted to see it. Clicked a peacock/hen on the way    And then it was a fast clean run the ruins of Kuldhara TO BE CONT.......... |
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7th January 2010, 13:33
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7th January 2010, 13:41
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Infact on the first evening at dunes, we saw a Mahindra 4x4 royally struck. The safaris had demolished the approach. Finally the guys had to carry tents etc., to the site, as the Mahindra would not make it. | |
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7th January 2010, 14:35
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7th January 2010, 16:24
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7th January 2010, 17:20
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7th January 2010, 17:39
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7th January 2010, 18:07
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| Team-BHP Support | Timepass outside Kuldhara Since we had seen Kuldhara before, decided to wait outside, and click IR pics. Nitin went in. It was getting hot(30 degrees), and the foliage was inviting             |
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7th January 2010, 18:32
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8th January 2010, 10:45
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| Team-BHP Support | Lake! After Kuldhara, we went to the hotel, checked into our room, and freshened up, washing the mud and dirt which we were coated with. After that it was time to split up. I had already seen the Bada baag last year, but had not seen the lake. So nitin set out for Bada bag, and we for the late. Plan was to regroup after sunset. The lake was shallow, and pretty dry, but boating was still happening in the limited water area. The boat guys told us not to go close to shore as we would get grounded. Anyways, we started chasing swans We too care not to venture too close the shore     But the inevitable happened. We are grounded, pretty far away from the shore. A shallow section. So time to wait for the rescue!  Who would have thought that we would get bogged down in mud in a desert...? And that too in a boat. Some offroading this. The boat guy came, and pushed us out. Meanwhile 3-4 other boats also got grounded. Hard work for the boat guys! Our position offered some nice snaps  After rescue, we stuck to the center island area  The swans were heading to the shore, to have some grub which an old guy was throwing   We also decided, enough of boat, lets explore the area on foot The feast time    It was 5pm when we climbed the wall area, and clicked snaps there   Sunset was going to happen in some time, so we decided to go on a drive, on the Bada baag road. What a drive, and what an adventure it was going to be..... !!We did not know, at that time. TO BE CONT............ |
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