The end

By his total uncounciousness, imprudence, and absolute lack of common sense, Joe Puertollano died on April, 6th, 2008, smashed by a male elephant in musth. Yesterday his body was burnt in a funerary pyre and, following the hinduism rites, his ashes were dipersed into the waters of Intty river and so now his soul is ready for reencarnation. Rest in Peace Joe. PD.- This entry has been written by his close friend Mark Anguila and the photo above is the last one found on its N-93 device. Hopefully Joe had achieved his work and his postume book "About men and elephants" will be avaliable in libraries by the end 2008.

Elephant Hotel

At Guruvayur (Kerala) 3 stars hotel. 64 single rooms for elephants. With toilet and running water. Some with roof and some not. All booked por the next three years.

Las fiestas del pueblo

No farta de na en las fiestas de Attaly (Northern Kerala): charangas, comparsas, orquestas, gigantes y cabezudos. Atencion: 3 mnts video, pls see & listen

Elephant jam

Sometines cars are not the only responsible of jams.

Elephant Road

One elephant sustains the world on the top of his back and brings abondance and streght and that's why you find them everywhere around India: in the markets and street, in homes, buses, temples and offices, painted, sculpted or carved in stone, wood, paper, gold and silver.

Urban India

I've tried but I can not. Indian megacities (with more that 10 million people and all of them in the streets) are too strong for me, and everytime I come in (Mumbay, Chennay, Hyderabad...) I can not stand more than two o three days of this torture: hot, crowds, pollution, noise, traffic jams over and over... and then, more crowds, more hot, more pollution and more noise and I have to go away. In the video, any city, at anytime during the day, in any corner or any street. So It is time to see my elephants again....

Rural India

Is seems that Indian rulers have not forgotten rural areas (just opossite to China which does not care about their peassants) and after visiting 5 states in the south I have seen in most villages, electrity, running water, draining system, public ilumination, brick and toiled houses, dispensaries and well fournished schools with all pupils wearing uniforms and shoes. India advances. In the video you'll see a market that could take place in any village of the south.

The King and the Vission

In a cloudy day, october, 760 AC King Krishna I Rashtrakaputa, leading an army of 3000 armed elephants and 45.000 soldiers, stood before a granate hill in Ellora and shouted: !I have seen it in my dreams: inside this mountain is our palace! But the palace was not there and the King made it to carv. And we can see it still here: brought up from the pure rock; twice bigger and higher than Parthenon in Athens: Sourrounded by long galleries, sculpted, painted and carved: with two stupas and one temple: and Hall of Columns and Audicences with open windows to the plains. Inmense. Is worth to visit Kailasa.

Impressive Ajanta

500 kms north of Hyderabar, hanging over a river's horseshoe cliffs for more than a millenium, is Ajanta, a hidden place were boudisth monks and shadus came for praying, painting, scuplting and carving. Something courious: If inside the caves (monasteries in fact) yo say Ommm o Ummm, there is echo, a tin echo, for the rest, no echo at all.

Black eyes everywhere

I'm not used to be sourounded all the time by these myriads of back eyes. Some are darts, others are arrows, some attractive, some misterious and some sweet and even harmness.