Tag : Incredible India

Incredible !ndia. Sambhali Trust Book

Women and Girls of Sambhali Trust. Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

Last summer I worked on a volunteering assignment for non-profit organization Sambhali Trust in Jodhpur, India. Click here to read my post about Sambhali Trust. Today I am glad to inform you that my Sambhali Trust book has been published! Please use a Book Show below to flip through the pages of a digital version of the book. For better …

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Incredible India. My new friend Sumaiya

My new friend Sumaiya. National Rail Museum, Delhi, India

Sumaiya is a very beautiful and very intelligent girl who wants to become an astronaut (!). We have met at the National Rail Museum in Delhi. She had stopped by and helped me understand how the steam engine works… Yes! We had become best friends right away. Furthermore, she had said she likes to model… I couldn’t resist and replied …

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Incredible India. Three Days in Delhi

Steam Train. National Rail Museum, Delhi, India

Three days in Delhi were fun! The weather? – 100°F (+38°C), 100% humidity… not so much! However, almost all items on my To-Do-Go List were crossed out. I have memo-photographed Rajpath, Imposing India Gate, Parliament House, Chandni Chowk and Main Markets, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial and National Gandhi Museum, National Zoological Park, National Rail Museum, and other sights, taken a bicycle …

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Incredible India. Sunrise at Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal – one of the Seven Wonders of the World – check! :) According to a hotel manager, it was raining in Agra for the last five days (monsoon season). The first dry morning was the only morning I stayed in Agra… So I thanked God for the opportunity to photograph Sunrise at Taj Mahal and got there for …

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Incredible India. Pink City – Jaipur

The Goat, Monkey and Pigeons. Jaipur. Rajasthan, India

It took about eight hours to relocate to my next destination – Jaipur, located in semi-desert lands of Rajasthan (east of Jodhpur). A road trip across rural India was fun, monsoon- not so much :) Jaipur consists of two totally different towns: New and Old. A new one is a modern city with business centers and billboard advertising; roads of …

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Incredible !ndia. Pushkar Lake

Pushkar is one of the oldest cities of India. It is one of the five sacred pilgrimage sites for devout Hindus. The city is often called “Tirth Raj” – the king of pilgrimage sites – and has in recent years become a popular destination for foreign tourists. It lies on the shore of Pushkar Lake. The date of its actual …

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Incredible !ndia. Sambhali Trust

Dancing Women and Girls. Sambhali Trust, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

In Jodhpur I had the opportunity to provide my services (volunteering work) to a non-profit organization Sambhali Trust. The people I have met there and things they do for others have changed my life forever. Govind and Mukta, the founders of Sambhali Trust, Renu, Corinne, Marta, Shahrzad, Marina, and other volunteers, thank you for your kindness, unselfish actions, and true …

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Incredible !ndia. Blue City – Jodhpur

Holly Cows on the roads of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

Jodhpur. I have felt in love with Jodhpur, its blue cityscape, its people, its food… its everything! The memories from this part of my Indian trip are popping up with clear sunny sky, colorful women’s outfits, smiling faces of people I have met, and holly cows resting in the middle of traffic :) Jodhpur was the highlight of my trip. …

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Incredible !ndia Photo Book – Work Started!

Book Incredible India. Bring-backs Page Photo

Good news – I have started working on my next photo book – Incredible !ndia. Those who followed me during the last three years will recognize this page ;) I always start or end Nona Hora books with a “bring-backs” page – a photo of stuff from my camera bags. View other posts from my trip to India >> gmeanm3r

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Incredible !ndia. Thar Desert

The beginning. I have started my Indian Nona Hora project in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. I stayed two days / one night in Thar Desert with a wonderful Rajasthani family. I cannot thank enough Gemar and Mewa for the memories I captured during my stay in their hut. The rides in Gemar’s 1957 Jeep in desert sands, meetings with Bishnoi people, Camel …

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