Picto Diary - 25 January 2017 - Mehar Chand Market

Royina, Bishop, Ayesha and TIMDT. Altitude Restaurant., Mehar Chand Market, Lodi Colony, New Delhi. 25 January 2017.

Shop No-110, Near Habitat Center, Lodhi Rd, Meharchand Market, Lodi Colony, New Delhi, Delhi 110003

Royina and Ayesha, wife and daughter of Bishop's first boss in professional life (1972 Citibank New Delhi).

Author Royina working on a historical novel based on the lives of her maternal grandparents. Her most recent novel, published in 2015, is "Babur," a raucous rendition of India's first Mogul ruler.

Ayesha is co owner of Altitude Restaurant, along with her sister Misha, as well as the organic farming business in Rajesthan that supplies it's ingredients.

Ayesha is a tiger nut. She has a property near Corbett Park, where she goes regularly to see the tigers. She has a tiger tattoo on her left upper arm. Ayesha and I had a great time exchanging tiger stories, now that I'm a "tiger insider."

Above: Locals watch installation of crash guard on Royal Enfield Bullet motorcycle. Mehar Chand Market, Lodi Colony. New Delhi, India. 25 January 2017.

Above: TIMDT totally out of control at Cristina's. Mehar Chand Market. Lodi Colony. New Delhi, India. 25 January 2017.

One can never have too many Cristina blouses.

Above. Dessert. Placed in our Imperial Hotel Room. New Delhi, India. 25 January 2017.

Indian flag cake provided by hotel in honor of Republic Day, tomorrow.

Addendum:


Magnificent pictures...gorgeous tiger...such amazing animals! I, we are in awe as to how close you were able to get to T-24!!! What a memorable experience!

Thank you for thinking of us!

Maui and Pancake
Park City, UT


Glad Margaret is feeling better, when do you return to PC ?

Mr. Z3
Ojai, CA



Good. Pleased to hear it.

Dennis,
Melbourn, Australia



Wow the tiger is the best ! although the bear is cool ;leopard, Steve that is questionable it looks like; well not a leopard ! I enjoyed seeing the Tent's do you remember in Africa one evening when we stayed the tent. I believe I stayed in a room !

Mr. Z3,
Ojai, CA

Morocco.


Thank you so much for your beautiful words Steve.

As I said, while India gives hope to you and the world, Margaret and you and all your friends give hope to us by choosing to travel to our country.

We are fortunate to share our heritage with you.

Warm Regards

Mohan,
TravelScope India,
New Delhi, India


Loved the birds! Do you know how many different species there are there in the park?

Deer Hunter,
Hatch, UT

272 Documented.
http://www.ranthamborenationalpark.com/birds.html.

very exciting thanks Steve.

Brand,
Ventura, CA


Hi Steve

Thanks for sharing this and the other blogs on your wildlife experience. I am glad that you saw this variety of wildlife in Ranthambore. In fact all our National Parks have such diversity of wildlife, plants, trees, insects. And with a good naturalist one can learn so much. Unfortunately India is only being marketed and sold as a destination for the big cats that includes the Tigers and Leopards.

I know of two amazing young naturalists who have made me discover the jungles in such a different light. They make it so interesting that it feels like you are in an open school of zoology, botany, geology all put together. The two boys have written a field guide on the wildlife of Central India which also covers Ranthambore. Travel Scope has sponsored the book by pre-booking a certain number of copies which we plan to give all our clients. Unfortunately the books came after you had already come back from Ranthambore. But if you ever plan to visit the jungles of Central India which I strongly recommend, then this book is going to be a handy guide.

People like Salim make all the difference. Coz most naturalists are driving just from one part of the jungle to the other in the quest to show the Tiger and miss out on these beautiful creatures who make up for our beautiful eco-system.

I am glad that you understand this and have highlighted this in your blog.

Thanks.

Mohan
TravelScope India
New Delhi, India

Taylors are aware of TravelScope affirmative steps to team us up with a top naturalist for Ranthambore. Many thanks. Very satisfied with experience.


Absolutely fantastic! So lucky. We saw only pug marks at Kazirunga. But we ran over a baby leopard (sadly the size of a full grown cat) and were threatened by a rogue Cape buffalo who watched us without moving anything but his head for an hour as we gave him a wide birth. We were then charged by a rhino w a calf but the elephants faced the charge and trumpeted scaring them to a stop. How lucky we were to have had all those experiences thanks to Citibank.

Comic Mom,
Park City, UT

India is not usually thought of by the average tourist as a wild life destination. Yet....

And, yes, Citibank the proximate cause of our life long travel bounty.


May I recommend Disney World. Plenty of animals on the safari ride. A quality experience. Hurry back. The snowfall may taper off enough to go skiing soon. What a winter. Next we'll have talk of spring flooding scenarios.

Peterbilt,
Salt Lake City, UT


Am glad Margaret is feeling better and had good care. I did not see that message when I wrote about the awesome tiger sight.

Awesome conclusion of your Ranthambore visit, and I particularly like that shot of you with the tiger. Beats our climbing 3000ft up a mountain in Bolivia to NOT see the Condors, and climbing back down again. Enjoy the rest of your India trip, and see you soon..

Espresso,
Washington, D.C.

What a co-incidence. Just a few days ago I was watching a David Attenborough documentary on tigers I couldn’t help myself but i had to read Blake’s poem on Tigers

Joe, Sydney, Australia

William Blake. 1757–1827

The Tyger

Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies.
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand, dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder, & what art,
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat.
What dread hand? & what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain,
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp.
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears
And water'd heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

Tyger Tyger burning bright,
In the forests of the night:
What immortal hand or eye,
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

Hi Steve,(birds)These are great shots. What camera do you use??

Mohan,
TravelScope India
New Delhi, India

Panasonic Lumiix DMC-7540 Leica Lens 30x lens telephoto


Hi Margaret and Steve

Hope you had a safe flight back home.

Below is the you tube link to the recording of the 68th Republic Day Parade that we witnessed live yesterday.