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Subject: [Leica] Manali - Photographs
From: richard.lists at gmail.com (Richard Man)
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 02:18:52 -0700
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Manali calls for color images :-) Very nice and colorful.

My Goan images were lost during the hard drive crash :-( Must visit
India again. It's nice to see Buddhism still thrives in its
birthplace.

BTW, being an Indian native yourself, do you ask permission to
photograph either before or afterward?


On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 10:16 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj<jayanand at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> I had been for a week's holiday to the town of Manali in the Himalayan
> foothills in mid June. This is the area where the ancient trading
> route from Tibet to the India passes through, from the Hindu valley of
> Kulu/Manali, over the 4000m Rohtang pass into the Buddhist valley of
> Spiti, leading to Ladakh, and Tibet beyond. This city is in the same
> general area where the Dalai Lama stays in exile. It is incredibly
> popular as a summer tourist spot for anyone who wants to escape the
> summer heat in India, with the added advantage that you can see ice
> and snow at the Rohtang pass, a short drive away, a rarity for the
> large majority of the population of India. Anyway, the first set of
> photographs, all taken in Manali town are here:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Manali/
>
> Comments and criticism always welcome.

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