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Flyingscot · 2009-03-01 08:06:43

Having left the mountains of Kashmir these next pictures take us to Dehli and the hotel here is a YMCA.

Flyingscot · 2009-03-01 08:08:04

This splendid building is the Temple Ghandi.

Flyingscot · 2009-03-01 08:10:11

These gates and railings surround the palace of the old Viceroys of India. The last one being the late Lord Mountbatten.

Flyingscot · 2009-03-01 08:12:43

This picture is captioned the Tower of Victory, and marked as 2nd only to the Taj Mahal. I can only think it means as a tourist attraction.

Flyingscot · 2009-03-01 08:14:28

This shrine marks the place where the Indian leader Mahatma Ghandi was cremated.

Flyingscot · 2009-03-01 08:17:14

This photo might be familiar to all Orangemen as Grand Old Dehli's Walls. In actual fact known as the Red Fort. Most likely the people here are street beggars and not Orangemen sleeping off the bevy.

Flyingscot · 2009-03-15 13:20:52

View from Agra Fort to the Taj Mahal.

Flyingscot · 2009-03-15 13:21:52

Courtyard in Agra Fort with Mosque behind.

Flyingscot · 2009-03-15 13:23:50

The famous Taj Mahal. Supose for the people there it is just like us taking the weans to the Kelvingrove museum on a sunday,

Flyingscot · 2009-03-15 13:24:52

Sun setting over the river Ganges.

Flyingscot · 2009-03-15 13:26:04

Used for many purposes , washing, praying, etc.

Flyingscot · 2009-03-15 13:27:22

Pilgrims bathing in the Holy Ganges at the city of Benares.

Flyingscot · 2009-03-15 13:28:16

Benares on the banks of the Ganges.

Flyingscot · 2009-03-15 13:29:31

The wee mans companions and hotel in Benares.

Flyingscot · 2009-03-15 13:32:25

From the hot dusty plains and crowded cities of northern India the wee mans bus headed north into the foothills of Nepal.
This scene is not the Glasgow Barras on a Sunday but a crowded village taken from the bus.

Flyingscot · 2009-03-15 13:33:37

Heading into Nepal we glimpse a distant view of the Himalayas.

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