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Thanks everyone. I never get tired of driving through Banff National Park. Tough to keep your eyes on the road!
 
Following are a selection of pics I took during my recent business trip to Delhi, India.

First, the beautiful hotel I stayed in, the Trident Gurgaon. Highly recommended if anyone is in the area (but not cheap).

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The drive to Agra to see the Taj Mahal started at 5:30am local time last Sunday. It's a 4 to 5 hour drive, with lots to see. This guy, of course, wanted money after I took his picture.

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Inexpensive formwork is used in construction (Glenn should like this). The wet concrete forms on the upper floors of this building are held up entirely with cut tree trunks.

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The next three pics should be familiar. The first one is the main gate to the Taj Mahal gardens.

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India is a land of contrasts and on the way back, we see a few typical street scenes. Motor bikes are a popular means of transportation. This one, carrying three, has room for one more on the gas tank. Don't laugh - I did see one with 4 but was not able to photograph it!

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Bike repair outsided a take-out "restaurant":

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Lunch anyone?

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These pics show the area where our office building is and has been built within the last 10 years. A few shanties still cling to the fringes of this business zone.

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In Delhi on Wednesday, we visited the Cottage Industries Emporium which is housed in this building:

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Within the emporium are many stalls where you can buy all kinds of things made by local craftsmen and businesses. The silver tray is hand engraved and costs about $2400. The chest of drawers was only about $600 and the teak tablea steal at $300.

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On our way back to the hotel, we took a quick drive past the impressive parliament buildings in Delhi.

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Hope you enjoyed the show!
 
Great shots Andy and as you say it's a place of extreme contrasts and to have been to the Taj Mahal, envy, envy, envy.
 
The weather on the 3 hour drive home from Edmonton on Saturday was quite eventful with severe thunder storms about half way. At one point, I just had to pull over to take this snap of a rather neat rainbow at the edge of a massive rain cloud. Unfortunately, it had dissipated a bit by the time I had come to a full stop and pulled the camera out but hopefully you get the gist.
 

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Deserts can be beautiful in thier own right. Thanks for the comments guys. One neat thing about where I live is that we get some spectacular cloud scapes. I'll need to take a batch of shots over the summer and post some day.
 

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