Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Monday, May 01, 2006
So...
...right now I'm in Shimla...the posts below are about Dalhousie, Kajjiar and Chamba...read from the bottom up...will make more sense...in the next couple of days will have more on amrisar, and jallianwalia bagh and hopefully, the border stuff...
btw, that email thing: i think i lied...don't think blogger can do it...
btw, that email thing: i think i lied...don't think blogger can do it...
Chamba
From Kajjiar we went on to Chamba. Chamba is quite famous for hosting Aishwarya during the production of Taal. We even had a hotelier trying to tell us she did her yoga facing the sunrise, and all we could hear were the strains of Taal se taal mila...
Just a nice random bridge, now turned pedestrian by the demands of increased traffic (due to Ash?)
We went up to a a place called Jhumar, litterally 1600m straight above Chamba...all along you have these little hamlets of no more than 10 or 15 houses perched on cliff faces. Quite surreal. (and the pic looks wishy washy cos it was from a moving bus...)
Just a nice random bridge, now turned pedestrian by the demands of increased traffic (due to Ash?)
We went up to a a place called Jhumar, litterally 1600m straight above Chamba...all along you have these little hamlets of no more than 10 or 15 houses perched on cliff faces. Quite surreal. (and the pic looks wishy washy cos it was from a moving bus...)
More of the road up...
Chamba...
Just the three of us...dinner on the last night...
From Jhumar
Kajjiar
From Dalhousie, we - I was accompanied by Sounak and Rananjay from CORD, two of the senior Program Coordinators - went on to Kajjiar. There's really not much to do, but appreciate nature. That itself can take all day.
I really have heaps of pics to put up, but for now, I'll leave it at this...
The very Swiss Alps looks of Kajjiar...
Loved walking in the pine forests...
The road from Dalhousie to Kajjiar...
Kajjiar sunrise from our balcony...
Sounak, the NRI and Rananjay. We drove paralell to the snow capped mountains for about 15km or so. Land prices here are about Rs1 lakh (Rs100,000 = a bit more than AUD$3000 = BARGAIN!).
Kajjiar sunset...
Sunrise...
The mountains...
Wouldn't you love to live there?
I really have heaps of pics to put up, but for now, I'll leave it at this...
The very Swiss Alps looks of Kajjiar...
Loved walking in the pine forests...
The road from Dalhousie to Kajjiar...
Kajjiar sunrise from our balcony...
Sounak, the NRI and Rananjay. We drove paralell to the snow capped mountains for about 15km or so. Land prices here are about Rs1 lakh (Rs100,000 = a bit more than AUD$3000 = BARGAIN!).
Kajjiar sunset...
Sunrise...
The mountains...
Wouldn't you love to live there?
Dalhousie
The view from our Rs250/per night room
Dalhousie sunsets...
The dramatic cliffs and steep inclines on the road to Dalhousie ...
Dalhousie sunsets...
The dramatic cliffs and steep inclines on the road to Dalhousie ...
Friday, April 28, 2006
A few things
1. Wow! Thats a lot of comment so soon! Am impressed! Keep it up...I'll try and put more decent stuff, but it's great to hear what ppl think, so keep posting...
2. With re the Caption comp...the sadest comment of them all goes to Jigglypuff...the most creative to KLN Prassanna; the "and one time at band camp" award to Abhishek; and the "Make Hrishi look good" award is shared between Vish and Priya.
But there can only be one winner, and it goes to bal-krishna (the real BK), still suffering a hangover from his shrimps and barbie visit to Aus...I'll some how get something out to you in the UK, mate!
3. I just discovered Blogger will send an email to anyone on my list everytime i post something online. If you want this email, email me, so it can save you having to check the site everyday. Also for everyone in Aus or anywhere really, can you send me your birstday as well, i lost the contacts on my phone...
4. Finally, Swati, yes, Shanti Niketan is a real place, made famous by Tagore. And I arrived in Amritsar this afternoon, spent 2 hours at the Sona Mandir, and walked very briefly through Jalianwalia Bagh. Will see it properly tom. Too many kids running around everywhere. Wait till they're at school.
2. With re the Caption comp...the sadest comment of them all goes to Jigglypuff...the most creative to KLN Prassanna; the "and one time at band camp" award to Abhishek; and the "Make Hrishi look good" award is shared between Vish and Priya.
But there can only be one winner, and it goes to bal-krishna (the real BK), still suffering a hangover from his shrimps and barbie visit to Aus...I'll some how get something out to you in the UK, mate!
3. I just discovered Blogger will send an email to anyone on my list everytime i post something online. If you want this email, email me, so it can save you having to check the site everyday. Also for everyone in Aus or anywhere really, can you send me your birstday as well, i lost the contacts on my phone...
4. Finally, Swati, yes, Shanti Niketan is a real place, made famous by Tagore. And I arrived in Amritsar this afternoon, spent 2 hours at the Sona Mandir, and walked very briefly through Jalianwalia Bagh. Will see it properly tom. Too many kids running around everywhere. Wait till they're at school.
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