Shimla Evenings

View from the the Ridge

The Ridge

Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
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Shimla still retains its old world charm and to me it still is very much a British town. I have never been to UK but I have this feeling that British country side would be very Shimla like. The only thing that might not be there is the crowd. :-)

I love those misty, dreamy mornings and evenings. The pace of life slows down by itself. What I miss most about Shimla is probably the evening walks. Time just flies by, watching everyone watch everyone else :) .

Chandratal - the moon lake

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Chandratal, Lahaul, Himachal

July, 2008
Nikon D80

Situated at approx, 4270m, the crescent shaped bluish green lake has its own charm. It's one of the bigger alpine lakes of this region (around Manali).

Snuggled in between the ChandraBhaga range and the barren mountainscape, Chandratal is at the source of Chandra river and is fed by meltwaters from the Chandra glacier. From here one gets a beautiful unobstructed view of the peaks of the Lahaul range, Mulkila peak (6517m), Minar (6172m), Talagiri (6279m), Tara Pahar (6227m) to name a few.

Tenta landscape

Tenta, On way to Chhotta Chandratal
July, 2007

I miss Himachal. I terribly miss my native state. I never ever realized the importance of the surroundings I was growing in until I moved out of the place.

Hope this place is able to preserve its intimacy with nature.

Tenta naturescape

Tenta, (approx. 12500ft above sea level)
Himachal Pradesh
June 2007

Nikon D80, Nikkor 12-24

On way to Chhotta Chandratal, this was our last camp before the summit. A beautiful place surrounded by snow capped mountains and a stream flowing in between. This was indeed the best day of the trek, we received enough sun and enough light from morning till evening. And when the clouds came at around 6 in the evening they came from all sides and we literally slept in the clouds.