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Travel Pictures - INDIA (Himalayas) -
1999 |
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This page includes photos from northern India including Corbett N.P. with
fantastic safari opportunities, India's Himalayan Mountains including the
lovely hill station of Shimla as well as the Dalai Lama's city of refuge
Dharamsala, and the Sikh's holy city of Amritsar in the lowlands near the
Pakistani border.
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Even victims are not above the law! -
Corbett N.P., India |
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Sambar (large Indian deer) seeks
food and shelter at the park's entrance facilities -
Corbett N.P., India |
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Two GREAT reasons to hide -
Corbett N.P., India |
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Elephant station for journeys
into tiger country -
Corbett N.P., India |
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The elephant makes a new trail
with one pass -
Corbett N.P., India |
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It's a long step down from this
taxi -
Corbett N.P., India |
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Wild elephants and sambars (in the
distance) -
Corbett N.P., India |
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Elephants gather at the lake
during the evening -
Corbett N.P., India |
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Only three tiger-leaps away;
photo taken from the back of a
jeep! -
Corbett N.P., India |
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Tranquil hill station in the Himalayan
foothills -
Nainital, India |
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Pedestrian bridge accessing the peace
and solitude of the Swarg Ashram -
Rishikesh, India |
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Searching for "in"sanity?
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Swarg Ashram; Rishikesh, India |
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Sikhs and the leaning hotel of
Amritsar -
Amritsar, India |
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The Golden Temple, the Sikhs
holiest
site -
Amritsar, India |
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Proud and hospitable Sikhs -
Golden Temple; Amritsar, India |
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All visitors to the Golden Temple
must remove their shoes! -
Amritsar, India |
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The rectangular reflecting pool
is surrounded by a marble promenade -
The Golden Temple; Amritsar, India |
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The polished marble promenade is
slippery when wet! Those new to the faith probably stroll along the
carpeted strip but those of greater faith will negotiate the bare marble -
The Golden Temple; Amritsar, India |
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More friendly Sikhs posing atop
the Baba Atal Rai Tower -
Amritsar, India |
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The most delightful of India's hill stations -
Shimla, India |
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City panorama from my penthouse
suite -
Shimla, India |
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Rooftop werewolf on my penthouse
balcony -
Shimla, India |
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Tourists strolling in the natural
air conditioning at 7,000 feet -
Shimla, India |
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Even more dangerous than these
Himalayan roads are the Himalayan bus drivers -
near Josimath, India |
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During three years of global
travel, this was the strangest scene I witnessed -
near Josimath, India |
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Why is this woman perched in the
trees? Is she collecting leaves? -
near Josimath, India |
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The honeymoon capital of India -
Manali, India |
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Himalayan mountain stream -
Manali, India |
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While hiking up to the Rohtang
Pass, I sought a ride; however, I decided to let this bus pass by! -
near Manali, India |
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Paragliding at one of India's two
ski resorts -
near Manali, India |
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My friend Rockesh (from Delhi)
whom I met mountain biking across the Himalayas -
Rohtang Pass, India |
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Indians seeking to frolic in the snow -
Rohtang Pass, India |
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Sledding and skiing in the May
snow -
Rohtang
Pass, India |
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Snow art and honeymooners -
Rohtang Pass, India |
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Even though the snow is
deep in mid-May, it was a lean year for snowfall in the Himalayas -
Rohtang
Pass, India |
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Himalayan peaks tower above the Lahaul
Valley -
near Keylong, India |
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Late spring in the high mountain
valleys of the Himalayas -
Lahaul Valley, India |
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I seem to remember another
bogged-down truck at the other end of the Tibetan Plateau -
Lahaul Valley, India |
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The Dalai Lama's city of refuge
in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas -
Dharamsala, India |
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