A very good looking building
The fog was bad this morning
I mean REAL bad fog
Geurillas in the mist
A Gali (street) in old Delhi
Another view
Walking Down Chandi Chowk
The Gnomome at the Jantar Mantar
Explanation of what the next pic is.
See previous explanation
A celestial Observatory
Its a perfect hemisphere for measuring celestial movements
Gnomome of the Giant Sundial. its accurate to 20 seconds...I checked
Parrots and parakeets everywhere.
part of the measuring scale of the Sundial
Vikram and teh Sundial
It explains the Hemsphere thing
This was on top of the previous pic.
And and explanation of the sundial
India gate
The point of the gate
Indian equivalent of boy scouts only much more paramilitary
Herr General
Wow, that shirt makes look fat...wait I am!
Me at India Gate
Flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The Guard at the Tomb
Beauty and automatic weapons
A good shot
Looking through the Arch
A market in Delhi
They are always crowded
On the way to Hamayun's Tomb
A very worn down Gate
Entrance to another tomb
Its pretty cool.
Kind of like moving through time
Isa Khan Tomb
Grounds around the Tomb
An old Mosque
Isa Khan
The 2 dudes I was with from work
Self portrait
Me and Isa Khan
Though it was a cool pic as the sun went down
the shrine facing Mecca in teh Tomb. Note. The head is always North and feet south. the head is turned to face west.
Dead Isa Khan and his brothers. Womer were buried outside
The original ceiling and chain
Isa Khan's name in Persian. the circles say Allah
A screen
Kind of cool with no flash
a shot with antural light
Not sure why I snalled so many of this
The flash brings out the remaining colors
Looking down from the grotto
Dang dust on the lens...Or ghosts
Inside teh Mosque
Gate to Humayuns Tomb
Through this gate lived the imported persian artisans to build the place
Stars of David with Lotus flowers
Humayun's Tomb. there are also 64 other tombs in each of the little doors on the bottom.
The fountains are still working here
Looking back at the gate.
A nearby Mosque
Pump house we suspect
Humayun's Tomb
Better shot of the Mosque
Looking off through the Jungle
The dome. Its actually a double dome to keep things cool.
Back out through the jungle
A courtuer
Birds on other Mughal Tomb
Thought it looked cool through the screen.
The man himself
Tried to clean the lens
Emperor Humayun. 2nd Mughal Emperor. Died falling down the stairs.
Other Tombs
parting shot
With the fountaini
A lotus fountain
Entry into the Red Fort
The bazaar at the Red Fort
Still a little foggy
Public Audience of Shah Jahan
The ceiling is full of mirror chips. I was trying to make it glow with a flash
Same place
I can only imaging how beautiful this once was
Where the emperor greated his subject everyday
Wild Parakeets
Another Picture of the Mosque (Masjid)
The emperores private Mosque
Not sure what it was but it was cool
This was the ancient pumphouse
Waterfall in the pumphouse
This i= once stood in a man made lake
Lots of birds here
A Jain Temple outside Lahore Gate