July 4, 2010

hemis gompa

the hemis monastery, around 50km from leh was built in 1630
and has 2 very money laden shrines




July 2, 2010

photos for mum

intrepid climber chintu at the summit of shanti stupa...

the b-man and smanla


smanla in front of the statue of the buddha he made at shanti stupa
it is yet to be painted


June 14, 2010

March 21, 2010

the commissioner's daughter*


* from misplaced poetic reasons this post was originally titled "the colonel's daughter". i thought i would get away with the cheat but was caught out almost immediately (see comments). goes to show.....

February 3, 2010

snow

...and suddenly, most unexpectedly, i was in the snow wearing sneakers. so i had to buy a pair of snow boots.