Painting with slow exposure
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
One-second exposure at ISO 80
It should be obvious by now, that I’m a bit obsessed with Christmas lights. No blue, because that circuit burned out.
Tags: christmas, decorations, delhi, festive, holiday, india, lights, shenanigans, yule
The lights of Port Blair
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
One-second exposure of the bay at Port Blair.
It’s painfully slow, but the Internet has followed me at least as far as Port Blair. I take a ferry from this lush, green, ramshackle burg tomorrow morning to an isolated beach. We’ll see if the Web comes along. (My phone however doesn’t work. Same carrier as the cell modem, but no signal.)
The above is a long exposure after sundown of the sea wall of Port Blair. Nothing stellar, but I like the “texture” of the water.
Tags: andaman and nicobar, beach, india, internet, islands, light, photography, port blair, remote
I like trains
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
Everyone is on a journey
Readers of this blog know of my enjoyment of train travel.
I also like train stations. Everybody is headed somewhere; even the average Joe or Jane has a sense of purpose, of direction, of momentum, of excitement, of longing to be there. Continue reading this entry » » »
Tags: calcutta, delhi, howrah, india, photography, tourism, train
Old money
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That's 11 cents I won't get back
The five rupee note is rare. This one, which I pulled randomly from my pocket, is in particularly bad shape.
Tags: delhi, india, money, old, photography, rupee
Essentials: eggs, vegetables and cell-phone minutes
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under madagascar
Traveling today, so here’s a Madagascar flashback:
Bare necessities: food and communication
In Tolagnaro, if you’re not a farmer, if you don’t fish, if you don’t work at the Rio Tinto mine, you probably have a small market stall.
Tags: economy, emerging nations, food, ft dauphin, madagascar, market, photography, poverty, shopping
Because I like the light
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
14th-century light
Tags: delhi, history, india, lodi gardens, monuments, photography
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
My budget hotel room in Paharganj needed a little color; a home/party decorations shop in Khan Market that has gone completely Christmas-themed was happy to assist. If I weren’t leaving Delhi in two days (and it weren’t so environmentally unfriendly), I would have bought a six-foot fake tree, too.
Unfortunately, after one evening, the blue, red and gold lights had all crapped out. I sucked it up and went back to purchase another strand today. I’ll be more gentle this time.
I’m praying that as I’m traveling through the holidays, wherever I stay has at least as one electrical outlet. Perhaps I can decorate a palm tree.
‘Tis the season.
Tags: christmas, holiday, india, lights, photography, shenanigans, shopping
Holiday Special: Get a post card from far away…
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
Friends and readers:
I’ve been far more in touch with life back home (to the point of disrupting my sleep schedule) than I thought I would be. But as I depart Tuesday for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which officially will be the most remote I’ve ever been, it’s entirely possible that I will be abandoning electronic communication for a while.
As such, now begins the 2009 Mazaa Post Card Bindaas Giveaway. Limited time only. I promise everyone who sends me their address now will receive a wicked cool post card at some point in the near future.*
Send them via e-mail: ajadhav@gmail.com. Include an update on you and yours. (To qualify, you must do so, even if you already have previously.)
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Tags: andaman and nicobar, beach, communication, conservation, emerging nations, environment, islands, remote, rural, shenanigans
Of beaches and elephants
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
Since I read about the Andaman and Nicobar Islands almost eight years ago during my first backpacking trip in India, they’ve been third from the top on my list of destinations. I knocked off No. 1 (Cuba, and specifically Havana) and No. 2 (Madagascar) this year, so I’m going for the hat trick.
I leave next Tuesday via overnight train to Calcutta. From Calcutta, I fly to Port Blair, once home to the prison used by the British for undesirables during the heady years leading up to Independence.
I’ll be there for almost four weeks roaming about; I plan to return to the mainland by ship, a three- to four-day journey.
I’ve got a full list of story ideas to pursue, some of which will almost certainly be jettisoned once I feel the siren call of island life.
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Tags: andaman and nicobar, beach, development, economy, emerging nations, india, islands, journalism, port blair, shenanigans, tourism, tsunami, wildlife
Big Indian snot-nosed cow
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india
The bastard sneezed on me. As I was framing this picture.
Tags: cows, economy, gai-wallah, india, photography, shenanigans, wildlife
