I dream of this place often. I have been there, and I haven’t really been there. Was it the desert planet of Tatooine, or was it closer home, on our very own planet? I remember the Sun shining mercilessly and the winds chilling our bones, especially in the shade, and the magnificent clouds dotting the impossibly blue skies.
This was the day my trip ended, of Ladakh.
One of the many varied and beautiful statues at the Gunung Kawi Sebatu near Ubud in Bali, Indonesia.
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Tiny little green vine snake, at the Abbey Falls, Coorg
A view down low during a coracle ride on the Tungabhadra river.
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From one of the numerous trips to Mahabaleshwar we did six years ago.
It had just rained, and the smell of baked corn coming from the street vendors was making the atmosphere that much more pleasant. We sat down at the vantage point, and kept watching the clouds drift over the peaks.
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The ruins of Hampi paint a picture of a glorious empire. The monkeys add to the charm. This was taken near the Ram-Sita temple next to the Tungabhadra river.
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Flamingoes & an egret from the trip to Sewri Flamingo Point this year.
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Early morning in Old Manali – spotted three travellers walking by our hotel, next to Manaslu river.
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One of the many beautiful beautiful islands we got to see on our last snorkelling trip to Phuket, Thailand.
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Labourers in a paddy field, next to the Backwaters in Kerala, India. The paddy fields around the Backwaters/Alleppey are lower than the water level in the Backwaters, and are kept safe from flooding by a low dam running all around the water body.