Rajasthan + South India 1997

In Nov 1997, Rena and I spend almost 2 months in India. We traveled on our own using public transportation and stayed at small guest houses. (We also took 5 night trains)

The highlight of the trip was visiting the Pushkar Camel Fare in Rajasthan. We stayed in a small lodge for $1.50 per night and spend 9 days walking around and photographing the thousands of camels that were being bought and sold at Pushkar. Other highlights were the extensive birdlife at Bharatpur, the stone sculptures at Mamallapuram, tea plantations in Munnar, and the temples at Madurai. We took great photos of the community fishing that occurs in Kerala, Kathikali dancing, the Joshue tree like landscapes at Hampi, and more temples than we could count.

DAY - DATE - ACTIVITY - SLEEP
1 - 10/30 - Fly from LA - - in plane
2 - 10/31- Bangkok/ Fortune Blue Wave
3 - 11/1 - Train to Bharatpur - Jungle Lodge
4 - 11/2 - Keoladeo Bird Refuge - Evergreen Lodge
5 - 11/3 - Keoladeo Bird Refuge - Evergreen Lodge
6 - 11/4 - To Pushkar in Rajasthan - Savitri Palace
7 - 11/5 - Pushkar Camel Fair - Savitri Palace
8 - 11/6 - Pushkar Camel Fair - Savitri Palace
9 - 11/7 - Pushkar Camel Fair - Savitri Palace
10 - 11/8 - Pushkar Camel Fair - Savitri Palace
11 - 11/9 - Pushkar Camel Fair - Savitri Palace
12 - 11/10 - Pushkar Camel Fair - Savitri Palace
13 - 11/11 - Pushkar Camel Fair - Savitri Palace
14 - 11/12 - Pushkar Camel Fair - Savitri Palace
15 - 11/13 - Bus to Jaipur - Hotel Kailash
16 - 11/14 - Jaipur - Hotel Kailash
17 - 11/15 - Jaipur - Hotel Kailash
18 - 11/16 - Bus to Nawalgarh - Ramesh Jangia
19 - 11/17 - Nawalgarh - Ramesh Jangia
20 - 11/18 - To Dehli - Night train
21 - 11/19 - Fly to Chennai - taxi to Mamallapuram - Sri Murugar
22 - 11/20 - Mamallapuram - Sri Murugar
23 - 11/21 - Mamallapuram - Sri Murugar
24 - 11/22 - Mamallapuram - Sri Murugar
25 - 11/23 - Mamallapuram - Sri Murugar
26 - 11/24 - Mamallapuram - Sri Murugar
27 - 11/25 - Bus to Kanchipuram - Train to Madurai - Night train
28 - 11/26 - Madurai - New College House
29 - 11/27 - Meenakshi Temple, Madurai, New College House
30 - 11/28 - Gandhi Museum, Train to Verkala - Night train
31 - 11/29 - Verkala, Kathikali dance 1- Government GH
32 - 11/30 - Verkala - Government GH
33 - 12/1 - Verkala - Government GH
34 - 12/2 - Train to Cochine - Delite GH
35 - 12/3 - Cochine - Delite GH
36 - 12/4 - Cochine - Delite GH
37 - 12/5 - Cochine, Kathikali dance 2- Delete GH
38 - 12/6 - Bus to Munnar - Government GH
39 - 12/7 - Munnar, Eravikulam NP - Government GH
40 - 12/8 - Munnar, Tea Plantation - Government GH
41 - 12/9 - To Mysore - Night train
42 - 12/10 - Mysore - Manners Hotel
43 - 12/11 - Mysore - Manners Hotel
44 - 12/12 - Mysore - Manners Hotel
45 - 12/13 - Mysore - Manners Hotel
46 - 12/14 - Mysore - Manners Hotel
47 - 12/15 - to Hampi - Night train
48 - 12/16 - Hampi - Vishnu Lodge
49 - 12/17 - Hampi - Vishnu Lodge
50 - 12/18 - Hampi - Vishnu Lodge
51 - 12/19 - To Bangalore - Night train
52 - 12/20 - Bangalore - Gautam Hotel
53 - 12/21 - Fly to Delhi
54 - 12/22 - Fly To LA - 1 AM flight