lucknow residency tour. via ganga barrage, periyal, chakalwansi, mohaan
joydeep, ravikiran and dhrupal turning onto the ganga barrage
dawn was breaking
as we crossed
the ganga
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dirt trail right after ganga barrage: shaqeel am varun dhrupal ravi jd. sun rising behind varun near panni village, shankarpur... (click on any image to enlarge)
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bulbul sunrise near basdhana.
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pariyal: dhrupal varun ravi jd shaqeel. varun rode his bike into the bushes at one point, emerging with brambles...
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watering break at pariyar: amit dhrupal varun shaqeel. ravi gunale and shaqeel: eucalyptus road near pawa
threshing the freshly harvested rice.
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sugarcane break: varun dhrupal jd amit shaqeel ravi. some sarus cranes flew by in formation as we were munching sugarcane.
traditional animal power in farming... agriculture in india uses a lot of bullocks and even buffaloes.
a farmer drives his bullock team near pawa, in unnao district, uttar pradesh.
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ravi jd dhrupal varun am: maharajgunj fATak. gaushala temple at maharajgunj. amit on a tower of one of the bridges built by a local raja.
lucknow
as we were entering lucknow, we got caught in a massive jam at a railway crossing in lucknow. after some time, we followed the rest of the two-wheelers and went under the barriers. there we were waiting, right by the tracks, when a couple of policemen cleared the track and the ganga-sutlej express came ripping down at 110kmph...
hungry
and worn-out |
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banquet hall rear. doorways: banquet hall brigade mess: shaqeel
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shaqeel dhrupal: cannon in front of residency museum. residency ruins at rear.
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shaqeel dhrupal. amit dhrupal: residency rear. shaqeel. in the evening, joydeep and i went on a social visit - so we split up. we returned by A/C bus, with the bikes in the luggage rack of a normal a/c bus.
birds
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hoopoe on eucalyptus. hoopoe by the roadside
a little egret foraging in the shallows; seen on the roads before pariyar. a pond heron waiting patiently for his meal to show up.
two bulbuls striking up a morning raga...
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spotted munia on tall grass - picking up reeds for a nest?
route
the route followed was the same as for our march trip ... for upcoming ride info, join our [facebook forum]amit mukerjee Nov 16 2011, for the bumpy trail bicyclists. mukerjee [at] gmail