Day 11 - Aagman India Camp to Agra

Enjoyed a great night at the camp

A guy was giving camel rides

Stopped and visited the Abhaneri Step Wells, from the - 9th century. 

 We watched pottery being made

The kiln

Then we set off for Agra

Marilyn, Marsha, and I set off on a tuk tuk to see the Taj Mahal

Tomorrow it's back to the Taj Mahal.  

Day 10 - Ranthambore to Aagman India Camp

After breakfast we visited with students at a primary school.

We visited with students in their classroom.  They were excited to show us their workbooks and speak English with us.

Then we walked through the village

The cattle kept for milking.

Cow patties - manure mixed with straw, dried, and used for fire.

We've seen them in all the villages along the way.

The painting on the wall is a wedding invitation - the entire village is invited

We were invited to tea and cookies at a villager's home. The family has 5 acres and grows vegetables.

The husband and one of their sons

The wife and son

The wife prepared the chai tea outside. After tea, she gave us a tour of their home.  We removed our shoes before entering.  The home was small and very clean and well organized.

Then we visited DHONK, a women's cooperative.  The women produce and sell crafts. 

The women prepared us lunch and we dined together

We sat next to Akeela at lunch and purchased some of her products.  Lovely lady, she spoke limited English and we spoke even less Hindi.

Then we drove to our next location. Passing through villages.

The shoe cobbler

The barber shop

We arrived at our camp, our home for the night, individual permanent tents with electricity and private bathrooms

Before dinner, the local farmers provided entertainment.  The farmers chant and dance in thanks for the harvest.

And lessons!

Another great and interesting day in India.

Day 9 - Ranthambore National Park

After an early breakfast, 5:30, we boarded the canter, a safari truck, and headed to the Park.

We were fortunate to see the Royal Bengal Tiger in the morning and in the afternoon.

We saw crocodile, sambar, Langur monkeys, spotted deer, wild boar, kingfisher . . .

Spotted deer

Wild boar

Scenery

Scenery

Scenery, white egret

Tiger

A little dusty out there.

We came back to the hotel about 10:30, took a shower to get the dust off.  Lunch at 12:30.  Then at 2:30  we headed out for a second expedition.

The canter, our transportation into the Park

Huge deer eating in the middle of a pond

Crocodile on a rock

The Tiger

The tiger was amazing and so close.

Lots of peacocks

We gave 3 ladies a ride from the Fort back to town.  They sang songs for us and then we sang a song for them.

Our Naturalist Guide -thanks to him we saw the tigers today. 

A terrific day.  Tomorrow we go to a village and meet the locals.  Also, we are going to a school to meet the school  children and give them the 3 soccer balls we brought along with us.