Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, Thanks! Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Thanks for a fascinating peek at this place! > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > > > On Jun 1, 2010, at 6:20 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > >> Kodagu, or Coorg as it used to be known, is a verdant coffee growing >> area in South India at the tail end of the Western Ghats, a range of >> mountains that run parallel to and just off the west coast of India. >> My family had gone for a quick four day holiday early in May, and >> these are photographs from the trip. >> >> This set is from Dubare, an elephant training camp on the banks of the >> 800 km long River Cauvery, though Dubare is just 50 km from the >> source. The river is venerated as a goddess in South India, and is a >> central feature of Hinduism here. The elephant training camp was set >> up by the erstwhile Maharaja of Mysore to train elephants for >> religious and ceremonial duties, and has been in operation for over >> 100 years. It is a great place to go because anyone can help bathe the >> elephants, and is particularly helpful in introducing young children >> to animals so that their fear of animals gets mitigated: >> >> The ferry across the river: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kodagu/Kodagu_20100511_106.jpg.html >> >> Fellow tourists: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kodagu/Kodagu_20100511_117.jpg.html >> >> Bathing tusker: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kodagu/Kodagu_20100511_203.jpg.html >> >> Mahout: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kodagu/Kodagu_20100511_265.jpg.html >> >> Going home: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kodagu/Kodagu_20100511_301.jpg.html >> >> Picnic: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kodagu/Kodagu_20100511_314.jpg.html >> >> Path (to the toilet actually): >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kodagu/Kodagu_20100511_316.jpg.html >> >> River pool: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kodagu/Kodagu_20100511_326.jpg.html >> >> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome. >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >