Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Philippe, Thanks for looking. My guess is the two ladies you mention are off to the toilet! Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 1:08 PM, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote: > Nice set Jayanand - > We can sense how important water is for people and animals alike there. > And the ritual of bathing the elephants looks quasi religious to me. > Crossing the ford increases the feeling too. > > My favorite though is the ladies of family outing, perhaps for a detail; > the > other two ladies in the distance leaving for, other homes? > I was always struck to find people walking in the middle of nowhere - > apparently knowing what they were doing - but at such distances from > dwellings; marvellous country. > Thanks for sharing the views and knowledge. > > Bien amicalement > Philippe > > NO ARCHIVE > Le 1 juin 10 ? 18:20, Jayanand Govindaraj a ?crit : > >> >> 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 >> > NO ARCHIVE > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >