Page has been tested for compliance with INDUSTRY (not MS-only) standards, using the free, publicly accessible validator at validator.w3.org. Mostly passes. There were two "unknown attributes" in Google+ button code. Sigh.This is a preliminary page. Photos may (or may not) appear here for an uncertain time period, en route to "proper" place in trip report.
I would like to stress that these photos do not result in a balanced "picture of India". They perhaps dwell on some of the least advantaged people in the nation. I was not often in the "other India", where money is more abundant, and when I was, picture taking was not convenient. Sadly, the pictures also exaggerate the amount of wild places left in the subcontinent.
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On left: chital, or spotted deer. A bit smaller than sambar. Sentimental folk look away now... good tiger food, and we also saw a jackal take a similarly small fawn. This deer abundant... analogous to impala of southern Africa.
On right: Sambar. A considerably larger deer. Even more attractive to tigers. (Chital barely a snack.) Extraordinarily loud alarm call... sounded like truck's air horn.
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Ah.... mountain weather. Glad I grew up in Colorado, and knew that mountain weather can change radically, quickly. "Caught" by squall, on short stroll from hotel... at 8,000 feet.
Photo on right doesn't do the stunning deodar forest justice. Huge trees... surprising at this altitude, but perhaps the extra moisture here makes the difference?
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