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[nimeshshingala]

Darsh(nimesh jr) on the London Eye

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[nimeshshingala]

Darsh standing next to the Great Mahatma Gandhiji at Madame Tussaud

 

[nimeshshingala]

this is the way my son goes to school in the winter time in ottawa

 

[DrGarfield]

oh poor kid! or should I say he is born in there and so is a Snowy tough guy! The kid´s cute!

 

[rxgal8]

Ok, here are some pictures I took during summer in London. They came out huge; I couldn't make them smaller so hopefully this works.
For once, the sky was clear...it's usually foggy and cloudy

This picture was taken from our boat in Thames: WWII ships


This is the London eye:


Pictures I took from the London eye:








Photobucket is really good and easy to use

 

[priyanka]

this is the way my son goes to school in the winter time in ottawa

OMG CHOO CHWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET

*pinch cheeks*

 

[DrGarfield]

do something about the huge sizes of the pics- use windows photo editor or Adobe photoshop and resize them!

 

[nimeshshingala]

OMG CHOO CHWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET

*pinch cheeks*

thanks priyanka
the winter in canada can be tough especially for people like us who have come from Bombay.
but the kids have amazing capacity to adjust very quickly and yeah!! they just love the snow........

 

[sunny123]

Ok, here are some pictures I took during summer in London. They came out huge; I couldn't make them smaller so hopefully this works.
For once, the sky was clear...it's usually foggy and cloudy

This picture was taken from our boat in Thames: WWII ships


This is the London eye:


Pictures I took from the London eye:








Photobucket is really good and easy to use

Very nice pics rxgal!

 

[saffronrain]

wow great pics!! london seems to be an amazing place.. i only wish i could go one day.

 

[Premedtomed]

thanks priyanka
the winter in canada can be tough especially for people like us who have come from Bombay.
but the kids have amazing capacity to adjust very quickly and yeah!! they just love the snow........

Yeah cute boy

 

[DrGarfield]

So here you get a dose of Northern India- the Lower Himalayas

Enjoy!

VaishnoDevi Temple

Shalimar Garden- Shrinagar- Kashmir

Frozen River Jhelum- Kashmir

Peak of K2- Kanchanjungha

 

[nimeshshingala]

bhavin(dr garfield)

 

[nimeshshingala]

mount mary church in Bandra-mumbai

 

[nimeshshingala]

Marine Drive From Oberoi Towers

Marine Drive as seen From Hanging Gardens

 

[nimeshshingala]

 

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[sunny123]

Great pics Garfield and Nimesh

Spring has finally emerged from underneath the ground here in Toronto, I'll post some spring pics soon.

 

[farleyisgod]

This seems like the Juhu that my dad always reminisces about.

 

[nimeshshingala]

Hawa Mahal -Jaipur, India

Built in 1799 by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh, Hawa Mahal is the most stunning sight in the city of Jaipur. The palace, part of a huge complex, overlooks one of Jaipur's main streets and was originally constructed to offer women of the court a vantage point, behind stone-carved screens, from which to watch the activities taking place in the bazaar and the surrounding streets. This five-story, pyramid-shaped structure is made up of small casements, each with tiny windows and arched roofs with hanging cornices, exquisitely modeled and carved. Its façade makes Hawa Mahal look more like a screen than a palace. Its top three stories are just a single room thick but at the base are two courtyards. It is a fifty-foot high thin shield, less than a foot in thickness, but has over 900 niches and a mass of semi-octagonal bays, carved sandstone grills, finials and domes, which give this palace its unique facade

 

[saffronrain]

^ Amazing!!

 

[DrGarfield]

Victoriy Memorial at Calcutta- I guess i have posted this one before, but i´m not gonna go back and check!

St. Josef? church- Calcutta

The graves of the Dutch people in Ahmedabad

 

[nimeshshingala]

lake geneva- switzerland


lake gruyere -switzerland


lake lucerne- switzerland


atetshweld- switzerland

 

[sunny123]

Keep the pics coming guys!!

 

[nimeshshingala]

oberhofen castle


switzerland lake bienne


weisshorn- switzerland


wetterhorn- switzerland


Lake Sils and Silvaplana- Switzerland

 

[nimeshshingala]

 

[DrGarfield]

i also posted some Chennai pics in the Recommendataions wanted thread!

 

[nimeshshingala]

 

[fido!]

hey nimesh, good pics.,dude!keep up the good work!prady!

 

[rxgal8]

Very nice pics rxgal!

wow great pics!! london seems to be an amazing place.. i only wish i could go one day.

Yah...it's beautiful. We all need a vacation, huh (once we're done with school)

 

[nimeshshingala]

paris


eiffel tower


Arc de triumphe


Academic Nationale De Musique


Notre Dame Cathedral

 

[nimeshshingala]

Umaid Bhavan Palace

The palace built by Maharaja Umaid Singh who ruled from 1911-47 was the last expression of princely architectural extravaganza during the British Raj. It was in 1925 that Umaid Singh went to London in search of an architect and commissioned the firm of Lancaster and Lodge to build the palace. The foundation stone was laid in 1929 at Chittar Hill- a sight dictated by astrological considerations. "Striking indeed is the impression of romance and dignity which this occasion conveys" said Col. Windham at the time of its inaugaration, adding while addressing the king "It conjures up both a retrospect of the past and a prospect of the future Your Highness."

It took some 3000 people working round the clock some 15 years to complete and ranks as one of the world’s largest residences. The massive structure is also referred to as Chittar-ka-Bangla or Chittar Bungalow. The 347-room building was designed by Henry Lanchester, an understudy of Edwin Lutyens (who designed most of New Delhi) it contains two huge wings separated by a double dome 185 feet tall. The primary entrance to the palace is called the Rajmahal, which contains the traditional Rathore coat-of-arms, bearing the sacred kite, an incarnation of the family goddess. Its symbol is omnipresent in the palace and as a mark of reverence, kite hunting is not allowed in Jodhpur. It houses several banquet halls and ball rooms where the monarch used to entertain his guests (usually European), a billiard hall and an imposing Durbar Hall.

And that’s not all. It has libraries panelled with teak, circular reception halls, magnificent double staircases, marble flooring, a swimming pool embellished with tiles depicting the zodiac. The wings include courtyards, staff offices and zenanas (women’s quarters), a cinema house and opulent royal suites. Suffice to say a visit to the palace will simply knock your breath away. The unique feature of the palace is that it is not mortared at all, but like the Jaisalmer fort it was built out of solid interlocking blocks of stone. The chunks of rock were cut from the Sursagar quarry located 13km away.

During the Second World War even while the structure was unfinished, the palace became a military base for the allied troops. Christmas dinners for the entire military community were organised annually at the palace, with the Jodhpur royals playing a key role in keeping up the morale of the soldiers during the war. When Umaid Singh died in 1947, his son Hanwant Singh became maharaja but he too was killed in a plane crash five years later. While his heir Gaj Singh, who was only four at the time was being educated in England the palace remained unoccupied. One year after Gaj Singh returned to India, the then Prime Minster derecognised the princes and ended their privileges. Initially at a loss as to what to do with the palace, after much dilly-dallying Gaj Singh did what many other princes did as well-coverted his residence into a luxury hotel in 1977. Part of the palace, which was once the audience hall has now been converted into a museum.

 

[sunny123]

Now, that is some Palace NImesh. Very beautiful indeed. And great history lesson too. Did you take those pics of the library?

 

[nimeshshingala]

Now, that is some Palace NImesh. Very beautiful indeed. And great history lesson too. Did you take those pics of the library?

sunny
I got this pics from the internet
Rajasthan is famous for all those palaces built by their past rulers before the independence, now most of them are converted into Five Star Hotels
and yes , little bit of description of the pictures posted makes it more interesting

 

[nimeshshingala]

lake Balaton-sunset


Budapest- Chain Bridge


Budapest-Royal Palace


A small Village in Hungary


Budapest -Parliament


Budapest-opera house

 

[Premedtomed]

sunny
I got this pics from the internet
Rajasthan is famous for all those palaces built by their past rulers before the independence, now most of them are converted into Five Star Hotels
and yes , little bit of description of the pictures posted makes it more interesting

Yeah my brother got married in Udaipur in February . We stayed at Fateh Prakash palace.

Really awesome!!

 

[fido!]

hey nimesh,
those pictures were really breathtaking!

Yeah my brother got married in Udaipur in February . We stayed at Fateh Prakash palace.

Really awesome!!

 

[fido!]

oh!i almost forgot!thanks for the history info!

hey nimesh,
those pictures were really breathtaking!

 

[nimeshshingala]

oh!i almost forgot!thanks for the history info!