India/Nepal bird pics

Nothing unusual - and I didn't get a photo of everything I saw:

Minah birds and black kites at The Raj Ghat

Rose-ringed parakeets at a station.

Umm - ducks? Geese?

Black drongo - hotel garden in Agra

Egret - Intermediate, I think - Chitwan

Indian pond heron - Chitwan

Asian openbill - Chitwan

Possible peregrine against the dawn - Chitwan

Kestrel - Chitwan

Lesser Adjutant - Chitwan

Black ibis - Chitwan

Heron, right at the limit of my zoom - Chitwan

Lots of birds seen but not photographed: check back for a list if you're interested.

Kathmandu - Wednesday 9th November

Final day - early start  tomorrow to get 2 flights home to cold, miserable England.

Flew from Pokhara this morning after a 4:30 start to go up a mountain to see the sunrise.

OK - I didn't actually go up the mountain, but I did see the sunrise over Annapurna.

The 'pointy' mountain is called 'Fish Tail' in English, has never been climbed and never will be as it is a holy mountain.

Everest

Just pictures.
I did see a Yeti.

Perfect weather.

Rodney prepares for his flight to Everest

Mount Everest

Jack - sort of - with Everest in the background

Rodney and the Himalayas

If it's Thursday - I must be flying

Too many flights :-(

Kajaharo - Varanasi (used to be called Benares) - Tuesday
Varanasi - Delhi (Yesterday)
Delhi - Kathmandu (Today)
Tomorrow (Friday) - flight over Everest -YAY!!!
Saturday - Kathmandu - Chitwan

There's another one - Pokhara - Kathmandu
And finally Kathmandu - Delhi - Heathrow.

I doubt I'll be flying anywhere again any time soon.

Saturday 29th Agra

OK - still no pix most mostly because my brain has ceased to function.

I promise pix on the morrow when there shall be free time to faff about.

I have been to a mosque, the Raj Ghat and a tomb.

Mostly Rodney was left at the hotel because I couldn't trust him to behave.

After Delhi we drove to Agra and had fun in a traffic jam at a toll booth wherein various persons crashed into other persons (a car kiss) and wielded hockey sticks.

Agra had ground to a pre-Diwali standstill by the time we arrived, but I have finally managed to get some rupees which I'll probably waste on tourist tat.

Oh - and I have photos of elephants walking down the road in Delhi.

October 28th

Don't ask about the flight.

No pix @ the mo - limited wifi access.

Arrive Delhi: 0930 local time having had about 5 seconds 'sleep'

Leave airport 1100

Drive through traffic to see mosque with very tall tower. Arrive at 12:30

Stay and take some pictures of squirrels and a female minah bird. Leave at 1330

See small Asian mongoose whilst stuck in traffic.

Arrive in Delhi hotel at 1645. Wrong room. Change room. Find wifi. Have cool bath (the coolth was not my choice.) This is supposedly a 5* establishment. I am now going to attempt to find some food.

Rodney preparing for his adventures;

I thought I'd hidden the gin! Rather a lot seems to have evaporated.