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Gems from the City of Pearls

Last weekend saw the family heading slightly up north to Hyderabad, known as the City of Pearls. Check out some gems we saw in our short two days trip...




A major part of our first day was spent at the Ramoji Film City, which holds the Guinness record for being the largest film studio complex in the world...


The 2000 acres film studio has an exhaustive number of scenic places. My favorite were the butterfly park and the bird park...




























The grey crowned crane is such an attractive bird...










The grey crowned crane looks closely related to the black crowned crane but they are different species...

















Carolina Duck...




















Scarlet Ibis...






Oriental Garden Lizard...





Flamingo...


Buddha statue in the middle of Hussain Sagar lake...







Charminar...





  Charminar...


35 comments:

  1. You had an interesting trip and your photos are stunning. I just loved the crowned crane and butterflies! Wishing you a good start to September.

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  2. Such stunning photography I so enjoyed looking at all of your photos. Thank you for sharing with us at #BloggersPitStop.

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  3. That looks a truely amazing place, brilliant photos of the butterflies and birds, its almost like Disney meets India.
    All the very best, Gordon.e

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  4. Your photography is wonderful. Great shots of the Crane! It looks like a fun place to visit. Thank you for linking up today and have a great weekend.

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  5. Wonderful photos! I think my favorite is the family shot with the rings.

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  6. An absolutely awesome post! Everything is amazing!

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  7. I used to stand on one leg and hand wash dishes when I was young; but now my balance is a challenge daily. I always enjoy seeing your photos. See you next week.

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  8. I love the grey crowned Cranes and the butterflies. The carved elephants are amazing too.
    #countrykids

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  9. Hello!:) Spellbinding images, of birds, butterflies, and all the wonderful statues, sculptures, and family photos taken at the film studios. The Grey crowned Crane close ups are fabulous.:)

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  10. Hello, wonderful family photos. I love all the gorgeous butterflies and the birds. The Crane shots are awesome. Beautiful statues. Great collection of photos. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Happy Saturday, enjoy your weekend!

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  11. Lovely photos and what an interesting place to visit. I am very taken with all those pearls and a very glamourous place it looks. There must be a real buzz to the place when filming is taking place. The butterflies and birds are all so colourful too.

    Thank you for sharing with me on #CountryKids

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  12. Beautiful birds and butterflies. Gorgeous pearl photo! Lovely park...I love the statues. How nice to see the shots of your family. The kids are so cute.

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  13. Wow there was a lot to take in here. Gorgeous butterfly shots. - I also like the statue of the Elephants and the one with your little boy and the statue. Such an interesting place. - I enjoyed your post a lot.

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  14. So many beautiful birds and butterflies

    Mollyx

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  15. Wonderful photos. So nice to find out about somewhere different #countrykids

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  16. Such gorgeous images - and that crane is amazing!
    Hoping you'll come by and link up your photos at this week's party. It's the 250th weekly wordless linkup at image-in-ing:
    https://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2017/09/inwardly-gazing-with-monochrome-eyes.html

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  17. Beautiful post and pics. Loved the post.

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  18. So many photos from which to choose...architecture and nature... but spectacular as the cranes and the buildings may be, your family photos are the ones that make me smile!
    Kay
    An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel

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  19. All of your photos are awesome. I love the butterflies the crane! Really I love them all!

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  20. Every photograph is just incredible! Looks like you had an amazing trip. Have a great rest of the week.

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  21. You have such spectacular shots, always. Those butterflies are also found here in our property, though difficult to capture on camera, they are so flighty.

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  22. I have heard of Ramoji Film City. Gorgeous pictures.

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  23. Every one of these butterfly pictures is exquisite - I especially like the one you have of the butterfly in flight. Nice shot!! I also have a soft spot for flamingoes - how do they sleep on only one leg?

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  24. Of course I love that you included photos of your wonderful family to include in your memories. Such amazing photos of all kinds of wildlife...Thank you so much for linking in...Michelle

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  25. It looks like a great time spent in a wonderful place! Nice to see the family along with your gorgeous nature shots.

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  26. I never knew there was a scarlet ibis. Wow....gorgeous. And the crane...is the crown always open or did it display this especially for the photographer [you, I presume]? Excellent.

    What a lovely family. Your portraits are so nice.

    Oh and the film studio? Would I ever LOVE to see that.


    Thanks so much for sharing this post with us all at I'd Rather B Birdin' this week. Wonderful!!!

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  27. That crane took my breath away! Gorgeous. Loved your post.

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