Garstin’s Folly - Gol Ghar (Round House), Patna, India
Image from Flickr is by Bravim Arase
Image from Panoramio is Aditya narayan
Image Source: Google Earth
This blog is about the lesser known but beautiful, wonderful, huge, unique and sometimes bizarre places around the World. Started on January 1, 2009, it is an outcome of my association with Google Earth Community, which I joined in July 2006. Since then I have been regularly flying to almost all the corners of WWW (Whole Wide World) and have virtually adopted the age old motto - Perfect time to see the World is after retirement.
Google Earth Community Forum is full of information which ranges from, but not limited to; history, geography, nature, environment, architecture, military, transportation, beliefs, festivals, huge, unique, bizarre items, current happenings etc etc.
My favourite section in the Community is "Fun and Games" - in which members post riddles and puzzles on almost all subjects and generally give hints for searching and locating the relevant places and or events on Google Earth. I have made several hundred posts in this forum and must have solved about the same number, though several were beyond my grasp. Believe me it is not easy to solve these riddles - Finding the answer is 90% perspiration (research) and 10% inspiration but it is pure 100% joy and sense of exhilaration.
This forum provides a stimulus to my brain and keeps it active. I strongly recommend this for those who have time and penchant for solving puzzles, but a word of warning – it is highly addictive.
My travels around the World are not limited to Fun and Games only, however many of the places being covered in this travelogue were found as a result of my researches for making posts in Fun and Games or trying to solve the riddles given therein.
The Original Google Earth Community was frozen by Google in April 2015 and finally killed in April 2019. However the dedicated moderators of the defunct Original GEC created a new Board for the GEC enthusiasts and the new Community is known as "Google Earth Community Forums". This new community continues to function as the old GEC but is independent of google.com
Image from Flickr is by Bravim Arase
Image from Panoramio is Aditya narayan
Image Source: Google Earth
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2 comments:
I am lead to believe that i am one of Capt John Garstin's ancestors and plan to visit India for the first time,this Christmas
If time allows i plan to visit this spectacle? How on earth did he put he door inward opening?
Perhaps too much alcohol in the officers mess ?
Oct 30th 2010
Sean Garstin
Nairobi Kenya
www.seangarstinmotors.com
Hi Sean
I think you meant 'descendent' and not 'ancestor'. Looks like a typo error.
If you visit the Folly, do take some picture. I will include it here.
In case you are planning to visit Lucknow, you can contact me by e-mail. I will be happy to meet you.
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