Taken on July 12, 2014 in South Karnataka.
This is a popular riverine hot-spot in South Karnataka.
DAILY PHOTO: Down to the River
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DAILY PHOTO: Bharachukki Falls
Taken July 12, 2014 in Chamarajanagara District of Karnataka State in India.
The falls were thin, but flowing, in South Karnataka yesterday. Here are a couple of photos of the Bharachukki Falls in Chamarajanagara District.
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DAILY PHOTO: Undercrewed Snakeboat
Taken on July 4, 2014 in Kerala.
Snakeboats are long, wooden canoes commonly seen in the Keralan backwaters. They race with crews of around 100–two wide and scrunched into tight rows.
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DAILY PHOTO: Ship Passing Chinese Fishing Nets
Taken on July 7, 2014 in Kochi
At the harbor at Fort Kochi, where ships enter the Arabian Sea, there are old Chinese Fishing Nets lining the coast. The nets don’t yield many fish in this area, but exist more as a tourist attraction. The fixed, lever-lowered nets were actually introduced by the Portuguese–albeit Portuguese who had spent time in southern China (i.e. Macau.)
The port at Kochi (Cochin) is one of India’s major transportation hubs (11th largest by tonnage and 8th largest by number of containers.) In addition to modern products, the port still handles a lot of the spice that made Kochi an important center of trade since ancient times.
The channel has to be dredged to keep a clear path for the large number of ships transiting in and out of port.
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DAILY PHOTO: Munnar Tea Plantation
Taken July 6, 2014 near Munnar.
Munnar is a hill station in Kerala, not too far from its border with Tamil Nadu and an easy drive from Kochi (Cochin.) This is tea country. The land is mostly government owned but the tea plants–like most of India–are owned by the Tata Corporation.
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DAILY PHOTO: Scene from the Keralan Backwaters
Taken on July 4, 2014 in Kerala.
My apologies for not posting in several days, I’ve been out getting some new photos from new places. Specifically, I’ve been in Kerala. Here is the first of several DAILY PHOTOs from Kerala. This one was taken from a houseboat on the Backwaters.
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DAILY PHOTO: Tunnel Under Buda Castle
Taken in July of 2011 in Budapest.
I don’t know how this post will turn out. WordPress has decided it must–as is the custom with technology–replace a perfectly good system (one that has been working for years) to create appearance of hipness, so they can sell training to all the users who no longer know where anything is, or just to be douches. As with anything new, I’m sure it will be filled with bugs. So if you don’t see a picture, it’s not my fault.
DAILY PHOTO: Church of Thanksgiving by Night
Taken in July of 2011 in Budapest.
The inscription on the church reading “Soli Deo Gloria” means “glory to God alone.” That might have been patently obvious to you, but I will admit that I had to look it up.
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DAILY PHOTO: Industrial Wasteland
Taken in October of 2011 in Phnom Penh.
I like to throw a little dystopian vision into the mix now and again.
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DAILY PHOTO: Suomenlinna Dock
Taken in the summer of 2011 in Finland.
Suomenlinna (a.k.a. Sveaborg) is a fort built on islands jutting out into the Gulf of Finland near Helsinki.
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