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| 059 |
19 may 2004 |
Rohtang
tourist hell - Rohtang Pass is a favourite destination
for Indian tourists coming to Manali ... |
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| 060 |
19 may 2004 |
Prayer
flags on Rohtang Pass - Last year's Buddhist prayer flags
are revealed from under the melting ... |
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23 may 2004 |
Special
Pizza in Naggar - Humorous spelling mistakes and incomprehensible
dishes on menus ... |
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23 may 2004 |
Naggar
festival - Mr Ratthan from Larankelo village, near Naggar,
sitting next to his village deity ... |
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26 may 2004 |
Ripe
barley at Shanag - Barley is grown here mainly to feed
the cows. The corn is ripe now and soon ... |
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27 may 2004 |
Chickens
at the Kaika mela - Lots of stalls line the lane of the
village of Shirad, near Raison ... |
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29 may 2004 |
Jamdagni
temple construction - A new Jamdagni temple is being
built in Majaj village ... |
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31 may 2004 |
Angry
sky at Jana - A view over the upper Kulu valley during
a thunderstorm, near Jana village ... |
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02 jun 2004 |
Full
moon party in Manali - For tomorrows full moon party
hordes of Israeli tourists arrive ... |
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| 068 |
02 jun 2004 |
Barley
havest - After the barley is cut and threshed, Shanta
is separating the chaff from the corn ... |
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05 jun 2004 |
Wild
horses - This horse seems to be looking for its mates;
it doesn't like the bridge over the bridge ... |
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| 070 |
06 jun 2004 |
Hamta
road construction - Construction for a new road to Hamta
and Saithan as part of the ... |
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| 071 |
08 jun 2004 |
Summer
grazing - A large goat, part of a mixed flock of goats
and sheep, is led along the course of ... |
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| 072 |
11 jun 2004 |
Charas
plants in the village - Charas plants grow wild everywhere
in the Kulu Valley. These plants ... |
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16 jun 2004 |
Hadimba
Devi's store room - Some girls are sheltering from the
rain in front of the store ... |
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18 jun 2004 |
Printing
press typesetter - A typesetter prepares the stamp for
a printing press; the ... |
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| 075 |
18 jun 2004 |
Printing
press in New Manali - This shining printing press is
about 6 years old and is used here ... |
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| 076 |
19 jun 2004 |
Softy
in New Manali - May to June is holiday season in North
India and New Manali's High Street ... |
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| 077 |
21 jun 2004 |
Rice
fields - Freshly planted rice. The local red rice is
sown in March, in June it is planted into flooded ... |
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21 jun 2004 |
Cleaning
rice plants - Young rice plants are taken out of their
"nurseries", the roots are cleaned of ... |
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21 jun 2004 |
Rice
planting - A group of women planting rice - or runi karna
as they call it - on the terraced fields ... |
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23 jun 2004 |
Erratic
weather in Manali - This years summer seems to be almost
non-existent. Mostly cloudy ... |
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25 jun 2004 |
Sisters
in Shuru village - Two sisters in Shuru village, near
Manali, posing for a picture ... |
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27 jun 2004 |
Drying
apricot kernels - Apricot stones are spread out on a
court yard to dry. The inner kernels ... |
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| 083 |
03 jul 2004 |
Giant
bug - It's bug season in Manali. Big huge, chunky bugs
whizz around the lights at night, bump ... |
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| 084 |
07 jul 2004 |
Scooter
on NH21 in Kullu - Maybe not the best place to stop to
send a text message. NH21 in ... |
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| 085 |
07 jul 2004 |
Student
protest in Kullu - The wall lining the big maidan (ground)
in Dhalpur, Kullu, is painted with ... |
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08 jul 2004 |
Bakery
in Old Manali - This "tin shed" bakery in Old
Manali has been in operation for the past 5 years ... |
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08 jul 2004 |
Beer
with a view - A glass of beer in the afternoon in the
new bar of the Shobla Hotel & Restaurant ... |
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| 088 |
08 jul 2004 |
Jeweller
in Sultanpur - Rajbhir Singh from Patiala has been learning
the work of a jeweller ... |
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| 089 |
11 jul 2004 |
Modern
art in the Kulu Valley - Totu Ram sitting on his "water
stream contraption" in Sajla ... |
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| 090 |
11 jul 2004 |
Vishnu
Yagya - A Brahmin giving out flowers to devotees in front
of a line of god statues ... |
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| 091 |
16 jul 2004 |
Women
on a rock - Women crowd on a rock to watch the proceedings
of a special puja (prayer) and ... |
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| 092 |
21 jul 2004 |
Too much
luggage - After three years in India we have way too
much luggage (including about ... |
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| 093 |
26 jul 2004 |
To Delhi
airport - Sadly, our last drive through Delhi at night
for some years to come: off to the ... |
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| 094 |
01 sep 2004 |
***Not
the end of the photo blog - This is the big divide: the
fun's over and we're in the UK for ... |
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| 095 |
01 sep 2004 |
Papaya
shake in Ludhiana - In the evening the pavements in Ludhiana
town centre of are ... |
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| 096 |
01 sep 2004 |
Old Hindustan
Ambassador cars - Too old to rock and roll. A couple
of sturdy old Ambassador ... |
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| 097 |
01 sep 2004 |
Rajmah
beans - Colourful rajmah beans (kidney beans). They
are locally grown, harvested ... |
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| 098 |
08 sep 2004 |
Plastic
swans - Tasteful plastic swan boats are extremely popular
with Indian tourists.The small ... |
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| 099 |
08 sep 2004 |
Wooden
apple boxes - Wooden crates are being nailed together
from thin pieces of wood. These ... |
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| 100 |
08 sep 2004 |
Apples,
apples, apples... - August till September is the season
for the apple harvest in the upper ... |
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| 101 |
15 sep 2004 |
Cicada
racket - Usually heard rather than seen, cicadas make
a hell of a racket. The whole ... |
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| 102 |
15 sep 2004 |
Pool
on top of the hill - Some kids having a swim in the little
pool on top of the hill in Old Manali ... |
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| 103 |
22 sep 2004 |
Flies
in Spiti - For some reason, flies in Spiti seem to be
even more tenacious than their Manali ... |
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| 104 |
22 sep 2004 |
Satellite
dish in Kibber - New on old. Even in remote villages
a TV satellite dish on an old traditionally ... |
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| 105 |
27 sep 2004 |
Bus over
the Chandra river - A public transport bus crossing the
suspension bridge over the Chandra ... |
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| 106 |
27 sep 2004 |
Playing
cards in Kullu - One of the nice things about India is
that people always find the time to relax ... |
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| 107 |
09 oct 2004 |
Tibetan
kitchen in Kaza - Jimmy Sonam from Nepal is working for
the main season in the restaurant ... |
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| 108 |
09 oct 2004 |
Sunset
in Old Manali - Nice, colourful sunsets don't happen
that often in the hills and mountains ... |
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| 109 |
17 oct 2004 |
Harvested
corn field - Only the stalks are left of the corn; the
fields are harvested. In the back a view ... |
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| 110 |
17 oct 2004 |
Ploughing
in Manali - Bullocks ploughing one of the terraced fields
below Old Manali village. Some fields ... |
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| 111 |
23 oct 2004 |
Popcorn
at Dusshera - Aren't street vendors getting younger and
younger? A popcorn stall - or rather ... |
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| 112 |
23 oct 2004 |
Trumpets
at Dussehra - Narshinga trumpets played by temple band
members who accompany their ... |
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| 113 |
31 oct 2004 |
A drummer
at Dussehra - A drummer relaxing on a bench on Kullu's
maidan at the annual Dussehra ... |
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| 114 |
31 oct 2004 |
Firewood
for winter - The cold is beginning to bite, and a pile
of wood, destined to end up in a tandoor ... |
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