Tiger Riding for Beginners

Traveling Poet Philosopher & Occasional Wiseacre

DAILY PHOTO: Rushing Glacial Runoff

Posted on July 25, 2015 by B Gourley

Taken on June 8, 2015 in Great Himalyan National Park (GHNP)

Taken on June 8, 2015 in Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP)

DAILY PHOTO: Snow Pockets

Posted on July 18, 2015 by B Gourley

Taken on June 10, 2015 in Great Himalayan National Park

Most of the snow that we saw during our trek last month was well above us, but we did have one day in which we had to cross through pockets of snow many times as we rounded a mountain at about 4,000 meters.

DAILY PHOTO: Lotus in the Mountains

Posted on July 16, 2015 by B Gourley

Taken on June 11, 2015. Taken by my wife as I’m in the photo.

DAILY PHOTO: Grassy Ridgeline in the Himalayas

Posted on July 15, 2015 by B Gourley

Taken on June 10, 2015 in Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP)

DAILY PHOTO: The Snowy Side of the Mountain

Posted on July 8, 2015 by B Gourley

Taken June 10, 2015 in Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP)

The beauty of mountains is that they show so many faces in such little space. We were on a sunny mountainside topped with tufts of dry grass. Then we crossed over a saddle-point on a ridgeline, and this was the new view.

DAILY PHOTO: Blooming Rhododendrons and Snow-Caps

Posted on July 6, 2015 by B Gourley

Taken on June 10, 2015 in Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP)

DAILY PHOTO: Himalayan Sunset

Posted on June 28, 2015 by B Gourley

Taken on June 10, 2015 in the Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) in Himachal Pradesh

I’m back from my wanderings in Himachal Pradesh with a boatload of pics and experiences. The highlight of the trip was the Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP.) I’ve attached some sunset pics taken at a cliff near our campsite at Dhel. I’d highly recommend GHNP… unless you’re one of those asshats who strews his garbage randomly or who likes to carve his name or initials in anything and everything–living or stone. (In which case, kindly please stay home in your trailer and watch you satellite TV. You wouldn’t like it at all.)