One of my many reasons for visiting Goa was to seek out the Loliem Vetal, which proved to be quite difficult as my driver had never heard of it. Loliem is a small village in south Goa‘s Canacona Taluka. On entering the village look out for an arched […]
This will be a blog post with even less verbiage than normal 🙂 Below are some random shots I took whilst exploring the streets of Jaipur on foot. By far the most interesting place to do this is directly opposite the Hawa Mahal in the early morning, before […]
Thikse is 19km from Leh, and was my second stop on my tour of Gompas south of the town. My gompa hopping list for the day was : Shey Gompa Thikse Gompa Chemde Gompa Hemis Gompa Stakna Gompa …and then back to Leh Thikse belongs to the Gelugpa […]
The enormous 1st century chaitya cave at Karla is also known as Karli and Karle. It’s considered to be the best preserved rock cut Buddhist prayer hall in India, although in my mind the examples at Ellora and Ajanta come pretty close. Karla is 28km south of Matheran, on one […]
Chittorgarh Fort is a mightily impressive hill fortress looming high above the town of Chittor, 100km east of Udaipur. This is the perfect day excursion from Udaipur, although the conditions did make for great photography when I was there. The combination of harsh sunlight only to be followed […]
Gangaur Ghat is located at the heart of the city of Udaipur and is very easy to find. Upon leaving the City Palace via the north gate, walk down until you reach the flight of stairs on your left for Jagdish Temple. At the road junction, turn left and […]
Just 150m north of the outer gate to the City Palace is Udaipur’s most important Hindu shrine, the Jagdish Temple. Throughout the day you will find garlands being sold at the base of the steps leading up to the temple. Being on a major junction in the old city, […]
Dominating the shore of Lake Pichola, the City Palace in Udaipur is enormous. The same can be said for the crowds of people that visit the Palace each day, so if you are staying in Udaipur try to get there early before the steady stream of coaches arrive. […]
Kevin Standage 
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