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Memorable Views

Sekhar — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:46:31 +0000

As we walk on a small path across these mountains. Here comes a lovely glacier piece, it was so lovely with the background of the valley of flowers. In fact, we were trekking on August 15, 2009, which is like end of the summer in the Himalayan region, hence most of the ice is already melted.

Cascade Waterfall

Sekhar — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:56:57 +0000

Cascade Waterfall are one of the most common water fall you would come across during the trek to valley of flowers. Apart from that you would also see HorseTail Water Fall which are also quite common.

Valley of Flowers

Sekhar — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:33:49 +0000

Nestled high in West Himalaya, valley of flowers is renowned for its meadows of endemic alpine flowers and outstanding natural beauty. It is also a home for many endangered animals such as blue sheep, snow leopard, black bear and brown bear. It is one of the most beautiful Indian national park which stretches upto another national park “Nanda Devi National Park”. Together they encompass a unique transition zone between the mountain ranges of the Zanskar and Great Himalaya. The park stretches over an expanse of 87.50 km. Valley was declared a national park in 1982, and now it is a World Heritage Site.

Spanish Mosh

Sekhar — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 02:57:00 +0000

Another beautiful picture of the spanish moss. I really liked those drops of water which makes the moss shine.

The Spanish Moss

Sekhar — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:19:15 +0000

It is a flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae (the bromeliads) that grows hanging from tree branches in full sun or partial shade. The Spanish moss usually grows in mountains. Just like the mushrooms. The plant has aerial roots and its flowers are tiny and inconspicuous. It propagates both by seed and vegetatively by fragments that blow on the wind and stick to tree limbs, or are carried by birds as nesting material.

The Indian Railways !!

Sekhar — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:45:18 +0000

As we were traveling from New Delhi to Haridwar, I took this picture in one of the railway station where the train stopped by. Delhi to Haridwar is a over night journey, usually its much faster Via Car, but we preferred the train.

Indian Railways has one of the largest and busiest rail networks in the world, transporting over 18 million passengers and more than 2 million tonnes of freight daily, Oh boy, that is big . Railways were first introduced to India in 1853 by the British. By 1947, the year of India’s independence, there were 42 rail systems. In the year 1951 all the railway systems were nationalized as one unit, becoming one of the largest networks in the world. Indian Railways operates both long distance and suburban rail systems on a multi-gauge network of broad, metre and narrow gauges. It also owns locomotive and coach production facilities.

Best Tour Guide

Sekhar — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:24:56 +0000

He joined us when we were 3 hours drive from Joshi Matt. His name was “Balwanth”, I took this picture, when he was writing his diary. He say’s he is usually away from home and miss all his family, especially his daughter, so he captures all his memories through his writings, I was really touched and wondered that a person who has never been to a city, who has lived all his life in mountains have a such good habit of writing a diary every day. Though he was a tour guide but I felt more like a friend

The Thorn Flower

Sekhar — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:15:43 +0000

Though I made a lovely Hiking tour to the Himalayas. I’ve never got a chance to find out the names of the flowers which I have captured. This is one of those unique kind of flower which looks very pretty. Don’t Dare to Touch it though

Happy Life !!

Sekhar — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:03:02 +0000

Imagine a life with no worries. If you look at the picture, I wasn’t sure if he was worried about anything, but sure looked like a happy man taking a Nap at one of the beautiful place in the world “The Himalayas”.

The White Himalayan

Sekhar — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:42:07 +0000

Well to be honest, I don’t know what is the name of the flower. But the moment I saw it, my camera captured it. I named it as the White Himalayan