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it was incredible... some amazing sites and wonderful people...
http://www.80kms.com/photos/v/india/
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i went becoz my wife has been to Nepal twice before... and was keen to go again... but i didnt want to go to Nepal... so India was a comprimise and i couldnt say no any longer to an overseas trip... it was only for a short time, it was a photographic tour, and it fitted in with my time frame (no AU games)... so i had no reason to say no...
as for getting all the photos of the people... it was just a matter of talking to them or just walking around and smiling... a lot of them as you can see just posed for the shots... the general population are really friendly... the monks not so camera friendly...
talking cricket was a great way in... even if they couldnt talk english they all understood Ricky Ponting, Brett Lee and Gilly
as for getting all the photos of the people... it was just a matter of talking to them or just walking around and smiling... a lot of them as you can see just posed for the shots... the general population are really friendly... the monks not so camera friendly...
talking cricket was a great way in... even if they couldnt talk english they all understood Ricky Ponting, Brett Lee and Gilly
http://www.80kms.com/photos/v/india/india641.JPG.html
this was my best photo - according to the instructor... but this was prior to the Taj photos.
this was my best photo - according to the instructor... but this was prior to the Taj photos.
Nice photo - though I prefer landscapes.Thunders wrote:http://www.80kms.com/photos/v/india/india641.JPG.html
this was my best photo - according to the instructor... but this was prior to the Taj photos.
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the girl in the photo is a Tibetan orphan at the Tibetans Childrens Village at Dharamsala... a pretty amazing place.
to me a tree is a tree is a tree... and a mountain is a mountain, they just might be a bit bigger in India
landscapes are good, but it is the people and the culture that is different... hence why i love interacting with the locals and taking photos of people...
one of the guides asked me why i wave to everybody... but everybody seemed to be staring at us... so i would just wave and give a thumbs up and they would have huge smiles... and then when you say Australia or Ricky Ponting, you have a friend for life...
Upper Dharamsala (Mcleod Ganj) is the base for the Dalai Lama and the town itself is a mess... with lots of tourists (hippy type culture) and tourist shops... it reminded me of Hahndorf but with out any bins and with cows roaming the streets... shame really to see such a mess in such a beautiful setting... unsustainable development is ruining the area...
to me a tree is a tree is a tree... and a mountain is a mountain, they just might be a bit bigger in India
landscapes are good, but it is the people and the culture that is different... hence why i love interacting with the locals and taking photos of people...
one of the guides asked me why i wave to everybody... but everybody seemed to be staring at us... so i would just wave and give a thumbs up and they would have huge smiles... and then when you say Australia or Ricky Ponting, you have a friend for life...
Upper Dharamsala (Mcleod Ganj) is the base for the Dalai Lama and the town itself is a mess... with lots of tourists (hippy type culture) and tourist shops... it reminded me of Hahndorf but with out any bins and with cows roaming the streets... shame really to see such a mess in such a beautiful setting... unsustainable development is ruining the area...
Ah yes but people are everywhere....a person is a person is a person..... you do not have to go far to find a person:D
Landscapes are unique and often there is a story involved in getting to the particular landscape - a journey or some kind of risk taken.
Sometimes you can even combine a landscape with persons to get the best of both worlds.
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Landscapes are unique and often there is a story involved in getting to the particular landscape - a journey or some kind of risk taken.
Sometimes you can even combine a landscape with persons to get the best of both worlds.
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awesome picadmin wrote:This is a great photo taken by Thunders.
http://www.80kms.com/photos/v/030306/i0006.jpg.html
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agreed... but talking to a person is easier when you are likely to never see them againadmin wrote:Ah yes but people are everywhere....a person is a person is a person..... you do not have to go far to find a person:D
Landscapes are unique and often there is a story involved in getting to the particular landscape - a journey or some kind of risk taken.
Sometimes you can even combine a landscape with persons to get the best of both worlds.
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food was excellent... the indian food was just same as indian food here but just not sure of how it was prepared and what water was used... played it pretty careful especially when feeling a bit crook which was pretty much the first two weeks.The Kop wrote:How was the food??
Did u have to eat with your hands over there or is that just the locals??
always used knife and fork as that seemed the norm in all the places we ate... didnt mind using hands to polish of a garilc naan after dipping it in the dahl
drank plenty of lemon, ginger and honey tea to try and settle the stomach. Kashmiri Tea is the best though...