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The Royal Tombs in the morning light

The swap meet in the center of the city where all motorcycle sales, purchases, and maintenance happens

Left to right, Sombrit, Manjinder, Baraj, and Monu

The Monastery

Samy. He said he would only let me take a picture of him if I let him wear my glasses for it. Deal. And as a parting gift he gave me a necklace he had made.

Eliza, Amin’s yound daughter

McLeod Ganj

I had a big and very loving host family in Bo

The Greyhound in full sprint

Punam in front of her Greenway Public Kindergarten

The Weeping Wall

The front facade of the Jama Masjid, standing in the elevated courtyard used for prayer

Returning the flag of India to the Border Security Guard’s office

Monu (in the cap) and Uncle Ji (on the right) talking with the farm hands

A wild camel scurrying away

Normal foot traffic on the bridge. Pretty soon here I’m going to have to blog about the cows of India

Fading light

Communist buildings in Bishkek

A row of old house boats permanently moored

Uncle Ji below a picture of himself taken at my aunt’s wedding in the early 80’s

Houses roll over each other on the hill side

The only photo I took. Without any description it’s hard to tell anything at all is happening

The entire faculty and student body of Greenway kindergarten

The Corinthian Tomb

paddling in towards one of the produce markets

Looking down at the madness of the markets of Old Delhi

This was the last place I could take photos, just as we were about to enter the monastery

First ever Tuk- tuk (or Rikshaw) ride

Amanda in front of the water fall

He totally stole somebody’s banana

The village of Rama

The Taj Mahal as it first appears through the entry gate

One of the many patch jobs my bike has received. This one is from my Chuar Chra neighborhood mechanic, Dilzin, helping me attach my new clutch.

…This is the shot most people have to settle for

Spirit of the Sikh soldier, by my grandfather Sukhdev Dail (Sukhi) and his brother Jagmohan (Uncle Ji)

Coming through the canyon to catch a first glimpse of the Treasury

On the Mount of the Olives overlooking Jerusalem

The Dome of the Rock on Temple Mount

The view from our boat’s porch

Amanda enjoying the sunset

Checking out the local market in Hauz Kaus

Ancient ruins atop the Amman citadel

This is the shot everyone wants….

Shikaras bobbing across the placid water

Grandstands at the Wagah- Attari Border

I love this shot of a couple boys hanging out on top of the Roman Amphitheater

Crazy Himalayan roads

The Golden Temple

A beautiful vantage point. My safari group is below for perspective

The weather was slowly turning against us

Looking out at Dal Lake from where the wetlands end and the water spreads uninterrupted in all directions

Our view from the 9,500ft (or 2,850meter) summit of Triund plateau

My view from the grandstands

The Wadi Rum stretched seemingly forever in any direction

Heart of Laxmanjulah

I even got a picture and short article in the local paper

“The Archer” by Sukhdev Dail

One of the small classes at Greenway

The Treasury of Al Khazneh from above

There she is

…continue and continue…

The 16,000ft snowcaps of the Tian Shan mountains just south of the capital city of Bishkek, at only 2,000ft

Keep going up, and up, and….

Looking out from Amin’s cafe

Laxmanjulah Bridge

Manjinder making some delicious chapati

Anything that makes it easier to get a view like this is sure to be a lifelong passion

Sunset after the rainstorm in McLeod Ganj

The entrance to Gyuto Monastery in Dharamshala

Shikaras sitting still as a motorboat passes them

Thousands come every day to watch the border between India and Pakistan close

The interior of our houseboat. Amanda and I couldn’t believe the deal we received. Look at the rugs, the ceiling, the furniture. Somehow we had this boat all to ourselves for two days.

The massive walls of the Red Fort…

The view from our guest house. Mon Peak of the Dhalaudhars

Paddling into town

Niki, the ball- stealing lovable lab

Jama Masjid from the side, showing its central dome and minarets

I also had the pleasure of being in Jerusalem during election day; Herzog versus Netanyahu

Front entrance to the massive Lal Qila, or Red Fort

The center of Old Delhi

The lowering of both Pakistan and India’s flags

Bridge over the Ganges in Laxmanjulah, the power of the river is very deceptive

Practicing my “J”

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