RECENT TRIP TO INDIA

VANDOO · 18th September 2008, 01:11 AM

JUST GOT BACK FROM A TOUR TO PART OF INDIA, I MANAGED TO GO TO 2 MUSEUMS THAT HAVE WEAPONS ON DISPLAY BUT TOOK NO PICTURES AS MY CAMERA GAVE OUT ON ME EARLY ON.
1. THE NATIONAL MUSEUM, JANPATH, NEW DELHI INDIA, IT HAS A VARIETY OF WEAPONS ALL DISPLAYED IN A MORE MODERN MUSEUM STYLE. THERE IS NOT A LARGE QUANTITY BUT WHAT IS THERE IS GOOD QUALITY AND INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE EXAMPLES.

2. THE CITY PALACE MUSEUM, JAIPUR INDIA, THIS WAS MY FAVORITE OF THE TWO AS THERE ARE A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF WEAPONS DISPLAYED IN THE OLD MUSEUM STYLE WHERE ALL THE WALLS ARE COVERED AND ITEMS ARE ARRANGED IN PATTERNS. THERE IS NOT A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THE INDIVIDUAL WEAPONS BUT A GREATER VARIETY AND NUMBER OF WEAPONS ON DISPLAY. IT HAS THE LARGEST QUANITY AND VARIETY OF KATAR'S I HAVE SEEN.

I DID NOT SEE ANY OLD WEAPONS FOR SALE JUST A FEW POOR QUALITY TOURIST ITEMS AND A COUPLE OF NEWLY MADE DAGGERS THAT HAD NICE WORKMANSHIP. IT WAS MY FIRST TRIP TO INDIA AND WE VISITED A LOT OF NEAT FORTS SOME QUITE LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE, THE TAJ MAHAL AND THE NEARBY AGRA FORT ARE TRULEY MAGNIFICENT. INDIA IS A COUNTRY OF CONTRASTS FROM THE MAGNIFICENT TO THE MOST DEGRADED AND HORRIBLE. THE PEOPLE MOSTLY SEEM TO BE HAPPY AND THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE COUNTRY LIVE WELL ENOUGH. ITS MOSTLY IN THE CROWDED CITIES WHERE HUMANITY SUFFERS MOST. THE CRAFTSMEN AND ARTISANS DO EXCELLENT WORK I ESPECIALLY LIKED THE STONE CARVINGS IN SANDSTONE AND MARBLE AND THE STONE INLAY WORK. THE WOOD CARVING IS ALSO GOOD BUT THE TOP QUALITY PICES ARE SCARCE AND HIGH PRICED. A FUN AND INTERESTING JOURNEY BUT NOT FOR THE WEAK OF HEART.

18th September 2008, 01:11 AM	#1
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	RECENT TRIP TO INDIA JUST GOT BACK FROM A TOUR TO PART OF INDIA, I MANAGED TO GO TO 2 MUSEUMS THAT HAVE WEAPONS ON DISPLAY BUT TOOK NO PICTURES AS MY CAMERA GAVE OUT ON ME EARLY ON. 1. THE NATIONAL MUSEUM, JANPATH, NEW DELHI INDIA, IT HAS A VARIETY OF WEAPONS ALL DISPLAYED IN A MORE MODERN MUSEUM STYLE. THERE IS NOT A LARGE QUANTITY BUT WHAT IS THERE IS GOOD QUALITY AND INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE EXAMPLES. 2. THE CITY PALACE MUSEUM, JAIPUR INDIA, THIS WAS MY FAVORITE OF THE TWO AS THERE ARE A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF WEAPONS DISPLAYED IN THE OLD MUSEUM STYLE WHERE ALL THE WALLS ARE COVERED AND ITEMS ARE ARRANGED IN PATTERNS. THERE IS NOT A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THE INDIVIDUAL WEAPONS BUT A GREATER VARIETY AND NUMBER OF WEAPONS ON DISPLAY. IT HAS THE LARGEST QUANITY AND VARIETY OF KATAR'S I HAVE SEEN. I DID NOT SEE ANY OLD WEAPONS FOR SALE JUST A FEW POOR QUALITY TOURIST ITEMS AND A COUPLE OF NEWLY MADE DAGGERS THAT HAD NICE WORKMANSHIP. IT WAS MY FIRST TRIP TO INDIA AND WE VISITED A LOT OF NEAT FORTS SOME QUITE LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE, THE TAJ MAHAL AND THE NEARBY AGRA FORT ARE TRULEY MAGNIFICENT. INDIA IS A COUNTRY OF CONTRASTS FROM THE MAGNIFICENT TO THE MOST DEGRADED AND HORRIBLE. THE PEOPLE MOSTLY SEEM TO BE HAPPY AND THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE COUNTRY LIVE WELL ENOUGH. ITS MOSTLY IN THE CROWDED CITIES WHERE HUMANITY SUFFERS MOST. THE CRAFTSMEN AND ARTISANS DO EXCELLENT WORK I ESPECIALLY LIKED THE STONE CARVINGS IN SANDSTONE AND MARBLE AND THE STONE INLAY WORK. THE WOOD CARVING IS ALSO GOOD BUT THE TOP QUALITY PICES ARE SCARCE AND HIGH PRICED. A FUN AND INTERESTING JOURNEY BUT NOT FOR THE WEAK OF HEART.