Monday 7 February 2011

Chand Baori

Built back in the 10th century, the incredible well of Chand Baori, India was a practical solution to the water problem in the area. The arid climate forced the locals to dig deep for a dependable water source, one that would last throughout an entire year. Chand Baori well is 30 meters deep, it has 13 floors and 3,500 steps.


13 comments:

  1. This was in that one movie The Fall.

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  2. I haven't watched it, Ben. Any good?

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  3. Amazing. I'm wondering if there was a little political embelishment. A simple shaft, and lifting system would have done the same thing.

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  4. sod falling down that...i would love to go there and exercise though

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  5. Buy me a ticket for the stairlift!

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  6. pic n° 2 after the link looks like a drawing by Escher. I'd feel scared there (cuz no bars or pubs halfway)

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  7. Yep, Peter, it does a bit. You walk up it sideways but I'm still taking the chairlift. Reminds of the Tomb Raider game.

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  8. still better to visit that, than their "tower of silence"
    (look it up, look it up)

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  9. i'd gladly go for a sky burial, me.
    one has to die, so why not give your body back to nature : 5000 years ago it was always that way
    (sky burial is a little bit diff than tower of silence)
    animals have rights too (if that means eating me : why not)

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  10. ... blow up doll ????
    :-)))

    some "private" crap

    know this one ?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpGqOJf9fRc

    his new one is on its way
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXrAOKoub9E

    (& he plays cologne may 1st)
    :-)))

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  11. never heard of him before, not bad.

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