I have been travelling a lot in the last fifteen days, which explains the absence of posts in the last few days. Before I head out again to Bharatpur tomorrow, some images from Sikkim.
On the first morning at Gangtok during my recent trip to Sikkim, I saw the view from my balcony and immediately went back to fetch the camera. I tweeted later in the day saying “Seen outside the window of Club Mahindra Royal Demazong is a landscape photographer’s dream come true.” The play of sun and clouds offered completely different perspectives from the same balcony during the three days of my stay. I wish I could post bigger images, but my blog template is limiting me doing so. You can see larger version of some of the images on paintedstork facebook page.
On the first day, I woke up later than I would like to, thanks to the tiring day-long journey that took most of the previous day. It was about 7.30am, but being the eastern part of the country, sunrise happens early and the light was already harsh. Sun rays were strong, but were just touching the tall trees on the ridges.
It was more cloudy on the second day when sun rays filtered through the clouds and fell on the slopes. Picture below is courtesy of Arun Nair.
On the third day, clouds had settled down on the hills and had brought a completely different character to the slopes. The scattering of fog along the slopes made the whole place appear mysteriously beautiful.
And finally, here is an image of a stupa, again shot from the balcony.
Prints of all the images available. Request for prints. Some images can be seen at a higher resolution onpaintedstork facebook page.
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Hello!
Here is the November edition of India Travel Blog Newsletter. I hope this is coming to you at a time when you are making plenty of travel plans for the coming holiday season, or already travelling! Here is a quick summary of travel content on the India Travel Blog in the last one month.
November 2010 Calendar. The desktop calendar for November is an image of travellers gazing at the beautiful sunset from Hemakoota Hill in Hampi.
Photo Essays. We have had four photo-essays published in October, listed below. In future, photo essays will become more frequent and will contribute significantly to the content of India Travel Blog, but without any compromise in stories that I regularly post.
1. Flowers of Sikkim
2. Skiing in the Himalayas
3. Wild Dogs of Kanha National Park
4. Chandradrona’s Fog – An attempt to capture the foggy monsoon landscapes of Chikmagalur, Karnataka
With a recent change to India Travel Blog, you can now access all the photo essays ever published on the blog in last five years using one single link. There are more than forty of them at the moment. See them all the photo essays
Stories from Ladakh. There are two stories from the long series of posts on Ladakh – one on falling into a tourist trap at the villages of Dha-Hanu and another one on a quick visit to Tso Kar Lake.
Other stories
1. Mysore Palace – A short visit to Mysore Palace with images of its exteriors and description of its elegant interiors.
2. The travel photography story published in November is on photographing landscapes. Winters are a great time to shoot beautiful landscapes. Read this post before you head out with a camera.
3. Not packing light. I always hear advices about the virtues of packing light. I have never managed to be one of those people who travel with very little baggage. I end up carrying a lot of stuff wherever I go. Here is my case about not packing light during my journeys.
In November, you will be seeing more photo essays on the blog and stories from Sikkim and Ladakh. Look out for some avian images from Bharatpur and landscapes from Corbett National Park. Happy travels!
The desktop calendar wallpaper for November 2010 is an image of sunset over Hemakoota Hill in Hampi. Download 1280×800 or 1024×768.
Prints of all the images available. Request for prints.