Caught Grinning - 78

SUPER DILEX!

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Caught Grinning - 77

Temilnadu State Primite!
  

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Caught Special - 79

A few Caught Special pictures from our recent trip to Mussoorie, Uttarakhand in July 2017. There were a few spontaneous moments in nice frames that I could click. Most of them were shot really quickly on the go, in fact, some of them were clicked from a moving car (see notes above those pictures), and there was actually no time to think or prepare the frame to click!  

What: A staff cleaning the silent railway platform, early in the morning
Where: Dehradun Railway Station
When: 15th July 2017
How: Xiaomi Mi-5

What: Foggy calm morning, seating and a cycle-rickshaw
Where: Mall Road, Mussoorie
When: 15th July 2017
How: Xiaomi Mi-5

What: Sparrow happily eating its breakfast
Where: Kasmanda Palace, Mussoorie
When: 15th July 2017
How: Xiaomi Mi-5

What: Look closely, fog entering the room through the window!
Where: Kasmanda Palace, Mussoorie
When: 15th July 2017
How: Canon EOS 700D, 18-55mm lens

What: Post Office, on that calm foggy day
Where: Near Tibetan Market, Mussoorie 
When: 15th July 2017
How: Xiaomi Mi-5

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Caught Special - 78

A few Caught Special pictures from our recent trip to Jaipur, Rajasthan in July 2017. Got some spontaneous moments that I could capture in nice frames. Most of them were clicked really quickly on the go, and there was actually no time to think or prepare the frame to click!  

What: Nice scatter of sun rays
Where: On flight
When: 12th July 2017
How: Xiaomi Mi-5

What: Rajasthani fort and dance artwork (see how real the dancers and water appears!)
Where: Jaipur Airport
When: 12th July 2017
How: Xiaomi Mi-5

What: A group taking a photo, with the arched entrance gateway backdrop
Where: Ganesh Pol, Amer Fort, Jaipur
When: 13th July 2017
How: Canon EOS 700D, 18-55mm lens

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Jaipur - Mussoorie Trip

We did this trip to Jaipur, Rajasthan and Mussoorie, Uttarakand, in about 5 days and 5 nights. It was peak south-east monsoon time, and we could travel only at that time due to our son's only vacation slot we had. And in the Uttarakkand state of Dehradun and Mussoorie, it would rain very heavily during monsoons, and landslides and water overflow difficulties are not unusual. So, all through the planning period and until we finished the trip, we were very apprehensive about how the whole trip would pan out. Adding anxiety to all that, just a day prior to our travel, we saw in the news about Dehradun and Mussoorie that there was continuous heavy rain for 2-3 days, resulting in flooding and havoc in low lying areas. But luckily it was not bad when we visited, and we had a very nice trip overall!

We flew from Bangalore to Jaipur on 12July Wednesday evening, and returned back from Mussoorie to Bangalore on the following Monday night, 17July.

• We flew into Jaipur on Wednesday late evening, and checked-in to the hotel. 
• Delhi is ~270 KM from Jaipur, on a slight north-eastern direction. We flew from Jaipur to Delhi on Friday evening. 
• Dehradun is ~300 KM from Delhi, again on a slight north-eastern direction. We took the Friday night train from Delhi to Dehradun, so we avoided losing time on travel during a day, and so we got more time on Jaipur side and on Mussoorie side. 
• From Dehradun to Mussoorie is a ~35 KM road travel, we did on Saturday morning. 
• While coming back, we again took a road travel on Monday forenoon from Mussoorie to Dehradun airport, a distance of ~60 KM; as the airport is located over 25 KM away from Dehradun city. 
• We flew out from Dehradun around noon, and transited in Delhi to reach Bangalore in the night.

Look for our itinerary outline with more information later below.

Scroll down to read more on our Jaipur and Mussoorie experience and pictures.