Diu Part 2: Diu town and beaches

Vines and carved rocks, outside Diu Town

Beach

By the beach

Wood carved Saint

Jain stone carving

Church on All Saints Day

Bird and Cannon, Diu Fort

Lizard, Diu Fort

Cross, Diu Town

Wood carving on a balcony, Diu Town

Diu part 1-Shrines and Vanakbara

Diu is a small island off the southern coast of Gujarat. The main town is on the eastern side, with smaller villages and beaches all around the island. Below are pictures of shrines made for men who died at sea and a visit to Vanakbara, a fishing village on the far western side of the island. Ganesh
Inside a Shrine

Shrines

On the docks, Vanakbara

Net makers

Loading the nets

Old boat

New boat

Girnar Hill

Outside of Junagadh, Girnar Hill's 10,000 steps are climbed by Hindu and Jain pilgrims for the magnificent temples at the top. The surrounding forests are supposedly also home to Asiatic Lions. Dan and I ended up helping to carry down an older woman whose legs couldn't take it any more (picture below). Playing monkeys
Temples

The three peaks, each housing a temple

Pilgrims

Temple at the top

Temples from above (the largest one is a very impressive Jain temple)

Pilgrims, the lady on the far left needed help getting down.

Pilgrims

Junagadh

Makabara, final resting place of some nawabs
Goat and graves

Parrot inside the Jama Masjid, an ancient mosque in the Junagadh Fort

Stone carvings in the ancient buddhist caves

A stepwell in the Junagadh Fort

Dan and I with our new friend Vijay. Don't we look happy?

Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary

Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary, outside of Jamnagar, contains both salt and freshwater marshland. It is home to flamingoes, herons, egrets, cranes, hawks, and many many smaller birds.

Freshwater Marsh


Spider

Bird footprint

Dead fish and dragonfly

Bulbul in saltwater marsh, cranes and flamingoes in the background

Weaver nests

Kutch part 4, Than

Than is a monestary sitting below a hill with a temple close to the border with Pakistan. There is only one monk currently living there. We got there after dark and worked our way through a crowd of cows and slept in the room for pilgrims. The next day we walked up the hill to the temple there. On top of the hill my camera broke, so no more pictures until after Ahmedebad. View from the guest room
Ganesh

Top of the building, early morning

Parrots on a loudspeaker

Writing on the walls

Frog

Figure on the temple

View from the top

Kutch part 3

Our second trip to the villages around Bhuj. Girl, Birendiera

Children, Drobana

Double Flute, Drobana

Children, Khavda




3 Generations, Khavda