During my recent trip to Uttarakhand , I was faced with a problem I had never encountered before. We were passing through Delhi, but we had hardly any time in the city. On earlier visits when I have had to change trains/flights at Delhi, I have always arrived in the morning and left again at night, visiting relatives in between. This time, I was arriving in the city at night, and leaving again early in the morning. There was hardly any time to visit people. I would only have a couple of hours with them before I’d have to leave again. For the first time, we considered booking a hotel, but there again, we were hesitant about the actual hotels, the costs involved, and the logistics of getting from the airport to the railway station and then back again from the station to the airport. That’s when we remembered reading something about a corporate-managed lounge at Delhi station. We soon figured out that we could book online and pay by the hour. Besides, we also learnt that there wasn’t ju
The Albert Hall Museum in Jaipur is the oldest museum in the state of Rajasthan. Located picturesquely in a garden just outside the walls of the old city, it is impossible to miss or ignore.
The building was originally intended to be the town hall, but it was later decided to house the museum. We were unable to enjoy the museum from inside thanks to lack of time, but it looked so beautiful that we were unable to resist stopping to click some pics!
And the multitudes of pigeons ensured that we got some amazing ones!!
The building was originally intended to be the town hall, but it was later decided to house the museum. We were unable to enjoy the museum from inside thanks to lack of time, but it looked so beautiful that we were unable to resist stopping to click some pics!
And the multitudes of pigeons ensured that we got some amazing ones!!
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Lovely pictures, it has some interesting collections including a mummy!
ReplyDeleteThanks Mridula!! yeah, i read about the Mummy, which is why i actually went ahead and bought a combined ticket which included entry to this one too... but as it turned out, i wasnt able to visit.. anyway, this was just an off the cuff jaipur trip.. and we missed a lot.. will definitely go again!
DeleteAmazing shots !!!!
DeleteTHank you!
DeleteThe population of pigeons in Jaipur is simply amazing..
ReplyDeleteoh yes, Arun! absolutely!! samhith enjoyed making them fly away wherever we went !!
DeleteBrilliant shots Anu. Perfect timing!!
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Thanks, Niranjan!
DeleteAmazing shots of the building and the pigeons. Love it. Thanks for sharing, have a great weekend. Happy Skywatching!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot, Eileen!!!
DeleteLovely set! I have seen these pigeons!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kusum!! I guess these pigeons are almost always a part of that scene!
DeleteThe building's architecture is beautiful... And those pigeons - so many!!!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely, vaish!
DeleteOh wonderful!! Perfect timing too!
ReplyDeleteThe architecture in the background looks amazing, and with all the pigeons flying out from its direction makes it stand out even more!
Thanks so much!!
DeleteBeautiful shots. Happy sky watching.
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Thanks Liz!
DeleteWhat an incredible museum!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
ReplyDeleteTHanks Gary! Its even more incredible inside, apparently!
DeleteStunning series, wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThanks Vincibene!
DeleteThe architecture is really soothing. Beautiful shots. We were also there but could not get inside as that was closed that day. The area is pretty clean and princely.
ReplyDeletethanks PNS! looks like we both need to make another visit to see this museum!
Deletebeautiful pictures. Those pigeons are having a good place to live.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Vetrimagal!! the pigeons indeed have found a beautiful mansion to live in!! lucky ones!
DeleteBeautiful capture, Anu.
ReplyDeleteThanks for letting me know about this Museum. I hope to visit Rajasthan in November and will definitely try to visit it the.
Thanks Sudha!! You should def go there... it seems to have some interesting stuff... would love to hear and read a first hand account from you.!
DeleteI might try to visit this from inside . Thanks once again for sharing
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