Asia Nature and Culture Destinations!

Old Jan 18th, 2012, 08:56 PM
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Asia Nature and Culture Destinations!

Here is our family travelogue for our Asian travels. We tend to be adventure and eco-oriented but there is some culture thrown in for good measure too! Enjoy

http://cokesmithphototravel.com/Asia.html
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Old Jan 20th, 2012, 01:09 AM
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Wonderful pics great blog thanks!
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Old Jan 20th, 2012, 03:10 PM
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Fabulous photos! Thanks for sharing. What lens were you using, and how much photo gear did you haul to get all of these great shots?

Tiger park tours look a maybe little too civilized/staged and crazy for me with all of that emphasis on solely spotting a tiger. Perhaps we are spoiled in the US with all of the wide open national parks. Granted they don't have these exotic animals, but they are not as overrun with hordes of crazy tourists as I've read are visitors in some of the Indian parks.

For overall interest topographically and for a scenic mix of flora and fauna, which were your favorite parks? Which had the most interesting surroundings or roads to get to them? And, which were the most scenic or interesting to be in even without wildlife viewing? We like nature and are perhaps just as interested in overall ambience.

Once again--great pics!

I've thought perhaps about Kaziranga and Chambal River suiting us, but the others might be of interest too.
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Nice photos! I hope a great trip. I'd love to visit places soon.
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***Wonderful *** travelogue and photos , Cokesmith. Compliments to Som as well!.

Re: the caption "jogging ass"--LOL That suites lots of humans i know!
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Coke, off topic (and a different continent) but WOWWWWW. I just read your Rwanda travelogue.
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Same - Sign me up.
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Julies - Yes I know what you mean. The crowds can sure take away from the wildlife experience. Sometimes it cannot be avoided. India is bad at times, but I've had the same type of "pile-up" wildlife viewing experiences in many countries, including the states. A bear in Yellowstone can cause a major grid lock... But if you have the correct guide (see my blog for links), then you can maximise your quality wilderness time much more than if you went with a canned tour.

We tend to be pretty equipment heavy on our trips - about 30-40kg of camera gear. But the images are worth it! There are times in the field I just dread lifting that lens but the payoff is good...I use canon pretty much exclusively. Log on to the Pbase links on our blog and you will see exactly what I used and how I even set up each image - f-stop, speed, mag, etc etc. Pbase has it all recorded so if you see an image you like, you can see what it took to take it...

As for the parks in India. I really loved Bandhavgar. Kanha in the morning was always amazing. After convincing our guides that we were not ONLY interested in tigers, we actually got to experience the wilderness much much better and really got to see the solitude of these amazing places. Kaziranga ia great too. IT all depends on timing and your guide...and of course luck does come in play too...
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Calinurse - Thanks for reading! YEs the Rwanda trip was not one I will ever forget...
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Rwanda. WOW. Gobsmacking. I'm reeling. Tremendous. Amazing.
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30 - 40 k of camera equipment! No wonder your photos are so great! I know that equipment does not make the photographer, but it definitely helps to have the right tools.
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