{"id":4550,"date":"2010-08-03T23:33:08","date_gmt":"2010-08-03T18:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/?p=4550"},"modified":"2010-08-04T10:49:09","modified_gmt":"2010-08-04T05:19:09","slug":"august-newsletter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/august-newsletter-2.html","title":{"rendered":"August Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"

India Travel Blog Newsletter is sent approximately once a month (sometimes less frequently), summarizing the previous month\u2019s activity and giving a glimpse of the coming month on the website. Subscribe to the newsletter by keying in your email address in the box on the top of the sidebar. Here is a copy of this month\u2019s newsletter, dispatched today.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hello,<\/p>\n

Here is the August edition of India Travel Blog Newsletter, bringing you a summary of major stories on the blog in last two months and an insight into stories that you will get to read in the coming days. Below is a quick look at the contents of the newsletter.<\/p>\n

1. Desktop Calendar
\n2. Stories from Ladakh (Pangong Tso and Tso Moriri)
\n3. Thrissur Pooram
\n4. Wildlife images from Kanha
\n5. Monsoon stories 5. Buying photo prints for your wall<\/p>\n

Calendar.<\/strong> August 2010 desktop calendar features a portrait of Sambar Deer from Kanha National Park. Download the image at 1280×800 or 1024×768 as a desktop wallpaper calendar<\/a> for this month.<\/p>\n

Bike Ride to Pangong Tso.<\/strong> The main feature story of June-July was on a difficult bike ride from Leh to Pangong Tso, during which my bike broke down once. I had great difficulty crossing a rogue stream and riding on bad roads. Yet, the fabulous views of the lake was worth all that trouble. Read the six-part series on the Bike Ride to Pangong Tso<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tso Moriri.<\/strong> Tso Moriri is another beautiful large lake in Ladakh. Read about the first impressions on the lake in an ongoing series of posts.<\/p>\n

1. Arriving at Tso Moriri<\/a>
\n2. The first impression<\/a>
\n3. Images of Tso Moriri<\/a><\/p>\n

In August, look out for stories on a monastic festival at Tso Moriri, where I saw high spirited Ladakhis hanging out watching the monks perform mask dances.<\/p>\n

Images from Kanha.<\/strong> I spent a few days in Kanha National Park this summer, just before the park was about to close for monsoons. I have been posting images of birds and animal life from the national park. See them all here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Images of Thrissur Pooram.<\/strong> Thrissur Pooram is a grand celebration involving a large procession of elephants, held every summer in April-May. See images of this year’s Thrissur Pooram<\/a> celebration.<\/p>\n

Monsoon Stories on India Travel Blog.<\/strong> If you are looking for some travel ideas for for the monsoon months, see this post on a compilation of all that is ever posted on India Travel Blog about the monsoons<\/a> so far.<\/p>\n

Buying photo prints for your wall.<\/strong> Now you can order prints of all images posted on India Travel Blog so far and get it delivered at your doorstep. The images will be printed on one a very high quality printer using imported paper. You can also opt to get it framed. If you are looking for something beautiful to hang on your living room wall, go here and request for prints<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This year, Ladakh has been seeing a huge surge in number of visitors, thanks to the resounding success of the movie ‘Three Idiots’. This mountain region will continue to be the focus on India Travel Blog, though it will be mixed with several other features. In the next month, I will be posting stories from Tso Moriri, several images from my recent trips and posts from Kerala and Kanha National Park. Do drop by to read more stories. Now you can also see a series of posts on Ladakh<\/a> on one page.<\/p>\n

Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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