Lahaul and Spiti
+ This is an article on Lahaul and Spiti earlier published by Kansai Timeout, Japan + Also see: Our tour to Lahaul and Spiti every year in July “It is so beautiful that you will find it difficult to...
View ArticleImages – The Mountain Children of Indian Himalayas
It has been a couple of months since this blog has become subdued and has lacked regular updates. The excuses are many and perhaps best left unsaid. But hopefully it is a thing of past, and hopefully I...
View ArticleHeart of the Himalayas – A Photography Trek + Tour of Lahaul and Spiti
Our next grand tour is to the mountain lands and the Buddhist monasteries of Lahaul and Spiti. I will be leading this tour to see and photograph the most beautiful places you can ever see in the...
View ArticleLahaul & Spiti – Memories from the Mountain Country
Also see: our photography tour to Lahaul and Spiti in July/August every year. Chatting with a very dominating Mangal Singh in a chai-shop in Manali, we were quickly convinced to let go of our plans of...
View ArticleSpiti Valley – days of walking high in the mountains and staying in the villages
It is not easy to convince myself that people actually live in these places. My GPS continuously recorded altitudes above 13,000 feet. We did not sight even one tree despite walking for hours together....
View ArticleDhankar Lake, Spiti Valley, Himachal Padesh
Puffy clouds reflected by the beautiful Dhankar Lake, located at an altitude of about 14000 feet in Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh. Related PostsKi Monastery and new perspectives in photographyMountain...
View ArticleChandra River, Lahaul Valley, Himachal Pradesh
Lahaul & Spiti is easily my most favoured location in the Himalayas, for its beautiful and uninhabited landscapes (in Lahaul) and a friendly culture (in Spiti). I have written much about it in the...
View ArticleDhankar Monastery, Lahaul & Spiti
In July this year, I spent a week travelling through the high Himalayan region of Lahaul & Spiti in Himachal Pradesh. This was my fourth visit to the region and I was leading a small group of...
View ArticleMountain Flowers at Kunzum Pass, Himachal Pradesh
Mountain flowers blooming in the summer months at Kunzum Pass, at an altitude of 15,000 feet. Kunzum Pass connects Lahaul & Spiti Valleys of Himachal Pradesh. Related PostsLahaul and SpitiLahaul...
View ArticleKi Monastery and new perspectives in photography
An image of Ki Monastery in Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh. This photograph, to me, was a lesson on new perspectives in photography. Most photographs of this monastery I have seen are made from Ki...
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