The photo diary feature is a collection of occasional "found" images; a sort of photo blog or visual diary, recording some of the aspects of daily Indian life we've seen on our travels and of the village life around the upper Kulu Valley, where we spend much of our time. The photo journal will be irregularly updated as and when we have the images or inclination. The idea is to show pictures which are either topical and current or those which wouldn't fit into one of our photo galleries and wouldn't otherwise be shown, and to portray some of the small "snapshot" glimpses of everyday life in India.

Digital cameras can be a blessing and a curse when backpacking. They are ideal for quick throwaway snapshots that you wouldn't otherwise bother with shooting on film, but storing images can be problematic; flash cards or memory sticks fill up quickly (depending on camera resolution), and finding somewhere to offload all of your images and backing up to CD can be hard outside major towns. A larger storage device is a wise investment.

All of the photographs were captured using a rather ageing (in digital photography terms) Kodak DC240 digital stills camera (in an unappealing translucent Grape colour) with a resolution of 1280 x 960 pixels, a 128 MB compact flash card, and an incredible appetite for AA batteries.