Taken on June 10, 2015 near Dhel in Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP)
DAILY PHOTO: Trekkers on an Alpine Meadow
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DAILY PHOTO: A Horde in Short Shorts
Taken on June 26, 2015 at Nek Chand Rock Garden in Chandigarh
What’s interesting about this batch of statues at Nek Chand is that nobody wears shorts in India (let alone short shorts.) If you see someone in shorts, you can be certain they’re either a tourist or part of a very specific demographic (i.e. 20 to 25 year olds of middle / upper-middle class backgrounds whose all-time favorite television show is either “Big Bang Theory” or “How I Met Your Mother.”)
Incidentally, the Nek Chand Rock Garden is the highlight of a trip to Chandigarh, and shouldn’t be missed. It’s a labyrinthine park made out of recycled materials. A lot of these materials–particularly for the early phases of the project–came from the villages that had been torn down to make room for the new city. On the order of fifty villages were razed so that India’s premier planned city could come to fruition.
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DAILY PHOTO: Red Roofed House on the Tirthan River
Taken on June 8, 2015 in the Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) Ecozone
Taken as we traveled beside the Tirthan River at the beginning of our Tirthan to Sainj trek in GHNP Ecozone.
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DAILY PHOTO: Himalayan Sunset
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.)
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DAILY PHOTO: Great Lawn of the Royal Botanical Gardens
DAILY PHOTO: Waterfall with Boulders
Taken near Ramboda Falls, Sri Lanka on May 25, 2015.
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DAILY PHOTO: Root Sprawl
Taken on May 24, 2015 in Royal Botanical Gardens in Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
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DAILY PHOTO: St. Mary’s in Negombo
Taken May 25, 2015 in Negombo, Sri Lanka
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DAILY PHOTO: Sunset Buddha Overlooking Kandy
Taken on May 24, 2015 in Kandy, Sri Lanka
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DAILY PHOTO: Tea for Market
Taken on May 24, 2015 at the Glenloch tea factory in Katukithula, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is loaded with tea factories that can be visited for free [except what you may spend at the factory’s gift shop or restaurant.] If you’re interesting in how your food and beverages get to look like they do, these are nice places to see how this:
gets turned into this:
Most of the tea that is produced on the Glenloch tea factory isn’t sold under the Glenloch brand. Instead, about 75% gets sent to Colombo, where it is auctioned off on a market to the highest bidder. That’s when it comes to be the tea you recognize from brands on your local shelf, e.g. Lipton. The bags above are the product that will be shipped to market.
