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The Vagator beach located near Mapusa Road, North Goa and 22 km far from the state capital Panaji is less crowded and isolated compared to other Goan beaches. It boasts of pure white sand, doted with black lava rocks and swaying coconut and palm trees and lies within the backdrop of the 500-year-old Portuguese Fort and takes the visitors down the memory lane depicting the Old Portuguese era. Vagator's broad white sandy beach - Big Vagator Beach also known as "Little Vagator" is undeniably beautiful and offers picturesque vista with the red ramparts of Chapora Fort.
With the daylight dropping off so early now that we're well and truly into winter season it gives way for some really nice silhouette shots.
This one appears to have managed a quick sneaky visit into Explore at #479.
1. __EL PERXET ( EL PORTAL)__, 2. __CASTILLO DE CULLA__
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"MUCHAS GRACIAS A TODOS POR VUESTRAS VISITAS AMABLES COMENTARIOS Y FAVORITAS"
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Lại thèm về đây làm cốc cafe với tô cháo lòng, đánh 1 ván bài chòi nghe đọc thơ xem bói...
Explored #352
we hold on to the things that are comfortable
its so hard to let go and do something dangerous
the same old patterned days lay ahead
when will they be different?
Sinharaja Forest Reserve is a national park and a biodiversity hotspot in Sri Lanka. It is of international significance and has been designated a Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
The hilly virgin rainforest, part of the Sri Lanka lowland rain forests ecoregion, was saved from the worst of commercial logging by its inaccessibility, and was designated a World Biosphere Reserve in 1978 and a World Heritage Site in 1988. The reserve's name translates as Kingdom of the Lion.
The reserve is only 21 km (13 mi) from east to west, and a maximum of 7 km (4.3 mi) from north to south, but it is a treasure trove of endemic species, including trees, insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.
Because of the dense vegetation, wildlife is not as easily seen as at dry-zone national parks such as Yala. There are about 3 elephants and the 15 or so leopards are rarely seen. The most common larger mammal is the endemic Purple-faced Langur.
An interesting phenomenon is that birds tend to move in mixed feeding flocks, invariably led by the fearless Greater Racket-tailed Drongo and the noisy Orange-billed Babbler. Of Sri Lanka's 26 endemic birds, the 20 rainforest species all occur here, including the elusive Red-faced Malkoha, Green-billed Coucal and Sri Lanka Blue Magpie.
Reptiles include the endemic Green pit viper and Hump-nosed vipers, and there are a large variety of amphibians, especially tree frogs. Invertebrates include the endemic Common Birdwing butterfly and the inevitable leeches.
(Wikipedia)
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Sinharaja national park was another delight of our Sri Lanka adventure - a dense tropical rainforest which we explored on foot. So many things to see there!
أعدك بِ أنني سـَ أستمر بإلتزام الصَمت
لن أعاتبك بشي .. لنْ أجادلك !
فقط سَـ أرآك تفعل ماتشاء :)
أعلم بِ أنك تستغرب صمتي ..
لستْ بِ قاسي !
ولست بِ شخص لا مبالي !
ولست بِ شخص لا يحبك !
كل مافي الأمر :
[ لن تكون أحن عليّ من نفسي !! ]
فـ لغة الصمت لا يفهمها إلا من خابت جميع توقعاته :") </3
The boundary wall of Golkonda Fort - Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
IN FLICKR EXPLORE ON 03-09-2013.
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Golkonda, a ruined city of south-central India and capital of ancient Kingdom of Golkonda (c. 1364–1512), is situated 11 km west of Hyderabad.
The most important builder of Golkonda was a Kakatiya King. Ibrahim was following in the spirit of his ancestors, the Qutub Shahi kings, a great family of builders who had ruled the kingdom of Golkonda from 1512. Their first capital, the fortress citadel of Golkonda, was rebuilt for defense from invading Mughals from the north. They laid out Golkonda's splendid monuments, now in ruins, and designed a perfect acoustical system by which a hand clap sounded at the fort's main gates, the grand portico, was heard at the top of the citadel, situated on a 300-foot (91 m)-high granite hill. This is one of the fascinating features of the fort.
They ruled over the Telangana region and some parts of present day Karnataka and Maharashtra.
According to a legend, the fort derives its name from Golla conda, which is a Telugu word for Shepherd's Hill. It is believed that a shepherd boy came across an idol on the hill. This led to the construction of a mud fort by the then Kakatiya dynasty ruler of the kingdom around the site.
After the collapse of the Bahmani Sultanat, Golkonda rose to prominence as the seat of the Qutb Shahi dynasty around 1507. Over a period of 62 years the mud fort was expanded by the first three Qutb Shahi kings into a massive fort of granite, extending around 5 km in circumference. It remained the capital of the Qutb Shahi dynasty until 1590 when the capital was shifted to Hyderabad. The Qutb Shahis expanded the fort, whose 7 km outer wall enclosed the city. The state became a focal point for Shia Islam in India, for instance in the 17th century Bahraini clerics, Sheikh Ja`far bin Kamal al-Din and Sheikh Salih Al-Karzakani both emigrated to Golkonda.
The city and fortress are built on a granite hill that is 120 meters (400 ft) high and is surrounded by massive crenelated ramparts. The beginnings of the fort date to 1143, when the Hindu Kakatiya dynasty ruled the area. The Kakatiya dynasty were followed by the state of Warangal, which was later conquered by the Islamic Bahmani Sultanat. The fort became the capital of a major province in the Sultanate and after its collapse the capital of the Qutb Shahi kings. The fort finally fell into ruins after a siege and its fall to Mughal emperor Aurangazeb.
The Qutb Shahi sultanate lasted until its conquest by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in 1687. The fortress held out against Aurangzeb for nine months, falling to the Mughals through treachery.
Source : Wikipedia
Esses bulbos ficam adormecidos durante o inverno e na primeira chuva da primavera as flores aparecem em profusão. É conhecida como rain lily, zephyr lily e fairy lily.
Love exploring with my sweet heart!!
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Hey folks!
This is a photo I did some time ago of one of my favorite cars, the Porsche Carrera GT.
By the way, I created a new signature, what do you think about it?
Explored: Jan 31, 2012 #181
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This summer my friend and I decided to just drive around see if we'd find anything interesting to photograph. We were just going along when we came across this random castle and I knew I had to stop and get a picture. Instead of just taking a simple picture of it I decided to make it a little "unique" by creating a filter using my sunglasses. I felt like it would give it the feeling as if you were seeing the castle from my point of view.
Explore--> Dec 12, 2009 # 327
Usain Bolt is one of the three puppies of Moka and Jack Bauer born on November 21st 2009.
He is a Lagotto Romagnolo breed, truffle hunter.
This is a dog specialised in finding truffles on any type of ground whatever, the only breed recognised as having this ability. It is an ancient breed for retrieving from water,known from the 16th Century in Italy.
animal.discovery.com/videos/dogs-101-lagotto-romagnolo.html
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Update:
Usain Bolt crossed the Rainbow Bridge on Sept 1st 2012. He was hit by the postwoman car in front of our house. She said she didn't notice that she had run over the dog.......
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An experiment with my new Olympus macro lens. Flowers courtesy of my brother and family. I told my brother the day before this shot that I wasn't intending to do macro's of flies eyes or flowers with it and hoped to do something different... Oh well!
for Our Daily Challenge topic - 'Dutch angle'
my 385th photo to make it into Explore. Thank you everyone !
Explored! #175 on June 24th 2010
Today was a day of house cleaning, file organizing, laundry doing, and random editing for some of my recent clients.
This was not client work, just a shot from memorial day when I went to a BBQ at my good friend Joey Ambrose's house. This is his beautiful pup "Dakota" and yes her tongue always goes to that side!
Strobarino:
AB 1600 in a beauty dish
Cybersyncs
Sun as Rim
Vagabond II
Explore #107 Thanks friends!
Hi friends, please pray for Levi, my grandson. He had very bad asthma today and turned blue. The ambulance, 5 paramedics, and 5 police caars came today.....I'm thankful for the county I live it, they responded quickly and he was breathing better. His mom has him at the doctor right now. The pollen is really making him sick.
Thank you for your prayers!
I shot this this morning when he was feeling well. I loved the light on his back....I never intended to upload this one but it seemed a good way to request prayer!
Vive le Printemps ...
Merci pour vos passages sur les vues, favoris et commentaires .
Thanks all for the views, favs and comments, very appreciated.
I'm so sorry about the abandonment of flickr... I'm so busy at college... I have no time for anything! And no have inspiration too... I'm so sad about that..