Delhi Sapphires (pics from india)

[tommer]

it's been almost 3 days since i last ate or breathed in delhi, and i still suffer from some kind of food poisoning or something... i'm tellin ya, if you wanna lose weight- india is the place to go, the veiaty of bad food and lack of basic hygiene is endless. my skin is still decorated with bruises and bedbugs bites, and i reckon this was my last visit to the 3rd world. if this was a test, then i passed it succesfuly, yet it doesn't mean i wanna be tested again anytime soon. if you ask how justified all this hardship was, look at the view from my window in Kasol:
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the mist in the middle-bottom there is the river that you can't see in the pic.

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and look at the local vegetation, imagine those tiny weeds in october.

[tommer]

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the forests are so beautiful, that you expect Smurfs to pop up.
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as you can see, they can be dangerous as well.
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Patrick the starfish's appt in dry land.
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Hansel and Gretel

[tommer]

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a party in a hotel on a mountain top, outside Dharamsala.
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same party after sunrise.
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a view from the roof.

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Delhi's Red Fort
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but don't be mistaken, the city's common sight is this:
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and these:
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[Mari]

Smurfs? What have you been smoking :laugh:
Gorgeous pics, got more?

[tommer]

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colonial houseboats in Nageen lake, Kashmir.
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Srinagar's fishing champion.

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a nasty traffic jammer.

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i LOVE Thomson Travel's service! equally safe and cozy.

guess who lives here:
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uh... is it me or...uh....hmmm...

[tommer]

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Dharamsala street
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at the dalai lama's palace

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the hot springs in Khirganga. the shack is the ladies' bath, we guys bathed in the exterior bath for DAYS, just smoking, watching the view and the monkeys on the trees. simply unbelivable. the price? you gotta use those there:
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woodchopper didi

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great carrot.

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a cd being rushed to the guest house.

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future Bollywood stars.

[tommer]

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try to count how many ppl live in this single hotel room.

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the origin of Apu's quickEmart.

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shopping in Chhalal

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boom bolinat!!!

[tommer]

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i took hundreds of those landscape wallpapers pictures. note just a few:
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[KarmaContestant]

Gorgeous pictures, :nod: thanks so much for posting them, tommer. :)

[wondergirl9847]

Those are terrific pictures! Gorgeous landscape. :) Sorry you had bad food and cleanliness experiences. :(

[DrummerDeanna]

Oh. My. God.

SOO beautiful - I've always wanted to go to India - now I want to go even more!!

Thanks so much for posting the pics.

[golden braid]

Beautiful pictures! I've never been to India but now at least I have a little glimpse into what it's like thanks to you. :D

[GypsySorcerer]

Gorgeous pictures, Tommer! Thanks for sharing them.

[gldstwmn]

Those are great. Thanks! :)

[GardenStateGirlie]

Amazing photographs! Thanks for posting! :wavey:

[eclipse]

The scenery is breathtaking!!!
The locals heartbreaking, so much despair in that country, but it does appear to be magical in its' element-

Thanks for sharing all the great pictures you were able to take, and take good care of yourself! get better soon :)

~~eclipse~~

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

Gorgeous pictures Tommer! And good to have you back! :xoxo:

Pip

[Dreammms]

Awesome Pictures. Thank you so much for sharing!!!!!!!! :blob2:

[Hawkeye]

AMAZING pictures. The one of the waterfall is too good for words.

[catinthedark]

Welcome back, Tommer. Your pictures are stunning. My favourite had to be the land of the smurfs. :laugh:

Hope your stomach is better...

[GODDESS6]

my god these are sooooo gorgeous, thanx sooooo much for sharing these!!!~

[amber]

Incredible. Thank you.
:xoxo:

[AliceLover]

Note to Self: Never go to India :D

Thanks for the pics, they are great!

[The Tower]

Note to Self: Never go to India :D
Hell yeah. Beautiful sights, but I couldn't handle the poverty, disease, and lack of sanitation. I'm too much of luxury snob to tour Third World stuff.

Glad you had a good time, Tommer- hope you feel better soon!

[BTFLCHLD]

thanks tommer :wavey:
my fav is the weed shot :thumbsup:

[skcin]

These are incredible, Tommer. Thanks so much for sharing them with us. Oh, and I hope you just have traveler's tummy issues instead of typhoid or hepatitis or something bad. :xoxo:

[tommer]

Smurfs? What have you been smoking :laugh:
Gorgeous pics, got more?
this:
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and yeah, i got more than a thousand, but i'm too lazy (and too private) to upload them all.

so much despair in that country, but it does appear to be magical in its' element
that's one way to look at it, but looking at it from within a society that religiously believes in determinism, it may not look that horrible.

my fav is the weed shot
yeah, "weed" is exactly what it is there, it grows wildly all over the place.
http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/4988/weed8uz.jpg

I hope you just have traveler's tummy issues instead of typhoid or hepatitis or something bad.
i got a looooong set of vaccinations before i went, so i was supposed to be protected against all basic hazards, but since things aren't getting any better, i'm starting to wonder about more exotic diseases, especially kinds unknown to western medicine :distress:

glad you guys liked the pics :thumbsup:

[Janet]

I'm speechless but you take amazing pictures. WOW.

[macfanken]

Great pictures! Not at all how I pictured India. Not sure if I'm ready for that type of third-world adventure... Costa Rica is the closest I've been to that kind of a trip.

[littlecricket2]

Wow! Amazing pics. Very cool. I want to be a world traveler someday--maybe after I win the lottery. :p Nah, I'll save up and do it eventually. Sorry you're not feeling quite right--hope you feel better soon!

[BTFLCHLD]

this:
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:cool: <img src="http://tinypic.com/9jpq87.gif" alt="Image hosted by TinyPic.com"> :cool: your pics are awesome and im soooo jeal!

[strandinthewind]

Your pics are great - I am glad you had a great time!!!!!

[WildInTheWind]

Wow those are absolutely amazing!!

[BTFLCHLD]

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