Thursday, March 06, 2008

Bylakuppe and Dubare

Some more pictures from the trip to Nagarahole, Coorg and Talacauvery...
Here is the meditation hall at the Namdroling Monastery at Bylakuppe, a settlement of several thousand Tibetans.
The next pic gives some details about the hall...

A picture worth a thousand words...
A distracted monk in a prayer hall at the monastery...
...distracted

These pics were taken on an earlier trip. At the Dubare Elephant camp, where tourists get a hands-on experience of bathing and feeding the elephants. Gopi, the tusker. No one was allowed near this guy.

Crows

The common crow -- that is the name of this variety of butterfly. I think I took this pick at the Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary earlier this year.