Come, take a Saturday morning walk with us. First we start at Central Park, one of the
lungs of this city, where we were able to capture on film 3 of our
favorite birds, the Common Hoopoe, the White Breasted Waterhen, and the green
bee eater. Then drive to a gate to the Pink City, and walk past shops just
opening for the morning, first a kite and kite string shop, then one just for
bangles, and several shops stocking their shops literally to the ceiling with merchandise
for the all-India sale season leading up to
Dussehra Festival on Wednesday, and
the end of the 9-day Durga Fest on Monday.
After purusing some of the city’s finest jewelry shops on the famous
M.I. Road and walking past the famous Bollywood movie theatre
Raj Mandir, we end, where else, at a sweet shop (called mithais) and a restaurant
for one of my favorite South Indian delights, a masala dosa with 2
chutneys. We originally chose this walk
because the description said there were several streets of marble workers at
work, but we saw neither marble nor marble work, so I don’t know what’s
happened since publication of the book.
It was still a fun walk.
That common Hoopoe rocks!! That beak and those stripes... quite lovely. so glad you are a birder there... you have earned yourself a star! I think you should get a kite and go fly it and enjoy that experience. Great photos, thx for posting
ReplyDeleteI was going to say that same thing...I LOVE THE COMMON HOOPOE!! Bring one home please!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I hope you have decided that kite flying should be your next hobby.
Food related - i hope those chutneys were great, they look delic. have you had any burfa yet. And what are your thoughts on making it?