http://rivertext.smugmug.com/ Welcome to my online photo gallery. My latest book can be seen, in its entirety, by clicking the "This is India" link below. <b>Participatory Photojournalism</b> is the subject of an earlier book --- <A href="http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/46782"><b>Night Light</b></A> -- a 40 page book of the Bush years. See pictures of the book in the Portland Photojournalism section and <A href="http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/46782">click here to see a preview of <b>Night Light</b></A> A 3 minute film from Berlin is on YouTube: <A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80428qJp9SY"><b>BERLIN 9-11 </b></A> My better known digital art is at <A href="http://rivertext.com/"><b>rivertext.com. </b></A> - All photos are © Brian Thomas, 2002 to 2009 <br></br> http://www.smugmug.com/img/feed-icon.png Tue, 19 Oct 2004 20:39:43 -0700 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:17:24 -0800 http://www.smugmug.com/ Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. http://rivertext.smugmug.com/photos/506831278_ZQn5i-Ti.jpg http://rivertext.smugmug.com/ http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Portland-Photojournalism/August-to-April/623602_rQZHw#499577080_qUtjr <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Appendix This photo was added at the request of Andy who was one of the individuals taking part in the protest that took place on i-5 the night following our invasion of Iraq. That action w ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Portland-Photojournalism/August-to-April/623602_rQZHw#499577080_qUtjr" title="Appendix This photo was added at the request of Andy who was one of the individuals taking part in the protest that took place on i-5 the night following our invasion of Iraq. That action w ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Portland-Photojournalism/August-to-April/freewayquad-new2/499577080_qUtjr-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Appendix This photo was added at the request of Andy who was one of the individuals taking part in the protest that took place on i-5 the night following our invasion of Iraq. That action w ..." title="Appendix This photo was added at the request of Andy who was one of the individuals taking part in the protest that took place on i-5 the night following our invasion of Iraq. That action w ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Portland Photojournalism Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:36:31 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Portland-Photojournalism/August-to-April/freewayquad-new2/499577080_qUtjr-Th.jpg 2003-03-20 07:49:19 857dc0c98cc771931b5a5ed652755b48 6b511f5d6decc871c847ace9922da1cd 95a335a2843431382c4fc74f357a4a96 e5a7e5ad2ea48c324a4f531173184fa3 bd50038abda00c7a64dd4fb6e3af9d93 2738f255ffbc19e3e4a77b62557daf27 ca1f52937f3753d2062b29fc64427c8f 026d2c5618318570dcd589a023045d75 026d2c5618318570dcd589a023045d75 Appendix This photo was added at the request of Andy who was one of the individuals taking part in the protest that took place on i-5 the night following our invasion of Iraq. That action w ... <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Appendix This photo was added at the request of Andy who was one of the individuals taking part in the protest that took place on i-5 the night following our invasion of Iraq. That action w ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Portland-Photojournalism/August-to-April/623602_rQZHw#499577080_qUtjr" title="Appendix This photo was added at the request of Andy who was one of the individuals taking part in the protest that took place on i-5 the night following our invasion of Iraq. That action w ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Portland-Photojournalism/August-to-April/freewayquad-new2/499577080_qUtjr-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Appendix This photo was added at the request of Andy who was one of the individuals taking part in the protest that took place on i-5 the night following our invasion of Iraq. That action w ..." title="Appendix This photo was added at the request of Andy who was one of the individuals taking part in the protest that took place on i-5 the night following our invasion of Iraq. That action w ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Portland Photojournalism freeway, quad rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472730795_KUEJg <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />The cover shows the daughter of a temple priest in Rajasthan.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472730795_KUEJg" title="The cover shows the daughter of a temple priest in Rajasthan."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-0/472730795_KUEJg-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="The cover shows the daughter of a temple priest in Rajasthan." title="The cover shows the daughter of a temple priest in Rajasthan." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:48:48 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-0/472730795_KUEJg-Th.jpg 349e784244d71d6b8dfe27a58d67c3b9 dd607b002fd98e81af598304adb0e518 29eecf9bf53cc4b98ebf2ed6b68433db fc3fb6b2832da0772401b539b5d7af36 8ba66373f8e163d6605dd2cb4765f7ad bcc887d7bb81b0d195d27486b2c7460d bcc887d7bb81b0d195d27486b2c7460d The cover shows the daughter of a temple priest in Rajasthan. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />The cover shows the daughter of a temple priest in Rajasthan.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472730795_KUEJg" title="The cover shows the daughter of a temple priest in Rajasthan."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-0/472730795_KUEJg-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="The cover shows the daughter of a temple priest in Rajasthan." title="The cover shows the daughter of a temple priest in Rajasthan." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472696651_WtHuy <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Emily is showing a Sikh family the photo she has just taken of them.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472696651_WtHuy" title="Emily is showing a Sikh family the photo she has just taken of them."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-9/472696651_WtHuy-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Emily is showing a Sikh family the photo she has just taken of them." title="Emily is showing a Sikh family the photo she has just taken of them." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:48:01 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-9/472696651_WtHuy-Th.jpg 182b7791a11f3813b7cc4ef1c13ae297 b73bb6c2d9c9b7bd0f3c854a9271f170 d7f545b8c76e3b00c2688e72eedc5151 91649ff1d7bd394dafc7e81bba1eb1cf a9bbf6739a7386593066f217f4e58f62 0228e71476974badecadef8583629392 0228e71476974badecadef8583629392 Emily is showing a Sikh family the photo she has just taken of them. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Emily is showing a Sikh family the photo she has just taken of them.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472696651_WtHuy" title="Emily is showing a Sikh family the photo she has just taken of them."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-9/472696651_WtHuy-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Emily is showing a Sikh family the photo she has just taken of them." title="Emily is showing a Sikh family the photo she has just taken of them." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472696645_zYLvC <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />These buckets are used each night to clean the temple courtyard. Amritsar – the Golden Temple As the Golden Temple of the Sikhs is where Emily first fell in love with India, we thought i ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472696645_zYLvC" title="These buckets are used each night to clean the temple courtyard. Amritsar – the Golden Temple As the Golden Temple of the Sikhs is where Emily first fell in love with India, we thought i ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-8/472696645_zYLvC-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="These buckets are used each night to clean the temple courtyard. Amritsar – the Golden Temple As the Golden Temple of the Sikhs is where Emily first fell in love with India, we thought i ..." title="These buckets are used each night to clean the temple courtyard. Amritsar – the Golden Temple As the Golden Temple of the Sikhs is where Emily first fell in love with India, we thought i ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:48:00 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-8/472696645_zYLvC-Th.jpg 76afc8cae10dec73030ace8553f1d0fc a2a698e899f10ae2a1654ab61f4b65f8 7a7e1e63fe2c9026a6225a40115eea57 a71d64603f31afbff64b0ea511a8c0b8 3766d7ef3f96916109c2879951b34b97 bada4fe493e2a86237cc02c53cc62a28 bada4fe493e2a86237cc02c53cc62a28 These buckets are used each night to clean the temple courtyard. Amritsar – the Golden Temple As the Golden Temple of the Sikhs is where Emily first fell in love with India, we thought i ... <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />These buckets are used each night to clean the temple courtyard. Amritsar – the Golden Temple As the Golden Temple of the Sikhs is where Emily first fell in love with India, we thought i ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472696645_zYLvC" title="These buckets are used each night to clean the temple courtyard. Amritsar – the Golden Temple As the Golden Temple of the Sikhs is where Emily first fell in love with India, we thought i ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-8/472696645_zYLvC-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="These buckets are used each night to clean the temple courtyard. Amritsar – the Golden Temple As the Golden Temple of the Sikhs is where Emily first fell in love with India, we thought i ..." title="These buckets are used each night to clean the temple courtyard. Amritsar – the Golden Temple As the Golden Temple of the Sikhs is where Emily first fell in love with India, we thought i ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472696550_J6pis <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a> </p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472696550_J6pis" title="rivertext's photo"><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-6/472696550_J6pis-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="rivertext's photo" title="rivertext's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:47:50 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-6/472696550_J6pis-Th.jpg d28d5680b97d078baa6abfddd64b7d20 01e90a75c81e753e945a5452c816b4a2 227de85cb7636dfb44619131245f2957 83435559d11b8f76095886ba8363bfe5 c105c31d1be5ef608e6825154b472c0f e4f7d117ee73f668384d039a026fdcf8 e4f7d117ee73f668384d039a026fdcf8 rivertext's photo <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a> </p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472696550_J6pis" title="rivertext's photo"><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-6/472696550_J6pis-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="rivertext's photo" title="rivertext's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472696526_LUgnz <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />At the center of the wedding ceremony is an ancient fire sacrifice ritual. Here the groom is pouring ghee, clarified butter, into the flames.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472696526_LUgnz" title="At the center of the wedding ceremony is an ancient fire sacrifice ritual. Here the groom is pouring ghee, clarified butter, into the flames."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-7/472696526_LUgnz-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="At the center of the wedding ceremony is an ancient fire sacrifice ritual. Here the groom is pouring ghee, clarified butter, into the flames." title="At the center of the wedding ceremony is an ancient fire sacrifice ritual. Here the groom is pouring ghee, clarified butter, into the flames." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:47:47 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-7/472696526_LUgnz-Th.jpg 606a1698112c69407d4f1c68322406da 5e361f47656379165ab54715214cba77 b8eaa0482901fdf706bf391e6a7343a7 416a91fdf9e273fa4024acb43f5af9d8 430dbfdc0c6b5d59abc9703bf424514e 4b5c367ccb09d5c4d280976cd7ea9298 4b5c367ccb09d5c4d280976cd7ea9298 At the center of the wedding ceremony is an ancient fire sacrifice ritual. Here the groom is pouring ghee, clarified butter, into the flames. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />At the center of the wedding ceremony is an ancient fire sacrifice ritual. Here the groom is pouring ghee, clarified butter, into the flames.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472696526_LUgnz" title="At the center of the wedding ceremony is an ancient fire sacrifice ritual. Here the groom is pouring ghee, clarified butter, into the flames."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-7/472696526_LUgnz-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="At the center of the wedding ceremony is an ancient fire sacrifice ritual. Here the groom is pouring ghee, clarified butter, into the flames." title="At the center of the wedding ceremony is an ancient fire sacrifice ritual. Here the groom is pouring ghee, clarified butter, into the flames." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472696454_MfmHc <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />This is the view looking in from the front entrance of the wedding tent before the arrival of the bride and groom. A village wedding “This is India“ is a phrase tourists are likely to ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472696454_MfmHc" title="This is the view looking in from the front entrance of the wedding tent before the arrival of the bride and groom. A village wedding “This is India“ is a phrase tourists are likely to ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-5/472696454_MfmHc-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="This is the view looking in from the front entrance of the wedding tent before the arrival of the bride and groom. A village wedding “This is India“ is a phrase tourists are likely to ..." title="This is the view looking in from the front entrance of the wedding tent before the arrival of the bride and groom. A village wedding “This is India“ is a phrase tourists are likely to ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:47:40 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-5/472696454_MfmHc-Th.jpg 9500865f4d1e64ae28536102ba0c751d 0d4c66313eeaf3463997725ae130f646 7d9b13435e93e01301e8c615857c94ca 7f18e8ae422c70f4d94e274b6c9146b9 1bc4c188387b7ba3539c1a6b1bf54a39 260fa61907534811b19ae04ff3f5e066 260fa61907534811b19ae04ff3f5e066 This is the view looking in from the front entrance of the wedding tent before the arrival of the bride and groom. A village wedding “This is India“ is a phrase tourists are likely to ... <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />This is the view looking in from the front entrance of the wedding tent before the arrival of the bride and groom. A village wedding “This is India“ is a phrase tourists are likely to ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472696454_MfmHc" title="This is the view looking in from the front entrance of the wedding tent before the arrival of the bride and groom. A village wedding “This is India“ is a phrase tourists are likely to ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-5/472696454_MfmHc-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="This is the view looking in from the front entrance of the wedding tent before the arrival of the bride and groom. A village wedding “This is India“ is a phrase tourists are likely to ..." title="This is the view looking in from the front entrance of the wedding tent before the arrival of the bride and groom. A village wedding “This is India“ is a phrase tourists are likely to ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472696301_Kh7Ao <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />These Buddhist monks are praying at the site most sacred to the Hindus – the Ganges River at Varanasi.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472696301_Kh7Ao" title="These Buddhist monks are praying at the site most sacred to the Hindus – the Ganges River at Varanasi."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-43/472696301_Kh7Ao-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="These Buddhist monks are praying at the site most sacred to the Hindus – the Ganges River at Varanasi." title="These Buddhist monks are praying at the site most sacred to the Hindus – the Ganges River at Varanasi." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:47:21 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-43/472696301_Kh7Ao-Th.jpg e183099b5317f10962382fc178df21f3 6892e1ccaab106922ff3baf9d24e176e 42a3edb02116806574f0212d7c948b00 d5353baa9e584159202f11091dc292eb 22807897c1fc41fb2fff5e6f170bbfdf b71fd9c307953c8783e9d2d4f8106938 b71fd9c307953c8783e9d2d4f8106938 These Buddhist monks are praying at the site most sacred to the Hindus – the Ganges River at Varanasi. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />These Buddhist monks are praying at the site most sacred to the Hindus – the Ganges River at Varanasi.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472696301_Kh7Ao" title="These Buddhist monks are praying at the site most sacred to the Hindus – the Ganges River at Varanasi."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-43/472696301_Kh7Ao-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="These Buddhist monks are praying at the site most sacred to the Hindus – the Ganges River at Varanasi." title="These Buddhist monks are praying at the site most sacred to the Hindus – the Ganges River at Varanasi." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472696293_vVngh <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />On the back cover is a different view of the same fire ritual that is pictured in the section on Varanasi. In the background, candles enclosed in baskets have been lit and hoisted up on long ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472696293_vVngh" title="On the back cover is a different view of the same fire ritual that is pictured in the section on Varanasi. In the background, candles enclosed in baskets have been lit and hoisted up on long ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-45/472696293_vVngh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="On the back cover is a different view of the same fire ritual that is pictured in the section on Varanasi. In the background, candles enclosed in baskets have been lit and hoisted up on long ..." title="On the back cover is a different view of the same fire ritual that is pictured in the section on Varanasi. In the background, candles enclosed in baskets have been lit and hoisted up on long ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:47:21 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-45/472696293_vVngh-Th.jpg 2ef295a27173f300e475b11e66f7a99e 611aff72f9313b6e036a254d9f414948 421628d8c662a355309a2ca24ee2b8ca b7b9c50b715a6b242ee25a007b9a2a83 0409e92bf8116dbeba3890ba3d615b78 9024caacece5bbaef20e0e89b1dbee65 9024caacece5bbaef20e0e89b1dbee65 On the back cover is a different view of the same fire ritual that is pictured in the section on Varanasi. In the background, candles enclosed in baskets have been lit and hoisted up on long ... <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />On the back cover is a different view of the same fire ritual that is pictured in the section on Varanasi. In the background, candles enclosed in baskets have been lit and hoisted up on long ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472696293_vVngh" title="On the back cover is a different view of the same fire ritual that is pictured in the section on Varanasi. In the background, candles enclosed in baskets have been lit and hoisted up on long ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-45/472696293_vVngh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="On the back cover is a different view of the same fire ritual that is pictured in the section on Varanasi. In the background, candles enclosed in baskets have been lit and hoisted up on long ..." title="On the back cover is a different view of the same fire ritual that is pictured in the section on Varanasi. In the background, candles enclosed in baskets have been lit and hoisted up on long ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472696268_X73XH <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />This portrait of the photographer in the Himalayas was taken from ground level by Lily Rosenberg. All of the pictures in this book were taken with a Pentax K100D and two very small prime (no ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472696268_X73XH" title="This portrait of the photographer in the Himalayas was taken from ground level by Lily Rosenberg. All of the pictures in this book were taken with a Pentax K100D and two very small prime (no ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-44/472696268_X73XH-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="This portrait of the photographer in the Himalayas was taken from ground level by Lily Rosenberg. All of the pictures in this book were taken with a Pentax K100D and two very small prime (no ..." title="This portrait of the photographer in the Himalayas was taken from ground level by Lily Rosenberg. All of the pictures in this book were taken with a Pentax K100D and two very small prime (no ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:47:18 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-44/472696268_X73XH-Th.jpg 71da055bc277f7846526c7b49ffe7f82 b64ccfd0c1d24602304f6d9496a0cd07 eeb006605eb627f8bc0e5442fed70ffd 0076e68a788de101f3ddb5e149f23afe 832155b9fce5ecd1a8f223c3dacea523 46dafe977df46718e97adfa83a5b1465 46dafe977df46718e97adfa83a5b1465 This portrait of the photographer in the Himalayas was taken from ground level by Lily Rosenberg. All of the pictures in this book were taken with a Pentax K100D and two very small prime (no ... <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />This portrait of the photographer in the Himalayas was taken from ground level by Lily Rosenberg. All of the pictures in this book were taken with a Pentax K100D and two very small prime (no ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472696268_X73XH" title="This portrait of the photographer in the Himalayas was taken from ground level by Lily Rosenberg. All of the pictures in this book were taken with a Pentax K100D and two very small prime (no ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-44/472696268_X73XH-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="This portrait of the photographer in the Himalayas was taken from ground level by Lily Rosenberg. All of the pictures in this book were taken with a Pentax K100D and two very small prime (no ..." title="This portrait of the photographer in the Himalayas was taken from ground level by Lily Rosenberg. All of the pictures in this book were taken with a Pentax K100D and two very small prime (no ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472696266_V9iZU <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Hindu holy men listening, in the ashram on Christmas Eve, to the story of the Nativity. Early one evening during my first week in India, I hiked with Emily and her friend Nitin to the temp ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472696266_V9iZU" title="Hindu holy men listening, in the ashram on Christmas Eve, to the story of the Nativity. Early one evening during my first week in India, I hiked with Emily and her friend Nitin to the temp ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-42/472696266_V9iZU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Hindu holy men listening, in the ashram on Christmas Eve, to the story of the Nativity. Early one evening during my first week in India, I hiked with Emily and her friend Nitin to the temp ..." title="Hindu holy men listening, in the ashram on Christmas Eve, to the story of the Nativity. Early one evening during my first week in India, I hiked with Emily and her friend Nitin to the temp ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:47:18 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-42/472696266_V9iZU-Th.jpg bc6e74f999d6bbac7f203a7e12f9bbc7 9dd87dec570c7eada4decb9594c29b3e 4dc11643314994145d7788a8354d97c5 7eb6a0d5816e2290e8c59acbc071e286 7245fe8e69210c7098addd9c946dae27 2ec3a3ce73d5beb10357d487593fa3f7 2ec3a3ce73d5beb10357d487593fa3f7 Hindu holy men listening, in the ashram on Christmas Eve, to the story of the Nativity. Early one evening during my first week in India, I hiked with Emily and her friend Nitin to the temp ... <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Hindu holy men listening, in the ashram on Christmas Eve, to the story of the Nativity. Early one evening during my first week in India, I hiked with Emily and her friend Nitin to the temp ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472696266_V9iZU" title="Hindu holy men listening, in the ashram on Christmas Eve, to the story of the Nativity. Early one evening during my first week in India, I hiked with Emily and her friend Nitin to the temp ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-42/472696266_V9iZU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Hindu holy men listening, in the ashram on Christmas Eve, to the story of the Nativity. Early one evening during my first week in India, I hiked with Emily and her friend Nitin to the temp ..." title="Hindu holy men listening, in the ashram on Christmas Eve, to the story of the Nativity. Early one evening during my first week in India, I hiked with Emily and her friend Nitin to the temp ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472696143_hTtu5 <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />This photo is of a Kali shrine in Varanasi. Kali is a Hindu goddess traditionally associated with death and destruction, who is now often thought of as the goddess of time and change, or as ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472696143_hTtu5" title="This photo is of a Kali shrine in Varanasi. Kali is a Hindu goddess traditionally associated with death and destruction, who is now often thought of as the goddess of time and change, or as ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-41/472696143_hTtu5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="This photo is of a Kali shrine in Varanasi. Kali is a Hindu goddess traditionally associated with death and destruction, who is now often thought of as the goddess of time and change, or as ..." title="This photo is of a Kali shrine in Varanasi. Kali is a Hindu goddess traditionally associated with death and destruction, who is now often thought of as the goddess of time and change, or as ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:47:06 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-41/472696143_hTtu5-Th.jpg 8d3b09731cdd615cd9dbd70326e51441 cb485e5d313d0954177cb16f9c173dde 18553be19cc1ac41e42435dad65a939c 01ec50f70f7bb89c3347e9149758152f 9e8998758847faf2d99e064e1ffb0f73 01185760aef9d0f4b7b31e9ba277db1e 01185760aef9d0f4b7b31e9ba277db1e This photo is of a Kali shrine in Varanasi. Kali is a Hindu goddess traditionally associated with death and destruction, who is now often thought of as the goddess of time and change, or as ... <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />This photo is of a Kali shrine in Varanasi. Kali is a Hindu goddess traditionally associated with death and destruction, who is now often thought of as the goddess of time and change, or as ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472696143_hTtu5" title="This photo is of a Kali shrine in Varanasi. Kali is a Hindu goddess traditionally associated with death and destruction, who is now often thought of as the goddess of time and change, or as ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-41/472696143_hTtu5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="This photo is of a Kali shrine in Varanasi. Kali is a Hindu goddess traditionally associated with death and destruction, who is now often thought of as the goddess of time and change, or as ..." title="This photo is of a Kali shrine in Varanasi. Kali is a Hindu goddess traditionally associated with death and destruction, who is now often thought of as the goddess of time and change, or as ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695934_iGFYh <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />I took this shot just after midnight on New Year‘s Eve. This is Sivananda Ashram’s first aarti (fire blessing) of 2009.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695934_iGFYh" title="I took this shot just after midnight on New Year‘s Eve. This is Sivananda Ashram’s first aarti (fire blessing) of 2009."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-40/472695934_iGFYh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="I took this shot just after midnight on New Year‘s Eve. This is Sivananda Ashram’s first aarti (fire blessing) of 2009." title="I took this shot just after midnight on New Year‘s Eve. This is Sivananda Ashram’s first aarti (fire blessing) of 2009." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:46:43 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-40/472695934_iGFYh-Th.jpg e88d34d0bfea7a8f5e2274d3976beb62 85c3f8556cbe3ec50df5f14f7bd22980 2c459dd84b7026bcf31b5e5eaf9ac276 7ed919b5733841edceadac8b02cf6a9f cfcc6358fb6d6a820c3cc974d9022842 fc3b359a56d9850ca92969071fa4184d fc3b359a56d9850ca92969071fa4184d I took this shot just after midnight on New Year‘s Eve. This is Sivananda Ashram’s first aarti (fire blessing) of 2009. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />I took this shot just after midnight on New Year‘s Eve. This is Sivananda Ashram’s first aarti (fire blessing) of 2009.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695934_iGFYh" title="I took this shot just after midnight on New Year‘s Eve. This is Sivananda Ashram’s first aarti (fire blessing) of 2009."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-40/472695934_iGFYh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="I took this shot just after midnight on New Year‘s Eve. This is Sivananda Ashram’s first aarti (fire blessing) of 2009." title="I took this shot just after midnight on New Year‘s Eve. This is Sivananda Ashram’s first aarti (fire blessing) of 2009." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695853_BFm9D <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />At a Hindu wedding the groom must not show his face until the wedding is complete.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695853_BFm9D" title="At a Hindu wedding the groom must not show his face until the wedding is complete."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-4/472695853_BFm9D-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="At a Hindu wedding the groom must not show his face until the wedding is complete." title="At a Hindu wedding the groom must not show his face until the wedding is complete." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:46:34 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-4/472695853_BFm9D-Th.jpg 0a39fb3aaa89303b2cf981bc96479988 f6ff67e6b684f252a7b3d1cff382f75b f476ac24342cece6f3c90f8ea76d73c6 882dc6556ae6c7a591768130a99eac14 4fd8abd2cfd49509d562fd4269cc7723 12f2a2d509dffb11f8888bd360e3e8d7 12f2a2d509dffb11f8888bd360e3e8d7 At a Hindu wedding the groom must not show his face until the wedding is complete. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />At a Hindu wedding the groom must not show his face until the wedding is complete.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695853_BFm9D" title="At a Hindu wedding the groom must not show his face until the wedding is complete."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-4/472695853_BFm9D-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="At a Hindu wedding the groom must not show his face until the wedding is complete." title="At a Hindu wedding the groom must not show his face until the wedding is complete." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695832_HyrRb <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />The tea plantation was a cool and quiet retreat from the crowded heat and humidity of southern India.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695832_HyrRb" title="The tea plantation was a cool and quiet retreat from the crowded heat and humidity of southern India."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-36/472695832_HyrRb-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="The tea plantation was a cool and quiet retreat from the crowded heat and humidity of southern India." title="The tea plantation was a cool and quiet retreat from the crowded heat and humidity of southern India." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:46:32 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-36/472695832_HyrRb-Th.jpg 7c7a03084f8fe2d14132644d2d5020bb c92e1372d6a32c659b039bd56175a24d c8803ebbf1e36b39b892dad4dad65a7c 7f2b9a6d4c3cce24f5d60eb23ca6e965 5870dad9a20aa826d79897f7d2a2949a c35ed8fde1fbdeb18d4ceef5cf2df944 c35ed8fde1fbdeb18d4ceef5cf2df944 The tea plantation was a cool and quiet retreat from the crowded heat and humidity of southern India. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />The tea plantation was a cool and quiet retreat from the crowded heat and humidity of southern India.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695832_HyrRb" title="The tea plantation was a cool and quiet retreat from the crowded heat and humidity of southern India."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-36/472695832_HyrRb-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="The tea plantation was a cool and quiet retreat from the crowded heat and humidity of southern India." title="The tea plantation was a cool and quiet retreat from the crowded heat and humidity of southern India." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695829_M6y2b <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Swami Muktananda leads the retreat in a pre-meditation chant. Above him is a photo of the ashram’s founder, Swami Sivananda. Sivananda Ashram – a parable One day Swami Muktananda told ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695829_M6y2b" title="Swami Muktananda leads the retreat in a pre-meditation chant. Above him is a photo of the ashram’s founder, Swami Sivananda. Sivananda Ashram – a parable One day Swami Muktananda told ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-39/472695829_M6y2b-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Swami Muktananda leads the retreat in a pre-meditation chant. Above him is a photo of the ashram’s founder, Swami Sivananda. Sivananda Ashram – a parable One day Swami Muktananda told ..." title="Swami Muktananda leads the retreat in a pre-meditation chant. Above him is a photo of the ashram’s founder, Swami Sivananda. Sivananda Ashram – a parable One day Swami Muktananda told ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:46:32 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-39/472695829_M6y2b-Th.jpg 4f91468f30d6c21ae209c50c7cd1578b 6e512e58ae71c3b97157434acace94d7 c8c5e520fa1fd5b493bab7a6b7318a98 531ff237c10f5275a7d0e533a4abafa9 1bbec6cbc666c05a4d825eef3a185a97 0aa15f1a5f246f14cb344f060e6efb5a 0aa15f1a5f246f14cb344f060e6efb5a Swami Muktananda leads the retreat in a pre-meditation chant. Above him is a photo of the ashram’s founder, Swami Sivananda. Sivananda Ashram – a parable One day Swami Muktananda told ... <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Swami Muktananda leads the retreat in a pre-meditation chant. Above him is a photo of the ashram’s founder, Swami Sivananda. Sivananda Ashram – a parable One day Swami Muktananda told ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695829_M6y2b" title="Swami Muktananda leads the retreat in a pre-meditation chant. Above him is a photo of the ashram’s founder, Swami Sivananda. Sivananda Ashram – a parable One day Swami Muktananda told ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-39/472695829_M6y2b-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Swami Muktananda leads the retreat in a pre-meditation chant. Above him is a photo of the ashram’s founder, Swami Sivananda. Sivananda Ashram – a parable One day Swami Muktananda told ..." title="Swami Muktananda leads the retreat in a pre-meditation chant. Above him is a photo of the ashram’s founder, Swami Sivananda. Sivananda Ashram – a parable One day Swami Muktananda told ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695815_Hor2T <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a> </p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695815_Hor2T" title="rivertext's photo"><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-38/472695815_Hor2T-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="rivertext's photo" title="rivertext's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:46:30 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-38/472695815_Hor2T-Th.jpg 1f419606cb505f8cacb64a76a2347409 0a2543808a91ec9e41ce438aabc301ad 0a634ad9892d920f3374e31c8bf946a9 7489107799f34de86b37b92b99ff3781 cec73de2f965ede045a30d85407fd351 cba468570800f8ba19527fd498dcf6e9 cba468570800f8ba19527fd498dcf6e9 rivertext's photo <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a> </p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695815_Hor2T" title="rivertext's photo"><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-38/472695815_Hor2T-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="rivertext's photo" title="rivertext's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695813_9sBdk <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Agra – the Taj Mahal That the Taj Mahal is only in the background of these photos is just a sign of how much its beauty humbled me. Because the Taj was closed on the morning we were in ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695813_9sBdk" title="Agra – the Taj Mahal That the Taj Mahal is only in the background of these photos is just a sign of how much its beauty humbled me. Because the Taj was closed on the morning we were in ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-37/472695813_9sBdk-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Agra – the Taj Mahal That the Taj Mahal is only in the background of these photos is just a sign of how much its beauty humbled me. Because the Taj was closed on the morning we were in ..." title="Agra – the Taj Mahal That the Taj Mahal is only in the background of these photos is just a sign of how much its beauty humbled me. Because the Taj was closed on the morning we were in ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:46:29 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-37/472695813_9sBdk-Th-1.jpg 5e931eb65670b389006c45ce421bbf48 00d0ceaa57abe5b81d2cac7c4ae568a1 a2b90fbf1e2530c3694d8ed12bea7009 c07e5dfc59567d2293ea0b9edf5f30b5 6b485ba3484ea79943ad8aef77830581 68342ee90200d97a71501594c92f278e 68342ee90200d97a71501594c92f278e Agra – the Taj Mahal That the Taj Mahal is only in the background of these photos is just a sign of how much its beauty humbled me. Because the Taj was closed on the morning we were in ... <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Agra – the Taj Mahal That the Taj Mahal is only in the background of these photos is just a sign of how much its beauty humbled me. Because the Taj was closed on the morning we were in ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695813_9sBdk" title="Agra – the Taj Mahal That the Taj Mahal is only in the background of these photos is just a sign of how much its beauty humbled me. Because the Taj was closed on the morning we were in ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-37/472695813_9sBdk-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Agra – the Taj Mahal That the Taj Mahal is only in the background of these photos is just a sign of how much its beauty humbled me. Because the Taj was closed on the morning we were in ..." title="Agra – the Taj Mahal That the Taj Mahal is only in the background of these photos is just a sign of how much its beauty humbled me. Because the Taj was closed on the morning we were in ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695755_kaX5Y <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Five elephants are given their morning baths at an elephant training center. More than 700 elephants work or take part in temple ceremonies in Kerala.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695755_kaX5Y" title="Five elephants are given their morning baths at an elephant training center. More than 700 elephants work or take part in temple ceremonies in Kerala."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-34/472695755_kaX5Y-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Five elephants are given their morning baths at an elephant training center. More than 700 elephants work or take part in temple ceremonies in Kerala." title="Five elephants are given their morning baths at an elephant training center. More than 700 elephants work or take part in temple ceremonies in Kerala." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:46:23 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-34/472695755_kaX5Y-Th.jpg 364cd6d03c574ede0ba0ec47aee64a36 14f82578520ef3e2541c1ed601d4c12d a5b4471b903a483821ddf48defe3072c e4662a588d05083cb04048031b43cfc2 c60a465e8d02418479565d777a575d73 2a260b4459b7d77e2c5ae609fb7acce5 2a260b4459b7d77e2c5ae609fb7acce5 Five elephants are given their morning baths at an elephant training center. More than 700 elephants work or take part in temple ceremonies in Kerala. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Five elephants are given their morning baths at an elephant training center. More than 700 elephants work or take part in temple ceremonies in Kerala.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695755_kaX5Y" title="Five elephants are given their morning baths at an elephant training center. More than 700 elephants work or take part in temple ceremonies in Kerala."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-34/472695755_kaX5Y-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Five elephants are given their morning baths at an elephant training center. More than 700 elephants work or take part in temple ceremonies in Kerala." title="Five elephants are given their morning baths at an elephant training center. More than 700 elephants work or take part in temple ceremonies in Kerala." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695708_FpoB5 <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />This traditional theater is a fusion of drama and dance; the dancers silently act out stories of passion and betrayal.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695708_FpoB5" title="This traditional theater is a fusion of drama and dance; the dancers silently act out stories of passion and betrayal."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-35/472695708_FpoB5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="This traditional theater is a fusion of drama and dance; the dancers silently act out stories of passion and betrayal." title="This traditional theater is a fusion of drama and dance; the dancers silently act out stories of passion and betrayal." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:46:19 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-35/472695708_FpoB5-Th.jpg aa45951cb36396bef376b31ecabb51d3 b70441ce892b05218eb50de5e4bf71f5 c85ba787543dd0bdf5bced6a807fdd20 b25dce93dd51fb148d4c9a3bf63045bf a43c289640a454a8e6b90285fa74b4a8 0dc8b68613b2d74c07cf86e6b2ebda1e 0dc8b68613b2d74c07cf86e6b2ebda1e This traditional theater is a fusion of drama and dance; the dancers silently act out stories of passion and betrayal. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />This traditional theater is a fusion of drama and dance; the dancers silently act out stories of passion and betrayal.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695708_FpoB5" title="This traditional theater is a fusion of drama and dance; the dancers silently act out stories of passion and betrayal."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-35/472695708_FpoB5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="This traditional theater is a fusion of drama and dance; the dancers silently act out stories of passion and betrayal." title="This traditional theater is a fusion of drama and dance; the dancers silently act out stories of passion and betrayal." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695643_afVcU <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a> </p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695643_afVcU" title="rivertext's photo"><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-33/472695643_afVcU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="rivertext's photo" title="rivertext's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:46:12 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-33/472695643_afVcU-Th.jpg ecd45ba1cbb8ab5fd9346ee3e229043f 2de6f266061a8af1f7cda5263470fc0e a42919c37487286d4cd9145b6d4bb171 6d554691cf06f0e850b32f732c1a0248 0ee372f27164df38d7ce1eb211cd85a1 913031a77dc46a25925e0440d7d917ae 913031a77dc46a25925e0440d7d917ae rivertext's photo <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a> </p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695643_afVcU" title="rivertext's photo"><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-33/472695643_afVcU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="rivertext's photo" title="rivertext's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695576_P5snJ <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />A mother grooms her child.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695576_P5snJ" title="A mother grooms her child."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-32/472695576_P5snJ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="A mother grooms her child." title="A mother grooms her child." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:46:06 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-32/472695576_P5snJ-Th.jpg a7daaf4dbc7154ec8070c20bee41454d 596b2d8b464f79459b21d9eaf456734c 848963c82d30f672dd150f97a3fa08cf 4900b2d5c7d5df0eafa293217f5b9c28 3184b75912e7a2d2039629d9985c1282 8463e928d201aa16b0f411b0987c4a1b 8463e928d201aa16b0f411b0987c4a1b A mother grooms her child. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />A mother grooms her child.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695576_P5snJ" title="A mother grooms her child."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-32/472695576_P5snJ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="A mother grooms her child." title="A mother grooms her child." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695534_j8Lgj <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Here is a visual lesson on how to climb a coconut tree. Kerala Coconuts, cinnamon, rubber, pineapples, pecans and tea – they all grow in Kerala, the penultimate stop of our trip. From t ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695534_j8Lgj" title="Here is a visual lesson on how to climb a coconut tree. Kerala Coconuts, cinnamon, rubber, pineapples, pecans and tea – they all grow in Kerala, the penultimate stop of our trip. From t ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-31/472695534_j8Lgj-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Here is a visual lesson on how to climb a coconut tree. Kerala Coconuts, cinnamon, rubber, pineapples, pecans and tea – they all grow in Kerala, the penultimate stop of our trip. From t ..." title="Here is a visual lesson on how to climb a coconut tree. Kerala Coconuts, cinnamon, rubber, pineapples, pecans and tea – they all grow in Kerala, the penultimate stop of our trip. From t ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:46:01 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-31/472695534_j8Lgj-Th.jpg d6b6e7eeb71dfb1e26e09917eda2ea83 52c2869bbb53f7e218630041d8035869 a42e22a5fd95c34491c599104c0b4a8c 77bc119d3df7d816491642a5e2c30b62 72faaa26224a1ed9a64b28a8d91b1440 c096f54883e35518e21a64e23ebc5846 c096f54883e35518e21a64e23ebc5846 Here is a visual lesson on how to climb a coconut tree. Kerala Coconuts, cinnamon, rubber, pineapples, pecans and tea – they all grow in Kerala, the penultimate stop of our trip. From t ... <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Here is a visual lesson on how to climb a coconut tree. Kerala Coconuts, cinnamon, rubber, pineapples, pecans and tea – they all grow in Kerala, the penultimate stop of our trip. From t ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695534_j8Lgj" title="Here is a visual lesson on how to climb a coconut tree. Kerala Coconuts, cinnamon, rubber, pineapples, pecans and tea – they all grow in Kerala, the penultimate stop of our trip. From t ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-31/472695534_j8Lgj-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Here is a visual lesson on how to climb a coconut tree. Kerala Coconuts, cinnamon, rubber, pineapples, pecans and tea – they all grow in Kerala, the penultimate stop of our trip. From t ..." title="Here is a visual lesson on how to climb a coconut tree. Kerala Coconuts, cinnamon, rubber, pineapples, pecans and tea – they all grow in Kerala, the penultimate stop of our trip. From t ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695365_g5Arr <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Posing is something every American child knows how to do. It was refreshing to take pictures of Indians, like the young man on the left in the top picture, who haven’t yet learned how to a ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695365_g5Arr" title="Posing is something every American child knows how to do. It was refreshing to take pictures of Indians, like the young man on the left in the top picture, who haven’t yet learned how to a ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-29/472695365_g5Arr-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Posing is something every American child knows how to do. It was refreshing to take pictures of Indians, like the young man on the left in the top picture, who haven’t yet learned how to a ..." title="Posing is something every American child knows how to do. It was refreshing to take pictures of Indians, like the young man on the left in the top picture, who haven’t yet learned how to a ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:45:43 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-29/472695365_g5Arr-Th.jpg 51b5bf1cda22078c1e90058593611fc8 040b8a9655e7bbccd6f30302a4dbb98c dc254935aff88674eef1317d6ad9ff55 e2224279853a09b11ad5bac3b7ab08c5 1156996af4d21df891bdcee8e4ca3284 9ade52bcdb147c15590092cb71c3cd9d 9ade52bcdb147c15590092cb71c3cd9d Posing is something every American child knows how to do. It was refreshing to take pictures of Indians, like the young man on the left in the top picture, who haven’t yet learned how to a ... <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Posing is something every American child knows how to do. It was refreshing to take pictures of Indians, like the young man on the left in the top picture, who haven’t yet learned how to a ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695365_g5Arr" title="Posing is something every American child knows how to do. It was refreshing to take pictures of Indians, like the young man on the left in the top picture, who haven’t yet learned how to a ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-29/472695365_g5Arr-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Posing is something every American child knows how to do. It was refreshing to take pictures of Indians, like the young man on the left in the top picture, who haven’t yet learned how to a ..." title="Posing is something every American child knows how to do. It was refreshing to take pictures of Indians, like the young man on the left in the top picture, who haven’t yet learned how to a ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695318_Huose <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Meera is from Belgium. In the 1970’s she stopped in Hampi and started taking care of an old holy man who lived in a hut by the river. No one wanted the Sadhu's house when he died, so it be ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695318_Huose" title="Meera is from Belgium. In the 1970’s she stopped in Hampi and started taking care of an old holy man who lived in a hut by the river. No one wanted the Sadhu's house when he died, so it be ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-30/472695318_Huose-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Meera is from Belgium. In the 1970’s she stopped in Hampi and started taking care of an old holy man who lived in a hut by the river. No one wanted the Sadhu's house when he died, so it be ..." title="Meera is from Belgium. In the 1970’s she stopped in Hampi and started taking care of an old holy man who lived in a hut by the river. No one wanted the Sadhu's house when he died, so it be ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:45:38 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-30/472695318_Huose-Th.jpg b12f780df9fc4bff1b63de453b5ab743 e29c33d63e8b638212d968a81a8a5028 dd0c84b14ab4d6c9589ceb8905690493 f36473fac62b68c2df699d02ab0e4f16 e60b911c3130ea72288938e2d096cd9f ed6abf08dfeda5ca231ab7131cfe4594 ed6abf08dfeda5ca231ab7131cfe4594 Meera is from Belgium. In the 1970’s she stopped in Hampi and started taking care of an old holy man who lived in a hut by the river. No one wanted the Sadhu's house when he died, so it be ... <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Meera is from Belgium. In the 1970’s she stopped in Hampi and started taking care of an old holy man who lived in a hut by the river. No one wanted the Sadhu's house when he died, so it be ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695318_Huose" title="Meera is from Belgium. In the 1970’s she stopped in Hampi and started taking care of an old holy man who lived in a hut by the river. No one wanted the Sadhu's house when he died, so it be ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-30/472695318_Huose-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Meera is from Belgium. In the 1970’s she stopped in Hampi and started taking care of an old holy man who lived in a hut by the river. No one wanted the Sadhu's house when he died, so it be ..." title="Meera is from Belgium. In the 1970’s she stopped in Hampi and started taking care of an old holy man who lived in a hut by the river. No one wanted the Sadhu's house when he died, so it be ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695283_pXunZ <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Above is a basket boat like the one in which we were ferried across and down the river. It holds up to six adults along with a few children. A river boulder onto which a sacred cow was lon ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695283_pXunZ" title="Above is a basket boat like the one in which we were ferried across and down the river. It holds up to six adults along with a few children. A river boulder onto which a sacred cow was lon ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-28/472695283_pXunZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Above is a basket boat like the one in which we were ferried across and down the river. It holds up to six adults along with a few children. A river boulder onto which a sacred cow was lon ..." title="Above is a basket boat like the one in which we were ferried across and down the river. It holds up to six adults along with a few children. A river boulder onto which a sacred cow was lon ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:45:34 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-28/472695283_pXunZ-Th.jpg 2cf4a1410c64efc9a6589b2e98195a0e 2cadc78bdd724b87d318d72c42c4dda9 b8b079da2ab3f5566b79dd7a11ab582e f9a568590c6878e66fe8b4d66e7867d3 54705b439be735e5ec8106ae1250c343 c9f7803d3ba1eb1875807b533d46bb34 c9f7803d3ba1eb1875807b533d46bb34 Above is a basket boat like the one in which we were ferried across and down the river. It holds up to six adults along with a few children. A river boulder onto which a sacred cow was lon ... <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Above is a basket boat like the one in which we were ferried across and down the river. It holds up to six adults along with a few children. A river boulder onto which a sacred cow was lon ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695283_pXunZ" title="Above is a basket boat like the one in which we were ferried across and down the river. It holds up to six adults along with a few children. A river boulder onto which a sacred cow was lon ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-28/472695283_pXunZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Above is a basket boat like the one in which we were ferried across and down the river. It holds up to six adults along with a few children. A river boulder onto which a sacred cow was lon ..." title="Above is a basket boat like the one in which we were ferried across and down the river. It holds up to six adults along with a few children. A river boulder onto which a sacred cow was lon ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695279_kcNur <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Outside the wedding tent for a Hindu marraige in the foothills of the Himalayas, the men dance to a tune played by the village band. © Brian Thomas, 2009</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695279_kcNur" title="Outside the wedding tent for a Hindu marraige in the foothills of the Himalayas, the men dance to a tune played by the village band. © Brian Thomas, 2009"><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-3/472695279_kcNur-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Outside the wedding tent for a Hindu marraige in the foothills of the Himalayas, the men dance to a tune played by the village band. © Brian Thomas, 2009" title="Outside the wedding tent for a Hindu marraige in the foothills of the Himalayas, the men dance to a tune played by the village band. © Brian Thomas, 2009" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:45:34 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-3/472695279_kcNur-Th.jpg db0062d5049ac81e6f11a708848be33c fb5d4b0ecf07f2614099b0e8338cfae8 a930baac2d11a6b7d25071d364446f49 9ac4d7cfe5fcf8767af7a22b32fda633 d3ef2a624d81304b6be2c3e035f9e490 4e87a4939c0a5b5d32887f43d01ba1e9 4e87a4939c0a5b5d32887f43d01ba1e9 Outside the wedding tent for a Hindu marraige in the foothills of the Himalayas, the men dance to a tune played by the village band. © Brian Thomas, 2009 <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Outside the wedding tent for a Hindu marraige in the foothills of the Himalayas, the men dance to a tune played by the village band. © Brian Thomas, 2009</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472695279_kcNur" title="Outside the wedding tent for a Hindu marraige in the foothills of the Himalayas, the men dance to a tune played by the village band. © Brian Thomas, 2009"><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-3/472695279_kcNur-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Outside the wedding tent for a Hindu marraige in the foothills of the Himalayas, the men dance to a tune played by the village band. © Brian Thomas, 2009" title="Outside the wedding tent for a Hindu marraige in the foothills of the Himalayas, the men dance to a tune played by the village band. © Brian Thomas, 2009" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694922_UYM95 <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />On our first day in Hampi we watched workers build sets in the ancient temples. For the Hampi arts festival these temples were lit up at the night and transformed into theaters.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694922_UYM95" title="On our first day in Hampi we watched workers build sets in the ancient temples. For the Hampi arts festival these temples were lit up at the night and transformed into theaters."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-27/472694922_UYM95-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="On our first day in Hampi we watched workers build sets in the ancient temples. For the Hampi arts festival these temples were lit up at the night and transformed into theaters." title="On our first day in Hampi we watched workers build sets in the ancient temples. For the Hampi arts festival these temples were lit up at the night and transformed into theaters." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:44:57 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-27/472694922_UYM95-Th.jpg 2da372c8c6b45b0c2ac0fdbbd4afcac1 89f3f1721065c1363d3bbf12c866d740 9ebcc4d0422bfda162d651a7fd201c2f 601206d5c8736d9690f08a368a8d1804 30adc5dd8a443bad4b0a1191d9d85162 d3d0da5da3423b4c865393144efe1fa5 d3d0da5da3423b4c865393144efe1fa5 On our first day in Hampi we watched workers build sets in the ancient temples. For the Hampi arts festival these temples were lit up at the night and transformed into theaters. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />On our first day in Hampi we watched workers build sets in the ancient temples. For the Hampi arts festival these temples were lit up at the night and transformed into theaters.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694922_UYM95" title="On our first day in Hampi we watched workers build sets in the ancient temples. For the Hampi arts festival these temples were lit up at the night and transformed into theaters."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-27/472694922_UYM95-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="On our first day in Hampi we watched workers build sets in the ancient temples. For the Hampi arts festival these temples were lit up at the night and transformed into theaters." title="On our first day in Hampi we watched workers build sets in the ancient temples. For the Hampi arts festival these temples were lit up at the night and transformed into theaters." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694916_qihcP <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Near the end of the ritual, smoke purifies the air and bells are rung.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694916_qihcP" title="Near the end of the ritual, smoke purifies the air and bells are rung."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-26/472694916_qihcP-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Near the end of the ritual, smoke purifies the air and bells are rung." title="Near the end of the ritual, smoke purifies the air and bells are rung." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:44:56 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-26/472694916_qihcP-Th.jpg e4dc8f5721ce58db6531eadb445ee570 1cd2eb3e6e9087aa276686885034c5b3 21850750d31e19984f9d09bf0a5908b4 4c00908d483929916f053debdebd0ac9 200aa47198a3eaf3a8a95bb998179c1a 307731692e2851867e52608f676d9789 307731692e2851867e52608f676d9789 Near the end of the ritual, smoke purifies the air and bells are rung. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Near the end of the ritual, smoke purifies the air and bells are rung.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694916_qihcP" title="Near the end of the ritual, smoke purifies the air and bells are rung."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-26/472694916_qihcP-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Near the end of the ritual, smoke purifies the air and bells are rung." title="Near the end of the ritual, smoke purifies the air and bells are rung." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694912_8Gbvp <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />A candle in the wind – a close-up of one of the candles that ring the ceremony stage.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694912_8Gbvp" title="A candle in the wind – a close-up of one of the candles that ring the ceremony stage."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-25/472694912_8Gbvp-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="A candle in the wind – a close-up of one of the candles that ring the ceremony stage." title="A candle in the wind – a close-up of one of the candles that ring the ceremony stage." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:44:56 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-25/472694912_8Gbvp-Th.jpg ca9c996144420d5a256e35028d45c1b4 f11d22e80bbbc5d1a80de91565fb1fa4 ef627ad9da3645d43fb0375b94f30925 e9daf3897f130eb51ecff78fa945f1ff 16b9579aa7db8e6dedfa13a8b5399365 0da01d0ec9dc21080f7ae8b755bbd2a5 0da01d0ec9dc21080f7ae8b755bbd2a5 A candle in the wind – a close-up of one of the candles that ring the ceremony stage. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />A candle in the wind – a close-up of one of the candles that ring the ceremony stage.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694912_8Gbvp" title="A candle in the wind – a close-up of one of the candles that ring the ceremony stage."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-25/472694912_8Gbvp-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="A candle in the wind – a close-up of one of the candles that ring the ceremony stage." title="A candle in the wind – a close-up of one of the candles that ring the ceremony stage." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694851_s6Zax <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Boats on the edge of the Ganges River hold the overflow crowd. A young man sings the ancient songs with somber joy.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694851_s6Zax" title="Boats on the edge of the Ganges River hold the overflow crowd. A young man sings the ancient songs with somber joy."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-23/472694851_s6Zax-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Boats on the edge of the Ganges River hold the overflow crowd. A young man sings the ancient songs with somber joy." title="Boats on the edge of the Ganges River hold the overflow crowd. A young man sings the ancient songs with somber joy." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:44:50 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-23/472694851_s6Zax-Th.jpg 61efcb95c292c1fe5b9d5994080d8d4e 1869ea09f656c80cd1ea326ba986e16c dead339281be03845f81fb72d1dc0e06 dd014f8cf8f87a968ccefe842979fb54 2c6eb811355614d79fbe44281543fe4a 63ba616f390becc7b18283734e636040 63ba616f390becc7b18283734e636040 Boats on the edge of the Ganges River hold the overflow crowd. A young man sings the ancient songs with somber joy. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Boats on the edge of the Ganges River hold the overflow crowd. A young man sings the ancient songs with somber joy.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694851_s6Zax" title="Boats on the edge of the Ganges River hold the overflow crowd. A young man sings the ancient songs with somber joy."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-23/472694851_s6Zax-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Boats on the edge of the Ganges River hold the overflow crowd. A young man sings the ancient songs with somber joy." title="Boats on the edge of the Ganges River hold the overflow crowd. A young man sings the ancient songs with somber joy." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694671_fa367 <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />A family lights a sacred lamp before the ritual begins. One of the five priests lined up in a row that simultaneously perform this rite.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694671_fa367" title="A family lights a sacred lamp before the ritual begins. One of the five priests lined up in a row that simultaneously perform this rite."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-24/472694671_fa367-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="A family lights a sacred lamp before the ritual begins. One of the five priests lined up in a row that simultaneously perform this rite." title="A family lights a sacred lamp before the ritual begins. One of the five priests lined up in a row that simultaneously perform this rite." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:44:35 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-24/472694671_fa367-Th.jpg 2f39352782de9b64bafc7190d880d1d5 3e3c72f89743756be68d0f7b113f7064 dbcb6f1946d07d758e9e5e4f7bd27337 33c4789206e79d5c7394f1bded3f10af dea625ca8a4b735a7400fc1eab50823f 461c36fb8d782136c70dc209a2c249c2 461c36fb8d782136c70dc209a2c249c2 A family lights a sacred lamp before the ritual begins. One of the five priests lined up in a row that simultaneously perform this rite. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />A family lights a sacred lamp before the ritual begins. One of the five priests lined up in a row that simultaneously perform this rite.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694671_fa367" title="A family lights a sacred lamp before the ritual begins. One of the five priests lined up in a row that simultaneously perform this rite."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-24/472694671_fa367-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="A family lights a sacred lamp before the ritual begins. One of the five priests lined up in a row that simultaneously perform this rite." title="A family lights a sacred lamp before the ritual begins. One of the five priests lined up in a row that simultaneously perform this rite." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694436_NtmEd <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />A bird’s cage is easier to see than a man’s (or a woman’s). Varanasi After that respite in the mountains,Varanasi would test my new found delight with India. Here the dead have as m ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694436_NtmEd" title="A bird’s cage is easier to see than a man’s (or a woman’s). Varanasi After that respite in the mountains,Varanasi would test my new found delight with India. Here the dead have as m ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-22/472694436_NtmEd-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="A bird’s cage is easier to see than a man’s (or a woman’s). Varanasi After that respite in the mountains,Varanasi would test my new found delight with India. Here the dead have as m ..." title="A bird’s cage is easier to see than a man’s (or a woman’s). Varanasi After that respite in the mountains,Varanasi would test my new found delight with India. Here the dead have as m ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:44:15 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-22/472694436_NtmEd-Th.jpg af40f7b25481d6f64acebeb12f3bb859 15e4b6376b5fe264e6ad5db3934dde35 ffc7ce0ee55ef4b25f07767edf3bb8c6 1c7bf0be3b27d79506e4de1f16ee0fc2 73927fb852ea745847cdbb571dfd594f e87917a017fe44c6bba2c534e2f56d03 e87917a017fe44c6bba2c534e2f56d03 A bird’s cage is easier to see than a man’s (or a woman’s). Varanasi After that respite in the mountains,Varanasi would test my new found delight with India. Here the dead have as m ... <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />A bird’s cage is easier to see than a man’s (or a woman’s). Varanasi After that respite in the mountains,Varanasi would test my new found delight with India. Here the dead have as m ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694436_NtmEd" title="A bird’s cage is easier to see than a man’s (or a woman’s). Varanasi After that respite in the mountains,Varanasi would test my new found delight with India. Here the dead have as m ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-22/472694436_NtmEd-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="A bird’s cage is easier to see than a man’s (or a woman’s). Varanasi After that respite in the mountains,Varanasi would test my new found delight with India. Here the dead have as m ..." title="A bird’s cage is easier to see than a man’s (or a woman’s). Varanasi After that respite in the mountains,Varanasi would test my new found delight with India. Here the dead have as m ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694259_GBs82 <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />An ornament atop Ki Monastery lit only by the light of the moon. For breakfast a monk is preparing what he told us was the Dali Lama’s favorite “tea” – he is pouring hot milk into ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694259_GBs82" title="An ornament atop Ki Monastery lit only by the light of the moon. For breakfast a monk is preparing what he told us was the Dali Lama’s favorite “tea” – he is pouring hot milk into ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-20/472694259_GBs82-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="An ornament atop Ki Monastery lit only by the light of the moon. For breakfast a monk is preparing what he told us was the Dali Lama’s favorite “tea” – he is pouring hot milk into ..." title="An ornament atop Ki Monastery lit only by the light of the moon. For breakfast a monk is preparing what he told us was the Dali Lama’s favorite “tea” – he is pouring hot milk into ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:44:00 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-20/472694259_GBs82-Th.jpg cc13d9b0545c816441b25668fc3e6cab cbef226714d81ab4bb941d5b1c402ce2 87aa887a4a99a77b94ce5039ef6b210f 73717c823840a67bd82d1ea630bb8b7e 79b893c191bc15640e489a3868cee3ab 3190106ea667b5956cfb35d10eb90c36 3190106ea667b5956cfb35d10eb90c36 An ornament atop Ki Monastery lit only by the light of the moon. For breakfast a monk is preparing what he told us was the Dali Lama’s favorite “tea” – he is pouring hot milk into ... <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />An ornament atop Ki Monastery lit only by the light of the moon. For breakfast a monk is preparing what he told us was the Dali Lama’s favorite “tea” – he is pouring hot milk into ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694259_GBs82" title="An ornament atop Ki Monastery lit only by the light of the moon. For breakfast a monk is preparing what he told us was the Dali Lama’s favorite “tea” – he is pouring hot milk into ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-20/472694259_GBs82-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="An ornament atop Ki Monastery lit only by the light of the moon. For breakfast a monk is preparing what he told us was the Dali Lama’s favorite “tea” – he is pouring hot milk into ..." title="An ornament atop Ki Monastery lit only by the light of the moon. For breakfast a monk is preparing what he told us was the Dali Lama’s favorite “tea” – he is pouring hot milk into ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694232_KQsYG <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a> </p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694232_KQsYG" title="rivertext's photo"><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-21/472694232_KQsYG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="rivertext's photo" title="rivertext's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:43:58 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-21/472694232_KQsYG-Th.jpg 32a36df954a5229b9cd4dfc58832f439 553877f6a6db029b028088340a297d24 6b0873663ce5250379a6223feefd4c5b ffa7d9ea9dea7e7ffc6b2133ba695cdb 68b0f159be07a7a40e2c30a5183e933a bbfd419ba2be7d7648692f236d1768d0 bbfd419ba2be7d7648692f236d1768d0 rivertext's photo <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a> </p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694232_KQsYG" title="rivertext's photo"><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-21/472694232_KQsYG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="rivertext's photo" title="rivertext's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694144_78qsM <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />This blank page is here to keep the two page spreads as they appear in the book. This blank page lies opposite the title page below. When the shaded center of the book is on the right it "po ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694144_78qsM" title="This blank page is here to keep the two page spreads as they appear in the book. This blank page lies opposite the title page below. When the shaded center of the book is on the right it "po ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-2/472694144_78qsM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="This blank page is here to keep the two page spreads as they appear in the book. This blank page lies opposite the title page below. When the shaded center of the book is on the right it "po ..." title="This blank page is here to keep the two page spreads as they appear in the book. This blank page lies opposite the title page below. When the shaded center of the book is on the right it "po ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:43:52 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-2/472694144_78qsM-Th.jpg 95c275c6c336939cfd2402ad470b9b5a 55e7dc493d41d3af372b379de90e41fb 98d4ce103a0e4ca61c15a5cdfffe4356 622e750c53890e38d2fbc1954fbbe9e0 b30281cd60c140e7edcbaa012ec0620d 8352d40ac863e5cf81869328c7acd879 8352d40ac863e5cf81869328c7acd879 This blank page is here to keep the two page spreads as they appear in the book. This blank page lies opposite the title page below. When the shaded center of the book is on the right it "po ... <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />This blank page is here to keep the two page spreads as they appear in the book. This blank page lies opposite the title page below. When the shaded center of the book is on the right it "po ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694144_78qsM" title="This blank page is here to keep the two page spreads as they appear in the book. This blank page lies opposite the title page below. When the shaded center of the book is on the right it "po ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-2/472694144_78qsM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="This blank page is here to keep the two page spreads as they appear in the book. This blank page lies opposite the title page below. When the shaded center of the book is on the right it "po ..." title="This blank page is here to keep the two page spreads as they appear in the book. This blank page lies opposite the title page below. When the shaded center of the book is on the right it "po ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694083_PTAyD <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />This is a finial atop the 1100 years old Dhanka monastery. To the right, the daughter of a monk at this Tibetan Buddhist monastery says goodbye to Lily. Where’s Lily? I have just 3 thing ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694083_PTAyD" title="This is a finial atop the 1100 years old Dhanka monastery. To the right, the daughter of a monk at this Tibetan Buddhist monastery says goodbye to Lily. Where’s Lily? I have just 3 thing ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-18/472694083_PTAyD-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="This is a finial atop the 1100 years old Dhanka monastery. To the right, the daughter of a monk at this Tibetan Buddhist monastery says goodbye to Lily. Where’s Lily? I have just 3 thing ..." title="This is a finial atop the 1100 years old Dhanka monastery. To the right, the daughter of a monk at this Tibetan Buddhist monastery says goodbye to Lily. Where’s Lily? I have just 3 thing ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:43:45 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-18/472694083_PTAyD-Th.jpg f1b22322fb8d7fd730e0d91fe79ce97d 422549fef9edd616c4626a600ef711bd 8639a4108b16513edec3f5b7f77b10a9 7b9dbd9c70efee90c469435f4004d2dc 555283b399d1abfbf2fa7de1dda418a0 29c7d26f4450648d36582685088e6ce2 29c7d26f4450648d36582685088e6ce2 This is a finial atop the 1100 years old Dhanka monastery. To the right, the daughter of a monk at this Tibetan Buddhist monastery says goodbye to Lily. Where’s Lily? I have just 3 thing ... <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />This is a finial atop the 1100 years old Dhanka monastery. To the right, the daughter of a monk at this Tibetan Buddhist monastery says goodbye to Lily. Where’s Lily? I have just 3 thing ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694083_PTAyD" title="This is a finial atop the 1100 years old Dhanka monastery. To the right, the daughter of a monk at this Tibetan Buddhist monastery says goodbye to Lily. Where’s Lily? I have just 3 thing ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-18/472694083_PTAyD-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="This is a finial atop the 1100 years old Dhanka monastery. To the right, the daughter of a monk at this Tibetan Buddhist monastery says goodbye to Lily. Where’s Lily? I have just 3 thing ..." title="This is a finial atop the 1100 years old Dhanka monastery. To the right, the daughter of a monk at this Tibetan Buddhist monastery says goodbye to Lily. Where’s Lily? I have just 3 thing ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694051_zFpyt <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Sometimes the road widened to make room for a roadside temple or a restaurant. I took this picture while our vehicle was receiving a full 15 minute spiritual realignment from a priest of thi ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694051_zFpyt" title="Sometimes the road widened to make room for a roadside temple or a restaurant. I took this picture while our vehicle was receiving a full 15 minute spiritual realignment from a priest of thi ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-16/472694051_zFpyt-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Sometimes the road widened to make room for a roadside temple or a restaurant. I took this picture while our vehicle was receiving a full 15 minute spiritual realignment from a priest of thi ..." title="Sometimes the road widened to make room for a roadside temple or a restaurant. I took this picture while our vehicle was receiving a full 15 minute spiritual realignment from a priest of thi ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:43:43 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-16/472694051_zFpyt-Th.jpg 24516a86edbe45deb8ce39cd518ea21b 75eb1a99baa52f8494bf1921a060a3fa 6784be15905d81ff989c43028102386f d6c1c01af387bd245b9cbfe4b3fc00e0 6d7915e7b7f4a714d990aac0fd529ecb 99f0c944d626c3ca2c018479725afa9f 99f0c944d626c3ca2c018479725afa9f Sometimes the road widened to make room for a roadside temple or a restaurant. I took this picture while our vehicle was receiving a full 15 minute spiritual realignment from a priest of thi ... <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Sometimes the road widened to make room for a roadside temple or a restaurant. I took this picture while our vehicle was receiving a full 15 minute spiritual realignment from a priest of thi ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694051_zFpyt" title="Sometimes the road widened to make room for a roadside temple or a restaurant. I took this picture while our vehicle was receiving a full 15 minute spiritual realignment from a priest of thi ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-16/472694051_zFpyt-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Sometimes the road widened to make room for a roadside temple or a restaurant. I took this picture while our vehicle was receiving a full 15 minute spiritual realignment from a priest of thi ..." title="Sometimes the road widened to make room for a roadside temple or a restaurant. I took this picture while our vehicle was receiving a full 15 minute spiritual realignment from a priest of thi ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694019_6jnzw <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Organization is decoration at this one room restaurant run by three Tibetan women.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694019_6jnzw" title="Organization is decoration at this one room restaurant run by three Tibetan women."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-17/472694019_6jnzw-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Organization is decoration at this one room restaurant run by three Tibetan women." title="Organization is decoration at this one room restaurant run by three Tibetan women." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:43:40 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-17/472694019_6jnzw-Th.jpg 75e433909673f6fba052b1939b2cfbc9 046c99fad722e4e3100027b28a34bbdc 28afde0e1cfdbb2c6fdbbea6e9a11510 90af47b32986b306ad22bb07329ec290 a70f80ac46b0c5b961ea0ce0a7a4bf9a 7330b21b65c807f9dba3f44d6784b181 7330b21b65c807f9dba3f44d6784b181 Organization is decoration at this one room restaurant run by three Tibetan women. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Organization is decoration at this one room restaurant run by three Tibetan women.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472694019_6jnzw" title="Organization is decoration at this one room restaurant run by three Tibetan women."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-17/472694019_6jnzw-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Organization is decoration at this one room restaurant run by three Tibetan women." title="Organization is decoration at this one room restaurant run by three Tibetan women." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472693840_K76LA <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a> </p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472693840_K76LA" title="rivertext's photo"><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-13/472693840_K76LA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="rivertext's photo" title="rivertext's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:43:26 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-13/472693840_K76LA-Th.jpg 5602a2eeed2f2d472a7c9ddaa3d85c15 bb1a1c99161fe30222de2ee9b4c3bd34 d601236bd920f36ef0bc0249b2bc1cad 6c4bcafbb29806aaaf2a2339deb96dda 98ae2f008a716102dd2745e6ad643981 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the right pops out of one of the yellow temple buildings seen on the facing page to adjust and certify the spiritual balance of each vehicle that pauses ther ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-14/472693820_XEpXD-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Into the Himalayas The Sadhu on the right pops out of one of the yellow temple buildings seen on the facing page to adjust and certify the spiritual balance of each vehicle that pauses ther ..." title="Into the Himalayas The Sadhu on the right pops out of one of the yellow temple buildings seen on the facing page to adjust and certify the spiritual balance of each vehicle that pauses ther ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:43:25 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-14/472693820_XEpXD-Th.jpg 4ee823e720dcab2624a1cb1419f579de b418434d3a97d0aa28d45c799b2ae726 428cae9d995a0f207175f1aa6f78f0ce 6a9edf6f4b6468b2fca8f53a98e4e4b9 adca3d40963492d21a4200a97f4315f9 cf78571862db3b746c50189c7369324a cf78571862db3b746c50189c7369324a Into the Himalayas The Sadhu on the right pops out of one of the yellow temple buildings seen on the facing page to adjust and certify the spiritual balance of each vehicle that pauses ther ... <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Into the Himalayas The Sadhu on the right pops out of one of the yellow temple buildings seen on the facing page to adjust and certify the spiritual balance of each vehicle that pauses ther ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472693820_XEpXD" title="Into the Himalayas The Sadhu on the right pops out of one of the yellow temple buildings seen on the facing page to adjust and certify the spiritual balance of each vehicle that pauses ther ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-14/472693820_XEpXD-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Into the Himalayas The Sadhu on the right pops out of one of the yellow temple buildings seen on the facing page to adjust and certify the spiritual balance of each vehicle that pauses ther ..." title="Into the Himalayas The Sadhu on the right pops out of one of the yellow temple buildings seen on the facing page to adjust and certify the spiritual balance of each vehicle that pauses ther ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472693765_2EdM5 <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />All night long men bathe in the light of the Golden Temple. This man’s hand grasps a chain (not visible here) that is attached to the outer wall of the pool.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472693765_2EdM5" title="All night long men bathe in the light of the Golden Temple. This man’s hand grasps a chain (not visible here) that is attached to the outer wall of the pool."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-12/472693765_2EdM5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="All night long men bathe in the light of the Golden Temple. This man’s hand grasps a chain (not visible here) that is attached to the outer wall of the pool." title="All night long men bathe in the light of the Golden Temple. This man’s hand grasps a chain (not visible here) that is attached to the outer wall of the pool." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:43:20 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-12/472693765_2EdM5-Th.jpg 19b22331705dabfbae058ea7acac3e7d 0d08e2386f99b01ef92dd6ec55d9afaf 7854dd67a9c0d5c5509c339337174e61 a675db3afc3612677bf02388380fa568 14cdcfa0e17d84d7c4540995bfe8b788 f075c13205bc9ff4b5a777c40d87f04b f075c13205bc9ff4b5a777c40d87f04b All night long men bathe in the light of the Golden Temple. This man’s hand grasps a chain (not visible here) that is attached to the outer wall of the pool. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />All night long men bathe in the light of the Golden Temple. This man’s hand grasps a chain (not visible here) that is attached to the outer wall of the pool.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472693765_2EdM5" title="All night long men bathe in the light of the Golden Temple. This man’s hand grasps a chain (not visible here) that is attached to the outer wall of the pool."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-12/472693765_2EdM5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="All night long men bathe in the light of the Golden Temple. This man’s hand grasps a chain (not visible here) that is attached to the outer wall of the pool." title="All night long men bathe in the light of the Golden Temple. This man’s hand grasps a chain (not visible here) that is attached to the outer wall of the pool." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472693718_d9CaK <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />This is a book of photographs from the last four months of 2008 when I was traveling in India with friends I made during my stay in Turkey. Ki (to the right), is a Tibetan Buddhist monas ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472693718_d9CaK" title="This is a book of photographs from the last four months of 2008 when I was traveling in India with friends I made during my stay in Turkey. Ki (to the right), is a Tibetan Buddhist monas ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-1/472693718_d9CaK-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="This is a book of photographs from the last four months of 2008 when I was traveling in India with friends I made during my stay in Turkey. Ki (to the right), is a Tibetan Buddhist monas ..." title="This is a book of photographs from the last four months of 2008 when I was traveling in India with friends I made during my stay in Turkey. Ki (to the right), is a Tibetan Buddhist monas ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:43:15 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-1/472693718_d9CaK-Th.jpg 588f91f90180de2f19859b9b5275ed6e d2cf22097fc650440b3eaa0199a87c85 1a85103a66152215c2451d55cbcae9fe f130beee396b3281aa7e2a6e7e13b18b 643f90580b353b9668b5bf42ab4b6d26 1013d98d9d75a085d914918ceff9b3a9 1013d98d9d75a085d914918ceff9b3a9 This is a book of photographs from the last four months of 2008 when I was traveling in India with friends I made during my stay in Turkey. Ki (to the right), is a Tibetan Buddhist monas ... <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />This is a book of photographs from the last four months of 2008 when I was traveling in India with friends I made during my stay in Turkey. Ki (to the right), is a Tibetan Buddhist monas ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472693718_d9CaK" title="This is a book of photographs from the last four months of 2008 when I was traveling in India with friends I made during my stay in Turkey. Ki (to the right), is a Tibetan Buddhist monas ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-1/472693718_d9CaK-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="This is a book of photographs from the last four months of 2008 when I was traveling in India with friends I made during my stay in Turkey. Ki (to the right), is a Tibetan Buddhist monas ..." title="This is a book of photographs from the last four months of 2008 when I was traveling in India with friends I made during my stay in Turkey. Ki (to the right), is a Tibetan Buddhist monas ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472693693_37Fmh <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />The faithful sleep on the marble floors of the courtyards and corridors. Foreigners are given a big common room full of beds to sleep in. In the top photo, a horn is blown to signal the i ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472693693_37Fmh" title="The faithful sleep on the marble floors of the courtyards and corridors. Foreigners are given a big common room full of beds to sleep in. In the top photo, a horn is blown to signal the i ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-10/472693693_37Fmh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="The faithful sleep on the marble floors of the courtyards and corridors. Foreigners are given a big common room full of beds to sleep in. In the top photo, a horn is blown to signal the i ..." title="The faithful sleep on the marble floors of the courtyards and corridors. Foreigners are given a big common room full of beds to sleep in. In the top photo, a horn is blown to signal the i ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:43:13 -0800 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-10/472693693_37Fmh-Th.jpg a2f0ede8cea375984b824fa293aecaad addee1b36b17c97d58b3b10203545901 44d3b9d1d61a388c9b7d401536504fe7 0f01e2880fd6a2e5306d221b21841c8c 035ba1324ae3c819c4418146c8f10d2c b92b99fcddd145259e43700382c949f5 b92b99fcddd145259e43700382c949f5 The faithful sleep on the marble floors of the courtyards and corridors. Foreigners are given a big common room full of beds to sleep in. In the top photo, a horn is blown to signal the i ... <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />The faithful sleep on the marble floors of the courtyards and corridors. Foreigners are given a big common room full of beds to sleep in. In the top photo, a horn is blown to signal the i ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/7344740_RMt4r#472693693_37Fmh" title="The faithful sleep on the marble floors of the courtyards and corridors. Foreigners are given a big common room full of beds to sleep in. In the top photo, a horn is blown to signal the i ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/This-is-India/screen-capture-10/472693693_37Fmh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="The faithful sleep on the marble floors of the courtyards and corridors. Foreigners are given a big common room full of beds to sleep in. In the top photo, a horn is blown to signal the i ..." title="The faithful sleep on the marble floors of the courtyards and corridors. Foreigners are given a big common room full of beds to sleep in. In the top photo, a horn is blown to signal the i ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel screen, capture rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395394207_AVwyR <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Exterior of Kee monastery, the last and largest monastery I visited.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395394207_AVwyR" title="Exterior of Kee monastery, the last and largest monastery I visited."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5780/395394207_AVwyR-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="Exterior of Kee monastery, the last and largest monastery I visited." title="Exterior of Kee monastery, the last and largest monastery I visited." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:46:51 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5780/395394207_AVwyR-Th.jpg 2008-10-12 09:15:39 37577247f0457a003c6f3d6f690b14c9 94b7b172abf786e9128a61a6f89e44fc 241988121af6e24f5ce09af585f65a15 988d4c500e86513739db8bf2d78fc7e3 f1c05d9af2028d76a96c90500596dddc 0e925a000e8b9f8dc55abfe321cce86a 0e925a000e8b9f8dc55abfe321cce86a Exterior of Kee monastery, the last and largest monastery I visited. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Exterior of Kee monastery, the last and largest monastery I visited.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395394207_AVwyR" title="Exterior of Kee monastery, the last and largest monastery I visited."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5780/395394207_AVwyR-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="Exterior of Kee monastery, the last and largest monastery I visited." title="Exterior of Kee monastery, the last and largest monastery I visited." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel buddhist monastery rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395394101_4V7Yk <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />This and the next photo are portaits of the cook at two roadside restaurants.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395394101_4V7Yk" title="This and the next photo are portaits of the cook at two roadside restaurants."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP4840/395394101_4V7Yk-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="This and the next photo are portaits of the cook at two roadside restaurants." title="This and the next photo are portaits of the cook at two roadside restaurants." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:46:33 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP4840/395394101_4V7Yk-Th.jpg 2008-10-04 17:20:21 d67cf4b3cc41520b7db632cf347b91d1 673eba19a5758cd77c91188662eabfae 517156d565e8a54a38e0162d0d5cec99 c564e20ef579acbcdb2f8a69162cd3ad 2c0273f3313ccd745d9da8c8d31a4386 3b10b62b2d0a087c5654d1f700a3c713 3b10b62b2d0a087c5654d1f700a3c713 This and the next photo are portaits of the cook at two roadside restaurants. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />This and the next photo are portaits of the cook at two roadside restaurants.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395394101_4V7Yk" title="This and the next photo are portaits of the cook at two roadside restaurants."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP4840/395394101_4V7Yk-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="This and the next photo are portaits of the cook at two roadside restaurants." title="This and the next photo are portaits of the cook at two roadside restaurants." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395394022_LMPdh <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />A view of Nako, my favorite Himalayan village.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395394022_LMPdh" title="A view of Nako, my favorite Himalayan village."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5357/395394022_LMPdh-Th.jpg" width="106" height="150" alt="A view of Nako, my favorite Himalayan village." title="A view of Nako, my favorite Himalayan village." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:46:22 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5357/395394022_LMPdh-Th.jpg 2008-10-09 08:12:12 7756c0fa443f9b66ab9f4ecc72afa474 7defe2d86ff6509ea5aa3aaa23014fa1 ab22903a2893740798402aa551c87553 4c5f897528d8a0fa5341a8767e9bd640 844f352c4b9bc077079bfc3a986f675b 6922609bd46d866c598bfe1bfecd589b d77878f67026822775519d568eb4a2fe d77878f67026822775519d568eb4a2fe A view of Nako, my favorite Himalayan village. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />A view of Nako, my favorite Himalayan village.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395394022_LMPdh" title="A view of Nako, my favorite Himalayan village."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5357/395394022_LMPdh-Th.jpg" width="106" height="150" alt="A view of Nako, my favorite Himalayan village." title="A view of Nako, my favorite Himalayan village." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel naka rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395393970_SWahB <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Chitkul, the closest Indian village to the Chinese border.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395393970_SWahB" title="Chitkul, the closest Indian village to the Chinese border."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5067/395393970_SWahB-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="Chitkul, the closest Indian village to the Chinese border." title="Chitkul, the closest Indian village to the Chinese border." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:46:14 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5067/395393970_SWahB-Th.jpg 2008-10-06 10:23:52 b9df5927fe8585476a09e2d1dfc1d8c2 0262e614591f1eea4b509789a5d71e6f 8cadb7d5615f591c7c7f96a529dfd1a7 4148926f33d7a6173a581564b20d65cd 7b66c88172990d9769b39d2585d0ebb3 3a162f359fcb7ae1f3a48d5ef89edf77 65ab061deb289ecd2638c210bbe65fd7 65ab061deb289ecd2638c210bbe65fd7 Chitkul, the closest Indian village to the Chinese border. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Chitkul, the closest Indian village to the Chinese border.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395393970_SWahB" title="Chitkul, the closest Indian village to the Chinese border."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5067/395393970_SWahB-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="Chitkul, the closest Indian village to the Chinese border." title="Chitkul, the closest Indian village to the Chinese border." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395393888_vXCvV <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a> </p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395393888_vXCvV" title="rivertext's photo"><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5100/395393888_vXCvV-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="rivertext's photo" title="rivertext's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:46:02 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5100/395393888_vXCvV-Th.jpg 2008-10-06 12:21:40 eca46b0f961361793b2697c75c54ae6e 1a423abd45dba88985106e225bb96ff3 81c71eae63bb3806f15fbe84c76903c2 b078dd14da643cfca64e27426940368e 919bfe04a7d14e6ac5d67156b7091e9b f174e058e59d2b1ffc4cd8919202002f 78de192ae861ec8fc173e71ffb59f712 78de192ae861ec8fc173e71ffb59f712 rivertext's photo <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a> </p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395393888_vXCvV" title="rivertext's photo"><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5100/395393888_vXCvV-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="rivertext's photo" title="rivertext's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395393835_bXPjs <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Dhankar monastery is the oldest Tibetan monastery in India. It is over 1100 years old.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395393835_bXPjs" title="Dhankar monastery is the oldest Tibetan monastery in India. It is over 1100 years old."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5530/395393835_bXPjs-Th.jpg" width="106" height="150" alt="Dhankar monastery is the oldest Tibetan monastery in India. It is over 1100 years old." title="Dhankar monastery is the oldest Tibetan monastery in India. It is over 1100 years old." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:45:54 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5530/395393835_bXPjs-Th.jpg 2008-10-10 14:03:05 885bf6ac43ee7d9cccfa3916e01a5b1c 017fa09499507e45eb79ce82a57e1ba3 87ce8fc49a60b926a5dd71712fb7620f f177633a9ebd12823b306611b8196d08 942fa9d851aba8e905cbb940e5bc7f0a f0b7c3f822696e13a7953f2cca235124 15feca6063ab44499bb10fee9c97197f 15feca6063ab44499bb10fee9c97197f Dhankar monastery is the oldest Tibetan monastery in India. It is over 1100 years old. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Dhankar monastery is the oldest Tibetan monastery in India. It is over 1100 years old.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395393835_bXPjs" title="Dhankar monastery is the oldest Tibetan monastery in India. It is over 1100 years old."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5530/395393835_bXPjs-Th.jpg" width="106" height="150" alt="Dhankar monastery is the oldest Tibetan monastery in India. It is over 1100 years old." title="Dhankar monastery is the oldest Tibetan monastery in India. It is over 1100 years old." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel buddhist monastery rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395393792_cUais <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Finial on the roof of Dhanka monastery.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395393792_cUais" title="Finial on the roof of Dhanka monastery."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5457/395393792_cUais-Th.jpg" width="106" height="150" alt="Finial on the roof of Dhanka monastery." title="Finial on the roof of Dhanka monastery." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:45:48 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5457/395393792_cUais-Th.jpg 2008-10-10 12:49:48 a34a608acbca2c82b9e5f1ca93d6ebdf 63b02768dce5e44aa43ecb09223d5594 8e6ac2d66b6f1dd6d371851e6ddaf9a8 8095a5ccf3022c3e83f899f6826b4316 ace94395a30640dc2572cc4ace7051d8 cd4cb0aafec44d16360abcf21e8a0f89 e885828d98f3639e845cfe40fd278a9a e885828d98f3639e845cfe40fd278a9a Finial on the roof of Dhanka monastery. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Finial on the roof of Dhanka monastery.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395393792_cUais" title="Finial on the roof of Dhanka monastery."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5457/395393792_cUais-Th.jpg" width="106" height="150" alt="Finial on the roof of Dhanka monastery." title="Finial on the roof of Dhanka monastery." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel buddhist monastery rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395393696_j4Fgm <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />A monk preparing the Dali Lama's favorite 'tea' - he is pouring hot milk into the butter churn.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395393696_j4Fgm" title="A monk preparing the Dali Lama's favorite 'tea' - he is pouring hot milk into the butter churn."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5759/395393696_j4Fgm-Th.jpg" width="106" height="150" alt="A monk preparing the Dali Lama's favorite 'tea' - he is pouring hot milk into the butter churn." title="A monk preparing the Dali Lama's favorite 'tea' - he is pouring hot milk into the butter churn." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:45:30 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5759/395393696_j4Fgm-Th.jpg 2008-10-12 07:58:09 66df0d9812cc12f828cd6110bda5052c 5506c5470e5c9f12883a7b2032cc30b0 acfcce009b001e85069178cfa36e9e60 39714177835715001905f396b9aa19f9 ed9e70a059175642a1802a202f1a3c87 b62b770a35e9afdaf618710b2ca60ed4 9fceb545dd28119f6e829c940988c289 9fceb545dd28119f6e829c940988c289 A monk preparing the Dali Lama's favorite 'tea' - he is pouring hot milk into the butter churn. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />A monk preparing the Dali Lama's favorite 'tea' - he is pouring hot milk into the butter churn.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395393696_j4Fgm" title="A monk preparing the Dali Lama's favorite 'tea' - he is pouring hot milk into the butter churn."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5759/395393696_j4Fgm-Th.jpg" width="106" height="150" alt="A monk preparing the Dali Lama's favorite 'tea' - he is pouring hot milk into the butter churn." title="A monk preparing the Dali Lama's favorite 'tea' - he is pouring hot milk into the butter churn." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395393632_EpvgJ <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Monastery prayer flags against the evening sky.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395393632_EpvgJ" title="Monastery prayer flags against the evening sky."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5310/395393632_EpvgJ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="Monastery prayer flags against the evening sky." title="Monastery prayer flags against the evening sky." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:45:20 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5310/395393632_EpvgJ-Th.jpg 2008-10-08 17:18:08 0345e02181b773ebaefa15c83d0aba55 34f3fddfebe3304843740e9e8adb3ff6 021d4780047bdfc919e4cfe8c3c620b3 8c25aa189de06996314ee1ada5135d34 203d03cf4b500cb5cbfae0f1a362de29 86fbfd458eebb540bf54bc895810672a 86fbfd458eebb540bf54bc895810672a Monastery prayer flags against the evening sky. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Monastery prayer flags against the evening sky.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395393632_EpvgJ" title="Monastery prayer flags against the evening sky."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5310/395393632_EpvgJ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="Monastery prayer flags against the evening sky." title="Monastery prayer flags against the evening sky." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel naka rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395377807_W4RYD <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />A monastery finial photographed by moonlight. (I spent the night there.)</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395377807_W4RYD" title="A monastery finial photographed by moonlight. (I spent the night there.)"><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5732/395377807_W4RYD-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="A monastery finial photographed by moonlight. (I spent the night there.)" title="A monastery finial photographed by moonlight. (I spent the night there.)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:09:19 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5732/395377807_W4RYD-Th.jpg 2008-10-11 20:38:12 c34f00e37312e4ab4326d63e49daff66 15a3fd593d068b75de49d25e95e377d6 8ea7cf56cecadae7ee1abf187513c633 a26d217b024b3da6ac9072f1ec20059c 72acd321f38cbcf1be105e5ca6ac75f0 77109c757269961d6dd7c12d5049bd3f 4725625f31a7bf04701e35c46cd01415 4725625f31a7bf04701e35c46cd01415 A monastery finial photographed by moonlight. (I spent the night there.) <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />A monastery finial photographed by moonlight. (I spent the night there.)</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395377807_W4RYD" title="A monastery finial photographed by moonlight. (I spent the night there.)"><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5732/395377807_W4RYD-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="A monastery finial photographed by moonlight. (I spent the night there.)" title="A monastery finial photographed by moonlight. (I spent the night there.)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel buddhist monastery rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395377729_gLisM <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />The monastery at Tabu shows a humble, boring mud surface to the world. Inside are the finest Tibetan Buddhist paintings anywhere in the world -- but you can't photograph them.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395377729_gLisM" title="The monastery at Tabu shows a humble, boring mud surface to the world. Inside are the finest Tibetan Buddhist paintings anywhere in the world -- but you can't photograph them."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5447/395377729_gLisM-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="The monastery at Tabu shows a humble, boring mud surface to the world. Inside are the finest Tibetan Buddhist paintings anywhere in the world -- but you can't photograph them." title="The monastery at Tabu shows a humble, boring mud surface to the world. Inside are the finest Tibetan Buddhist paintings anywhere in the world -- but you can't photograph them." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:09:11 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5447/395377729_gLisM-Th.jpg 2008-10-09 15:48:14 71de849dc3861c53990715e0dbcee972 5e4c7bc16addc6da19994a163a1f697b 3c6e534ed480c2083233eb472e6a2f7a c765d6a28f6adde10bcca54e59186af8 5cbbec61347aa231ececb9439f51d504 ae44d5949cb642b9f167cb2ab0e99206 323d9018682507b3efe13708420868d8 323d9018682507b3efe13708420868d8 The monastery at Tabu shows a humble, boring mud surface to the world. Inside are the finest Tibetan Buddhist paintings anywhere in the world -- but you can't photograph them. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />The monastery at Tabu shows a humble, boring mud surface to the world. Inside are the finest Tibetan Buddhist paintings anywhere in the world -- but you can't photograph them.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395377729_gLisM" title="The monastery at Tabu shows a humble, boring mud surface to the world. Inside are the finest Tibetan Buddhist paintings anywhere in the world -- but you can't photograph them."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5447/395377729_gLisM-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="The monastery at Tabu shows a humble, boring mud surface to the world. Inside are the finest Tibetan Buddhist paintings anywhere in the world -- but you can't photograph them." title="The monastery at Tabu shows a humble, boring mud surface to the world. Inside are the finest Tibetan Buddhist paintings anywhere in the world -- but you can't photograph them." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395377686_TyDjU <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Prayer drum, books and altars in a storage room in the monastery.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395377686_TyDjU" title="Prayer drum, books and altars in a storage room in the monastery."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5429/395377686_TyDjU-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="Prayer drum, books and altars in a storage room in the monastery." title="Prayer drum, books and altars in a storage room in the monastery." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:09:05 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5429/395377686_TyDjU-Th.jpg 2008-10-09 10:27:20 94020d31df5dd62fced54027d2dbba51 fc9f0e329b9ae533d747411af9c53af3 576ebc9bb3d354656d69f0e7c2ce8c52 bbf845b7758347a535403789fa3b6718 1715c1969f210a1c0201aeb018828060 06ad889342d899ec31d1a6bad95de1cc 7c54a5694599598d0319b7e9b8ba0719 7c54a5694599598d0319b7e9b8ba0719 Prayer drum, books and altars in a storage room in the monastery. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Prayer drum, books and altars in a storage room in the monastery.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395377686_TyDjU" title="Prayer drum, books and altars in a storage room in the monastery."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5429/395377686_TyDjU-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="Prayer drum, books and altars in a storage room in the monastery." title="Prayer drum, books and altars in a storage room in the monastery." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel buddhist monastery rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395377498_CJDTU <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />One of the ancient temples in the monastery.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395377498_CJDTU" title="One of the ancient temples in the monastery."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5280/395377498_CJDTU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="One of the ancient temples in the monastery." title="One of the ancient temples in the monastery." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:08:41 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5280/395377498_CJDTU-Th.jpg 2008-10-08 17:00:16 2ee4eb4b3309fd7a9fc3bc1cd1a336e6 3c76154b74f629fbc23cc41e169240f1 af62f3002b65fc978d34549ee2e85df7 c69c0390c5710056e131c90ba1c474a1 99c5046a8f66fdd123e5248d6f1cadd7 eef8e73944b60fda2f4816111cb74ea3 eef8e73944b60fda2f4816111cb74ea3 One of the ancient temples in the monastery. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />One of the ancient temples in the monastery.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395377498_CJDTU" title="One of the ancient temples in the monastery."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/IMGP5280/395377498_CJDTU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="One of the ancient temples in the monastery." title="One of the ancient temples in the monastery." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395377436_NDP8j <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />A monk drinking the hot butter milk "tea".</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395377436_NDP8j" title="A monk drinking the hot butter milk "tea"."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/39IMGP5679/395377436_NDP8j-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="A monk drinking the hot butter milk "tea"." title="A monk drinking the hot butter milk "tea"." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:08:33 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/39IMGP5679/395377436_NDP8j-Th.jpg 2008-10-11 18:23:06 41d196baa77b5f9eeef1048f0cb4b8eb 565945d0a3f706052bbc6d89053070c0 5e85ef64d1357a02ef3d6128d31f9bb0 104256bb077e4cd3d087f8d141a7d9c4 1646b560ce22e2291fcb4ea632c67df8 a227d5002c6b103f44c2b68fe87db80a f087d24dd8ca2f6b9d9baef1c4994cd7 f087d24dd8ca2f6b9d9baef1c4994cd7 A monk drinking the hot butter milk "tea". <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />A monk drinking the hot butter milk "tea".</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395377436_NDP8j" title="A monk drinking the hot butter milk "tea"."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/39IMGP5679/395377436_NDP8j-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="A monk drinking the hot butter milk "tea"." title="A monk drinking the hot butter milk "tea"." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395377380_hq9gj <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Monastery finial in the very late afternoon.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395377380_hq9gj" title="Monastery finial in the very late afternoon."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/38IMGP5629/395377380_hq9gj-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="Monastery finial in the very late afternoon." title="Monastery finial in the very late afternoon." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:08:26 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/38IMGP5629/395377380_hq9gj-Th.jpg 2008-10-11 16:33:48 918ec5abacc3bef8c989bd6731d08c0f e4a47c0ad48371e10d7694b497b64838 824e509b59b4a66473cdeb9ee4180901 c6a13861631a1b771eb152097c0b6a9a fef2b551697d8f0dfd3de80c321f66c7 db00b42dbca9b5ae40555b9b7e546a09 1fbf7dc753f217667c6c29dc93a7aff2 1fbf7dc753f217667c6c29dc93a7aff2 Monastery finial in the very late afternoon. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Monastery finial in the very late afternoon.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395377380_hq9gj" title="Monastery finial in the very late afternoon."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/38IMGP5629/395377380_hq9gj-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="Monastery finial in the very late afternoon." title="Monastery finial in the very late afternoon." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel buddhist monastery rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395377043_rHcNZ <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />The head monk's daughter.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395377043_rHcNZ" title="The head monk's daughter."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/33IMGP5467/395377043_rHcNZ-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="The head monk's daughter." title="The head monk's daughter." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:07:38 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/33IMGP5467/395377043_rHcNZ-Th.jpg 2008-10-10 12:53:58 90d30d44364c4c498e1075d1f97570e3 c558b5aa9660e33aae433971330d1829 85402b323d8d5083197c4048ca0438fb 78e7b96e88269499b61123397f4b1abe 8f29af88a7838ca5ed1ab2914f6e123c c9a0229b1eafa4ca7ae646a8a9d5f96b 20e22568bf1c3c3801fd79a4a0ab0611 20e22568bf1c3c3801fd79a4a0ab0611 The head monk's daughter. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />The head monk's daughter.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395377043_rHcNZ" title="The head monk's daughter."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/33IMGP5467/395377043_rHcNZ-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="The head monk's daughter." title="The head monk's daughter." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel buddhist monastery rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395376995_2RqEj <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />A portrait of Dhanka's head monk in the antechamber of the temple.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395376995_2RqEj" title="A portrait of Dhanka's head monk in the antechamber of the temple."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/32IMGP5470/395376995_2RqEj-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="A portrait of Dhanka's head monk in the antechamber of the temple." title="A portrait of Dhanka's head monk in the antechamber of the temple." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:07:31 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/32IMGP5470/395376995_2RqEj-Th.jpg 2008-10-10 12:59:08 676051560deb7c0b975c9233edde8374 67b4168f60e59c3f3a50e108236d87a4 53a1a95f046dac01c2a17893590aae91 2f23482f71c3ae12f762df2bad43783a fee74724bc1df0133fb809f638e70d31 4ba35d50aac13b39d544158b4ae82aff 0a02fb774bac09bc5b7f5f2a7cb3b33e 0a02fb774bac09bc5b7f5f2a7cb3b33e A portrait of Dhanka's head monk in the antechamber of the temple. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />A portrait of Dhanka's head monk in the antechamber of the temple.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395376995_2RqEj" title="A portrait of Dhanka's head monk in the antechamber of the temple."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/32IMGP5470/395376995_2RqEj-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="A portrait of Dhanka's head monk in the antechamber of the temple." title="A portrait of Dhanka's head monk in the antechamber of the temple." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel buddhist monastery rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395376932_RCnJT <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />More of Dhanka monastery</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395376932_RCnJT" title="More of Dhanka monastery"><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/31IMGP5515/395376932_RCnJT-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="More of Dhanka monastery" title="More of Dhanka monastery" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:07:23 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/31IMGP5515/395376932_RCnJT-Th.jpg 2008-10-10 13:55:11 f26dd11584b0128aba463a106b7528cd 07c2868a0d071e594d494b0b1580f017 9a0dfd212f3b23a43291902affdbfca3 92310712677b0920b8edc3f65396302c 3a76d41d78e5463d7cbd3f436bfc7e8b 8c32f92f8ad71b3a3e8d91b2b71e5bba 8c32f92f8ad71b3a3e8d91b2b71e5bba More of Dhanka monastery <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />More of Dhanka monastery</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395376932_RCnJT" title="More of Dhanka monastery"><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/31IMGP5515/395376932_RCnJT-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="More of Dhanka monastery" title="More of Dhanka monastery" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel buddhist monastery rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395376794_VauqF <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Monastery fresco.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395376794_VauqF" title="Monastery fresco."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/29IMGP5203/395376794_VauqF-Th.jpg" width="106" height="150" alt="Monastery fresco." title="Monastery fresco." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:07:04 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/29IMGP5203/395376794_VauqF-Th.jpg 2008-10-08 16:07:15 05849d8465f4c9484996a8eb412d69f4 e1a287ea639ad2c72a8ccefe7f89b773 ca6c58bfd76a9e51266b7c451235942e ae70ade164ee102eabea03a9d653a57f 4c2f06096e379d781b1555db2d9ca043 128390b963733be3e7a878df4aaac87c bc45c67fe2a67de84bcc6052242fb3c0 bc45c67fe2a67de84bcc6052242fb3c0 Monastery fresco. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Monastery fresco.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395376794_VauqF" title="Monastery fresco."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/29IMGP5203/395376794_VauqF-Th.jpg" width="106" height="150" alt="Monastery fresco." title="Monastery fresco." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel naka rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395376686_pqDm3 <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Prayer wheels outside of the Nako monastery.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395376686_pqDm3" title="Prayer wheels outside of the Nako monastery."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/28IMGP5409/395376686_pqDm3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="Prayer wheels outside of the Nako monastery." title="Prayer wheels outside of the Nako monastery." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:06:52 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/28IMGP5409/395376686_pqDm3-Th.jpg 2008-10-09 09:55:26 baa878a52b02df588b97af5e069fc6b7 b720e5486b9c317d3233a4f1da99896e ed8c85450357bd1c46514e8110ada389 8bfd41107864aed53104506254dcb330 a0f165c5c4a0eafa28f431ac8fdd2e99 02f4058294db30b3c70c180db8fc4652 02f4058294db30b3c70c180db8fc4652 Prayer wheels outside of the Nako monastery. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Prayer wheels outside of the Nako monastery.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395376686_pqDm3" title="Prayer wheels outside of the Nako monastery."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/28IMGP5409/395376686_pqDm3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="Prayer wheels outside of the Nako monastery." title="Prayer wheels outside of the Nako monastery." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel naka rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395376592_7j9UM <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Shepherd with goats.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395376592_7j9UM" title="Shepherd with goats."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/27IMGP5391/395376592_7j9UM-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="Shepherd with goats." title="Shepherd with goats." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:06:38 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/27IMGP5391/395376592_7j9UM-Th.jpg 2008-10-09 08:38:44 b39ed1f1e2ac4935d5bca55700cbcf9f f76d1d695b1738e4de772bcb7320bf10 8468a738e76e8d6690484d12acb550f5 dfd58ccfab48a602e5304dac211a6009 c8bd5e7a0ee16d7932d503dd96160164 1e462c0c674e90079231c3662f6078bd 27fb210e76c12ba174a443341244444c 27fb210e76c12ba174a443341244444c Shepherd with goats. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Shepherd with goats.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395376592_7j9UM" title="Shepherd with goats."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/27IMGP5391/395376592_7j9UM-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="Shepherd with goats." title="Shepherd with goats." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel naka rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395376396_uHF3R <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />A typical 'street' in Nako.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395376396_uHF3R" title="A typical 'street' in Nako."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/23IMGP5399/395376396_uHF3R-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="A typical 'street' in Nako." title="A typical 'street' in Nako." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:06:11 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/23IMGP5399/395376396_uHF3R-Th.jpg 2008-10-09 09:48:30 cea534b15f53050dbeb647c68f39bbfa a926edfae7b6e4cd661024bb617ba9f7 503af1a155c300f733eb65c6e041108e ceb5f89eac2a06448aa9a78beb0bfa53 dd243fe0e8831616f0eabd787677d00c a3a0f70bfa133198a2e27cd27332f136 9e7f975eb057d7a85ab80495636e0860 9e7f975eb057d7a85ab80495636e0860 A typical 'street' in Nako. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />A typical 'street' in Nako.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395376396_uHF3R" title="A typical 'street' in Nako."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/23IMGP5399/395376396_uHF3R-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="A typical 'street' in Nako." title="A typical 'street' in Nako." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel naka rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395376313_YtXRo <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />The morning goat-jam in Nako as the goats all head out to pasture.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395376313_YtXRo" title="The morning goat-jam in Nako as the goats all head out to pasture."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/22IMGP5378/395376313_YtXRo-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="The morning goat-jam in Nako as the goats all head out to pasture." title="The morning goat-jam in Nako as the goats all head out to pasture." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:05:59 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/22IMGP5378/395376313_YtXRo-Th.jpg 2008-10-09 08:36:56 eca5cdc277aa005876a3ae89ba779a11 f5adf1126260eca0dda041cf8a032e42 b63846c69451d6fe42ee359675d354cf 62006516256f75d0f315c19a94a7fa9f e27a47ec91380765c651bc132fdb26d6 2130fcbe23a0fc773514b1c43fc0156b eeafa23b399c714071e394efdf85b75e eeafa23b399c714071e394efdf85b75e The morning goat-jam in Nako as the goats all head out to pasture. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />The morning goat-jam in Nako as the goats all head out to pasture.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395376313_YtXRo" title="The morning goat-jam in Nako as the goats all head out to pasture."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/22IMGP5378/395376313_YtXRo-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="The morning goat-jam in Nako as the goats all head out to pasture." title="The morning goat-jam in Nako as the goats all head out to pasture." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel naka rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395376243_pwmaH <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />The girls of Nako.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395376243_pwmaH" title="The girls of Nako."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/21IMGP5329/395376243_pwmaH-Th.jpg" width="150" height="106" alt="The girls of Nako." title="The girls of Nako." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:05:48 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/21IMGP5329/395376243_pwmaH-Th.jpg 2008-10-08 17:35:37 791962d3634bcdcf15ef410434509f62 219bc2c54d9026fab453f2ec9ba21e09 ff3dd0768fc1c2d73222516a108c4fd6 15f56b471b6fcc898deb58decf6293be b412c75fbba8259350766b02a5377c9d 2956a2f256828fa908b10068a18f0603 2956a2f256828fa908b10068a18f0603 The girls of Nako. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />The girls of Nako.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395376243_pwmaH" title="The girls of Nako."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/21IMGP5329/395376243_pwmaH-Th.jpg" width="150" height="106" alt="The girls of Nako." title="The girls of Nako." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel naka rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395376156_3utT6 <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Landscape with tin-roofed home between Sangla and Nako.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395376156_3utT6" title="Landscape with tin-roofed home between Sangla and Nako."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/19IMGP5087/395376156_3utT6-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="Landscape with tin-roofed home between Sangla and Nako." title="Landscape with tin-roofed home between Sangla and Nako." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:05:32 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/19IMGP5087/395376156_3utT6-Th.jpg 2008-10-06 12:14:02 642ee4c68fc75f06b02d8d7ccb414f38 3cea3f48fc5e97742d60c075f6f2191a 738f3e2878316645a939d0879651fc6c 2f81e03000a7ed056d731238bbd249b8 eddf23b3059dab0713b0700f1a067d27 d205cb16553881227911670a9218c2d3 d205cb16553881227911670a9218c2d3 Landscape with tin-roofed home between Sangla and Nako. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Landscape with tin-roofed home between Sangla and Nako.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395376156_3utT6" title="Landscape with tin-roofed home between Sangla and Nako."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/19IMGP5087/395376156_3utT6-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="Landscape with tin-roofed home between Sangla and Nako." title="Landscape with tin-roofed home between Sangla and Nako." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel landscape rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375977_BAYuY <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Apple eaters I photographed on the way back from the temple.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375977_BAYuY" title="Apple eaters I photographed on the way back from the temple."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/17kIMGP5046-flat/395375977_BAYuY-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="Apple eaters I photographed on the way back from the temple." title="Apple eaters I photographed on the way back from the temple." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:05:07 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/17kIMGP5046-flat/395375977_BAYuY-Th.jpg 2008-10-06 07:33:18 bb6d86722acb15bafa9b3df980efbff9 58a1db3569bfd1b4009b2ab741c3470b 975aa136d926d2bd7390078f3c85337a 180463a51daafc2bfb092d14f0d168c6 e97dce3cc50d6497ec03870fe1aaccde 5af267646d7d17d5419cebbb73fc6f80 c174150fbe795868ac05b5e14142b4d7 c174150fbe795868ac05b5e14142b4d7 Apple eaters I photographed on the way back from the temple. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Apple eaters I photographed on the way back from the temple.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375977_BAYuY" title="Apple eaters I photographed on the way back from the temple."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/17kIMGP5046-flat/395375977_BAYuY-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="Apple eaters I photographed on the way back from the temple." title="Apple eaters I photographed on the way back from the temple." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375816_shqx4 <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />The elephant god and his vehicle -- the mouse.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375816_shqx4" title="The elephant god and his vehicle -- the mouse."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/16IMGP5035/395375816_shqx4-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="The elephant god and his vehicle -- the mouse." title="The elephant god and his vehicle -- the mouse." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:04:46 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/16IMGP5035/395375816_shqx4-Th.jpg 2008-10-06 07:12:02 de754f470fe8576d471bc1200c2faf0b c59d88a1471da4552ceff1c55051ce91 b52cc866939beb0067f66982947f8930 488e005aa5aaddd09f0de77fc4fc2018 d1327614febc365d9ea25c02c218deb4 d0735fce64e58bdab8b696b59823a3c4 d57a45977cf004ca03147e29df0a31c1 d57a45977cf004ca03147e29df0a31c1 The elephant god and his vehicle -- the mouse. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />The elephant god and his vehicle -- the mouse.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375816_shqx4" title="The elephant god and his vehicle -- the mouse."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/16IMGP5035/395375816_shqx4-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="The elephant god and his vehicle -- the mouse." title="The elephant god and his vehicle -- the mouse." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel hindu temple rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375718_MSDjW <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />The next photo is a close-up of the embossed metal of these temple doors.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375718_MSDjW" title="The next photo is a close-up of the embossed metal of these temple doors."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/15IMGP5028/395375718_MSDjW-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="The next photo is a close-up of the embossed metal of these temple doors." title="The next photo is a close-up of the embossed metal of these temple doors." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:04:32 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/15IMGP5028/395375718_MSDjW-Th.jpg 2008-10-06 07:06:59 3c7ffc8568f4990aba183237ed02dcee 3b8f4b603fb3323c1486d54889afff2d 9d44698c4e723ae368d85f0073a99f84 6dba118533a9e8a8509af9c01a85fb15 964526e89c27514fbbe7fdc5ef6fdda9 cd6d1d1334a32e6b013cf805b636bfff cd6d1d1334a32e6b013cf805b636bfff The next photo is a close-up of the embossed metal of these temple doors. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />The next photo is a close-up of the embossed metal of these temple doors.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375718_MSDjW" title="The next photo is a close-up of the embossed metal of these temple doors."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/15IMGP5028/395375718_MSDjW-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="The next photo is a close-up of the embossed metal of these temple doors." title="The next photo is a close-up of the embossed metal of these temple doors." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel hindu temple rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375645_GdrRB <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Villagers in a temple square on the way up to Sangla's ancient temple.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375645_GdrRB" title="Villagers in a temple square on the way up to Sangla's ancient temple."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/14IMGP4977/395375645_GdrRB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="Villagers in a temple square on the way up to Sangla's ancient temple." title="Villagers in a temple square on the way up to Sangla's ancient temple." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:04:23 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/14IMGP4977/395375645_GdrRB-Th.jpg 2008-10-06 06:18:16 c1b99f226de1a79962ace8e5fb529e7a 1ad3695891b1db8e9b43ec25e0f15b1b 72b870d7f0500b655a37a260c26f75ee c6926089934f6c6512b2ccbb7868cd72 f1f0773057946a80e7e4fa8d46268adf 247ec73488eea6bb858e8ece05ab260a 247ec73488eea6bb858e8ece05ab260a Villagers in a temple square on the way up to Sangla's ancient temple. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Villagers in a temple square on the way up to Sangla's ancient temple.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375645_GdrRB" title="Villagers in a temple square on the way up to Sangla's ancient temple."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/14IMGP4977/395375645_GdrRB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="Villagers in a temple square on the way up to Sangla's ancient temple." title="Villagers in a temple square on the way up to Sangla's ancient temple." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375559_baxLh <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />A shrine near the Hindu temple in Sangla.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375559_baxLh" title="A shrine near the Hindu temple in Sangla."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/13IMGP4993/395375559_baxLh-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="A shrine near the Hindu temple in Sangla." title="A shrine near the Hindu temple in Sangla." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:04:09 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/13IMGP4993/395375559_baxLh-Th.jpg 2008-10-06 06:30:10 a8f26477724640d125f0c137f1632508 a52041d27ec79af4b45cb8c8dac168c7 732b464f9279a2ede370ad81e0232343 1775592722a94ebff8c1f21770d43d39 594bfdf86f2dc454bfd9677fe7ede923 b74895b5d7a0ceef9858daf061eb3a0d 31e5c575566c5b966a27b284b9193ea6 31e5c575566c5b966a27b284b9193ea6 A shrine near the Hindu temple in Sangla. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />A shrine near the Hindu temple in Sangla.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375559_baxLh" title="A shrine near the Hindu temple in Sangla."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/13IMGP4993/395375559_baxLh-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="A shrine near the Hindu temple in Sangla." title="A shrine near the Hindu temple in Sangla." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel landscape rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375503_2kcbB <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a> </p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375503_2kcbB" title="rivertext's photo"><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/12IMGP5146/395375503_2kcbB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="rivertext's photo" title="rivertext's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:04:00 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/12IMGP5146/395375503_2kcbB-Th.jpg 2008-10-07 13:46:49 cc5d629f241ad1dde797618a1cdd9648 8601a3ef3a91466e946158b35f725fcc a8fb66574c262b8e77844120149ebec2 71300a571a19485a453a74b79cdf8b47 53dab133ffb38e976ee80768306a8739 2c36bf592719645fd3857880ad8d77e6 2c36bf592719645fd3857880ad8d77e6 rivertext's photo <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a> </p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375503_2kcbB" title="rivertext's photo"><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/12IMGP5146/395375503_2kcbB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="rivertext's photo" title="rivertext's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375483_U5JZB <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Prayer flags at the first Buddhist monastery we visited.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375483_U5JZB" title="Prayer flags at the first Buddhist monastery we visited."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/11IMGP5116/395375483_U5JZB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="106" alt="Prayer flags at the first Buddhist monastery we visited." title="Prayer flags at the first Buddhist monastery we visited." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:03:53 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/11IMGP5116/395375483_U5JZB-Th.jpg 2008-10-07 11:03:08 eb0468ebc20de06e3b8c419e8bb27ca7 eda6cdec997940c0c06778e71c0b525d b2b75ff282099217feb674bf126c0ecf 5eed014a2a0f3b144dc917d52dd23d28 320d8fc38036d75abf5b3afda0930b4a d74c1398c4d535404634253982309dde d74c1398c4d535404634253982309dde Prayer flags at the first Buddhist monastery we visited. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Prayer flags at the first Buddhist monastery we visited.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375483_U5JZB" title="Prayer flags at the first Buddhist monastery we visited."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/11IMGP5116/395375483_U5JZB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="106" alt="Prayer flags at the first Buddhist monastery we visited." title="Prayer flags at the first Buddhist monastery we visited." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375346_THJ26 <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Our first scheduled stop was a three kilometer hike up Hattu Peak.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375346_THJ26" title="Our first scheduled stop was a three kilometer hike up Hattu Peak."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/08IMGP4816/395375346_THJ26-Th.jpg" width="119" height="150" alt="Our first scheduled stop was a three kilometer hike up Hattu Peak." title="Our first scheduled stop was a three kilometer hike up Hattu Peak." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:03:31 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/08IMGP4816/395375346_THJ26-Th.jpg 2008-10-04 11:17:58 a82d3f1255e41f07ed56b600c9f0776f c2e25f1db4ece9d484376079fc5ad1a5 b18f98fce3ba205fb1a1cbfcb4f4407a dd2fa62a6a36cff2dd305a0aba38e300 a8dccc0b275f578559b3e7dd8a97349f 7c4e5e77c22dbd30d2afe84e9c5f0630 7c4e5e77c22dbd30d2afe84e9c5f0630 Our first scheduled stop was a three kilometer hike up Hattu Peak. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Our first scheduled stop was a three kilometer hike up Hattu Peak.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375346_THJ26" title="Our first scheduled stop was a three kilometer hike up Hattu Peak."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/08IMGP4816/395375346_THJ26-Th.jpg" width="119" height="150" alt="Our first scheduled stop was a three kilometer hike up Hattu Peak." title="Our first scheduled stop was a three kilometer hike up Hattu Peak." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel landscape rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375306_3Djbx <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Our driver never met a truck (or car) he didn't pass. Usually the road was half the width of this road.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375306_3Djbx" title="Our driver never met a truck (or car) he didn't pass. Usually the road was half the width of this road."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/07IMGP4922/395375306_3Djbx-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="Our driver never met a truck (or car) he didn't pass. Usually the road was half the width of this road." title="Our driver never met a truck (or car) he didn't pass. Usually the road was half the width of this road." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:03:23 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/07IMGP4922/395375306_3Djbx-Th.jpg 2008-10-05 09:57:40 6df118415cacfd7c4c41207fca60d860 656f446375455bdb96014563803f43e6 9535335723b4c4e4f9ec403d07345cbc cbb1ce05c6665294f5a35bf9e7efecc6 43d2fccd6cf888f622f49c230df75378 325e658afb250e1d3faf79f0e89e08a2 325e658afb250e1d3faf79f0e89e08a2 Our driver never met a truck (or car) he didn't pass. Usually the road was half the width of this road. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Our driver never met a truck (or car) he didn't pass. Usually the road was half the width of this road.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375306_3Djbx" title="Our driver never met a truck (or car) he didn't pass. Usually the road was half the width of this road."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/07IMGP4922/395375306_3Djbx-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="Our driver never met a truck (or car) he didn't pass. Usually the road was half the width of this road." title="Our driver never met a truck (or car) he didn't pass. Usually the road was half the width of this road." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel road rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375248_PoRvm <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Our driver chats with my traveling companion during a photo stop.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375248_PoRvm" title="Our driver chats with my traveling companion during a photo stop."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/06IMGP4961/395375248_PoRvm-Th.jpg" width="150" height="106" alt="Our driver chats with my traveling companion during a photo stop." title="Our driver chats with my traveling companion during a photo stop." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:03:13 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/06IMGP4961/395375248_PoRvm-Th.jpg 2008-10-05 12:59:26 8f869c184b98251f1ce8f78a7de4651d 29d22079e44f6c900d64998d01838640 fb72c86f0d506fec7ae2d12229fe7a38 b307cf3c408113b4bd4e7c1a00cf0537 54eb34bdbabdca894ce0fa02cf8c2b23 3956ac6bfd09b1239fc66914d01b36b4 3956ac6bfd09b1239fc66914d01b36b4 Our driver chats with my traveling companion during a photo stop. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Our driver chats with my traveling companion during a photo stop.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375248_PoRvm" title="Our driver chats with my traveling companion during a photo stop."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/06IMGP4961/395375248_PoRvm-Th.jpg" width="150" height="106" alt="Our driver chats with my traveling companion during a photo stop." title="Our driver chats with my traveling companion during a photo stop." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel road rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375179_XebFj <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Hair pin turns on roads like this were why the car needed to be in top physical and spiritual shape.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375179_XebFj" title="Hair pin turns on roads like this were why the car needed to be in top physical and spiritual shape."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/05IMGP4929/395375179_XebFj-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="Hair pin turns on roads like this were why the car needed to be in top physical and spiritual shape." title="Hair pin turns on roads like this were why the car needed to be in top physical and spiritual shape." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:03:01 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/05IMGP4929/395375179_XebFj-Th.jpg 2008-10-05 09:59:36 c309c99a4030f109e8c6d244b8ea06bb 096fdf6d2a50632f3b975e783a5398ff a260433ad639ac2412ce4f45c7f077e0 d6390ef96541f1a4f5cabbd3de96d286 cfa838a4298de86140971f82d7428c8d cc0b71af51673c2868f75468bcc270c5 2b6bdc931b6dcadf88e1f082866cf643 2b6bdc931b6dcadf88e1f082866cf643 Hair pin turns on roads like this were why the car needed to be in top physical and spiritual shape. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Hair pin turns on roads like this were why the car needed to be in top physical and spiritual shape.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375179_XebFj" title="Hair pin turns on roads like this were why the car needed to be in top physical and spiritual shape."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/05IMGP4929/395375179_XebFj-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="Hair pin turns on roads like this were why the car needed to be in top physical and spiritual shape." title="Hair pin turns on roads like this were why the car needed to be in top physical and spiritual shape." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel road rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375059_V8Lh5 <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />At this road side temple our car was fully sanctified.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375059_V8Lh5" title="At this road side temple our car was fully sanctified."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/03IMGP4902/395375059_V8Lh5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="At this road side temple our car was fully sanctified." title="At this road side temple our car was fully sanctified." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:02:42 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/03IMGP4902/395375059_V8Lh5-Th.jpg 2008-10-05 09:47:10 6be17924bb61b90e25bdb017acfe0e05 bcb8913a1e962b38774332feee6cf7f7 0cd810a9831091817833a9017cc8f307 a328bc2ef5a67e6c496cd5ef196e610e 5e86c1a783add0091eb3d7d08add2c9b 9364565b45027e694d1d9c27b84581d8 9364565b45027e694d1d9c27b84581d8 At this road side temple our car was fully sanctified. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />At this road side temple our car was fully sanctified.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395375059_V8Lh5" title="At this road side temple our car was fully sanctified."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/03IMGP4902/395375059_V8Lh5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="At this road side temple our car was fully sanctified." title="At this road side temple our car was fully sanctified." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel hindu temple rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395374995_iz7B4 <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />This holy man pops out of the shrine to give each car that stops a quick blessing.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395374995_iz7B4" title="This holy man pops out of the shrine to give each car that stops a quick blessing."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/02IMGP5107/395374995_iz7B4-Th.jpg" width="106" height="150" alt="This holy man pops out of the shrine to give each car that stops a quick blessing." title="This holy man pops out of the shrine to give each car that stops a quick blessing." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:02:33 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/02IMGP5107/395374995_iz7B4-Th.jpg 2008-10-07 08:57:05 b7214f49b61c03b5f465ba2436f0d3c4 2860d172bde3ae809e35517f84c6094f 2d3922751cb36730b69cffd0a9152d93 8ff227e3b33b7a3f1f3df4f41833a90e 0b2b3c249e09479b9b192d2eae9846a1 1504ea51d3aae5ed068c928d12542d0d 066c44bd5e681c08ceb0873c1e67e4ee 066c44bd5e681c08ceb0873c1e67e4ee This holy man pops out of the shrine to give each car that stops a quick blessing. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />This holy man pops out of the shrine to give each car that stops a quick blessing.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395374995_iz7B4" title="This holy man pops out of the shrine to give each car that stops a quick blessing."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/02IMGP5107/395374995_iz7B4-Th.jpg" width="106" height="150" alt="This holy man pops out of the shrine to give each car that stops a quick blessing." title="This holy man pops out of the shrine to give each car that stops a quick blessing." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395374935_ixXTT <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />A roadside Hindu shrine in the Himalayas.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395374935_ixXTT" title="A roadside Hindu shrine in the Himalayas."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/01IMGP4971/395374935_ixXTT-Th.jpg" width="150" height="106" alt="A roadside Hindu shrine in the Himalayas." title="A roadside Hindu shrine in the Himalayas." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:02:23 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/01IMGP4971/395374935_ixXTT-Th.jpg 2008-10-05 13:08:19 706d796641fd6bb0d5313a5a2d70fee3 83e1be7ae3ce474974ac4df628f7afef 7ce8cc0b760059c083e8e6da8d7b6aa1 9f6f57a076c92f21e986b65767ce9047 2377b6b5890c298d42977b62f0e51660 899d471095490bc89794baa139650dcc 899d471095490bc89794baa139650dcc A roadside Hindu shrine in the Himalayas. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />A roadside Hindu shrine in the Himalayas.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/6264050_vEFV9#395374935_ixXTT" title="A roadside Hindu shrine in the Himalayas."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/In-the-Himalayas/01IMGP4971/395374935_ixXTT-Th.jpg" width="150" height="106" alt="A roadside Hindu shrine in the Himalayas." title="A roadside Hindu shrine in the Himalayas." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/5996231_no6Cj#374686911_xzXv3 <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />So I took most of the night photography shift, and my friend Emily took the morning shift. Here in this picture I caught up with her when she was showing this Sikh family the photograph she ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/5996231_no6Cj#374686911_xzXv3" title="So I took most of the night photography shift, and my friend Emily took the morning shift. Here in this picture I caught up with her when she was showing this Sikh family the photograph she ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/IMGP4078/374686911_xzXv3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="119" alt="So I took most of the night photography shift, and my friend Emily took the morning shift. Here in this picture I caught up with her when she was showing this Sikh family the photograph she ..." title="So I took most of the night photography shift, and my friend Emily took the morning shift. Here in this picture I caught up with her when she was showing this Sikh family the photograph she ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:27:54 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/IMGP4078/374686911_xzXv3-Th.jpg 2008-09-14 03:51:32 74fa58b5452a55251884d170409ad23d c06f2d02cc1a4955220650d9465261d5 e2bab22be518b119a4c8dcb41d368ba8 a28d884287b010da92f87bda8dc90e04 758ec9d282524f5a44394352a30e7dc8 758ec9d282524f5a44394352a30e7dc8 So I took most of the night photography shift, and my friend Emily took the morning shift. Here in this picture I caught up with her when she was showing this Sikh family the photograph she ... <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />So I took most of the night photography shift, and my friend Emily took the morning shift. Here in this picture I caught up with her when she was showing this Sikh family the photograph she ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/5996231_no6Cj#374686911_xzXv3" title="So I took most of the night photography shift, and my friend Emily took the morning shift. Here in this picture I caught up with her when she was showing this Sikh family the photograph she ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/IMGP4078/374686911_xzXv3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="119" alt="So I took most of the night photography shift, and my friend Emily took the morning shift. Here in this picture I caught up with her when she was showing this Sikh family the photograph she ..." title="So I took most of the night photography shift, and my friend Emily took the morning shift. Here in this picture I caught up with her when she was showing this Sikh family the photograph she ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/5996231_no6Cj#374686786_faPBE <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Their temple also seems to be a living thing. 24/7 its dining hall serves tens of thousands of people each day. Here you see the buckets that are used to clean the temple with milk and water ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/5996231_no6Cj#374686786_faPBE" title="Their temple also seems to be a living thing. 24/7 its dining hall serves tens of thousands of people each day. Here you see the buckets that are used to clean the temple with milk and water ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/IMGP4304/374686786_faPBE-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="Their temple also seems to be a living thing. 24/7 its dining hall serves tens of thousands of people each day. Here you see the buckets that are used to clean the temple with milk and water ..." title="Their temple also seems to be a living thing. 24/7 its dining hall serves tens of thousands of people each day. Here you see the buckets that are used to clean the temple with milk and water ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:27:38 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/IMGP4304/374686786_faPBE-Th.jpg 2008-09-14 22:50:46 5a268d18f3cd75000998f6efe7cd1119 a71144baf41a1299ead2f6df7d07d0ca 6d8435116d24dc8175fb81ed580c9242 c640a7d88f3faef66bf43676c54e0026 05a6539945479472e1842ceeefcc08c7 5a78b6635ac5cc6d5995853c85cd951e 3c8e0af907a2ab07cff9c2056b0bfff1 3c8e0af907a2ab07cff9c2056b0bfff1 Their temple also seems to be a living thing. 24/7 its dining hall serves tens of thousands of people each day. Here you see the buckets that are used to clean the temple with milk and water ... <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Their temple also seems to be a living thing. 24/7 its dining hall serves tens of thousands of people each day. Here you see the buckets that are used to clean the temple with milk and water ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/5996231_no6Cj#374686786_faPBE" title="Their temple also seems to be a living thing. 24/7 its dining hall serves tens of thousands of people each day. Here you see the buckets that are used to clean the temple with milk and water ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/IMGP4304/374686786_faPBE-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="Their temple also seems to be a living thing. 24/7 its dining hall serves tens of thousands of people each day. Here you see the buckets that are used to clean the temple with milk and water ..." title="Their temple also seems to be a living thing. 24/7 its dining hall serves tens of thousands of people each day. Here you see the buckets that are used to clean the temple with milk and water ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/5996231_no6Cj#374686549_jLdfY <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Late at night this Sikh seems to bathe in the temple's reflection.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/5996231_no6Cj#374686549_jLdfY" title="Late at night this Sikh seems to bathe in the temple's reflection."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/IMGP4261/374686549_jLdfY-Th.jpg" width="106" height="150" alt="Late at night this Sikh seems to bathe in the temple's reflection." title="Late at night this Sikh seems to bathe in the temple's reflection." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:27:10 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/IMGP4261/374686549_jLdfY-Th.jpg 2008-09-14 22:30:08 475b9abb1793a4e7a57fb93e39f58f19 47260594f3d9c9e23a5ded290496be70 0f88e95c10fbeb5b9caa616478ace4b3 c8c934778e04e7b5b0ffd977069eb63c fb4cf46a69bcc69bfab0f1b912ccc927 67a0eb69496a85d9dce390e3bdf9e591 7093d35aded5bd141a9627c0187d02af 7093d35aded5bd141a9627c0187d02af Late at night this Sikh seems to bathe in the temple's reflection. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Late at night this Sikh seems to bathe in the temple's reflection.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/5996231_no6Cj#374686549_jLdfY" title="Late at night this Sikh seems to bathe in the temple's reflection."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/IMGP4261/374686549_jLdfY-Th.jpg" width="106" height="150" alt="Late at night this Sikh seems to bathe in the temple's reflection." title="Late at night this Sikh seems to bathe in the temple's reflection." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/5996231_no6Cj#374686369_hrPJb <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Sleepers line the sacred man-made lake, and the corridors and rooms of an adjoining building (where we slept).</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/5996231_no6Cj#374686369_hrPJb" title="Sleepers line the sacred man-made lake, and the corridors and rooms of an adjoining building (where we slept)."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/sleeping-intemple-flat/374686369_hrPJb-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="Sleepers line the sacred man-made lake, and the corridors and rooms of an adjoining building (where we slept)." title="Sleepers line the sacred man-made lake, and the corridors and rooms of an adjoining building (where we slept)." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:26:45 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/sleeping-intemple-flat/374686369_hrPJb-Th.jpg 2008-09-14 20:46:14 fa0f97a5bec09bcb7d4c263c57c9df0b 61a893783592241509986f23d8c89913 8b9f22b2f5add2a49fe3240ffc2d6c3b b25db6362306857c00b94a58377c44c4 182f1d8660d7fc7c07ab3d9210c64efe 3cb087760a81b0f76b1033014d8c23d1 9b3686ec8bf4750598ea12ce360dca2a 9b3686ec8bf4750598ea12ce360dca2a Sleepers line the sacred man-made lake, and the corridors and rooms of an adjoining building (where we slept). <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Sleepers line the sacred man-made lake, and the corridors and rooms of an adjoining building (where we slept).</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/5996231_no6Cj#374686369_hrPJb" title="Sleepers line the sacred man-made lake, and the corridors and rooms of an adjoining building (where we slept)."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/sleeping-intemple-flat/374686369_hrPJb-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="Sleepers line the sacred man-made lake, and the corridors and rooms of an adjoining building (where we slept)." title="Sleepers line the sacred man-made lake, and the corridors and rooms of an adjoining building (where we slept)." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel sleeping, temple, flat rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/5996231_no6Cj#374686202_t8yWW <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />The Sikhs believe that, in some mysterious way, the enlightened selves of their gurus live on in their sacred book. The book is lying on a pillow in the carrier.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/5996231_no6Cj#374686202_t8yWW" title="The Sikhs believe that, in some mysterious way, the enlightened selves of their gurus live on in their sacred book. The book is lying on a pillow in the carrier."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/IMGP4197/374686202_t8yWW-Th.jpg" width="150" height="106" alt="The Sikhs believe that, in some mysterious way, the enlightened selves of their gurus live on in their sacred book. The book is lying on a pillow in the carrier." title="The Sikhs believe that, in some mysterious way, the enlightened selves of their gurus live on in their sacred book. The book is lying on a pillow in the carrier." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:26:24 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/IMGP4197/374686202_t8yWW-Th.jpg 2008-09-14 18:54:34 f18ec3fcea66e8fad03560a980772f0d 80a1f9fac41b7f72860a8073def7777f 4fd42c5617ee504516b6fd763730dff7 5aec4fa9b331ab2f09457d531a54c8bb 03cc516c3c4b5e4093483bfaa35554c1 e8d415f679130db5b610d144607c717c e8d415f679130db5b610d144607c717c The Sikhs believe that, in some mysterious way, the enlightened selves of their gurus live on in their sacred book. The book is lying on a pillow in the carrier. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />The Sikhs believe that, in some mysterious way, the enlightened selves of their gurus live on in their sacred book. The book is lying on a pillow in the carrier.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/5996231_no6Cj#374686202_t8yWW" title="The Sikhs believe that, in some mysterious way, the enlightened selves of their gurus live on in their sacred book. The book is lying on a pillow in the carrier."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/IMGP4197/374686202_t8yWW-Th.jpg" width="150" height="106" alt="The Sikhs believe that, in some mysterious way, the enlightened selves of their gurus live on in their sacred book. The book is lying on a pillow in the carrier." title="The Sikhs believe that, in some mysterious way, the enlightened selves of their gurus live on in their sacred book. The book is lying on a pillow in the carrier." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/5996231_no6Cj#374686022_DUiru <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Every night, this horn is blown to signal the departure from the Golden Temple of the sacred book of the Sikhs.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/5996231_no6Cj#374686022_DUiru" title="Every night, this horn is blown to signal the departure from the Golden Temple of the sacred book of the Sikhs."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/IMGP4196/374686022_DUiru-Th.jpg" width="150" height="106" alt="Every night, this horn is blown to signal the departure from the Golden Temple of the sacred book of the Sikhs." title="Every night, this horn is blown to signal the departure from the Golden Temple of the sacred book of the Sikhs." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:26:07 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/IMGP4196/374686022_DUiru-Th.jpg 2008-09-14 18:54:10 1dfbf4a09592df1605eb28649b85e4b1 79a7ace7cda70e9fc6ad744c000c043f 57c3c10c4e727fd931ff115a0d8dc2a2 d2912394a3178b2db38ec358c84c84ca abc60b7fbdcfebd7b52d660eb7afb0da 4f528d39fa63540c5d6a907d91d19be2 4f528d39fa63540c5d6a907d91d19be2 Every night, this horn is blown to signal the departure from the Golden Temple of the sacred book of the Sikhs. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Every night, this horn is blown to signal the departure from the Golden Temple of the sacred book of the Sikhs.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/5996231_no6Cj#374686022_DUiru" title="Every night, this horn is blown to signal the departure from the Golden Temple of the sacred book of the Sikhs."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/Sleeping-in-the-Golden-Temple/IMGP4196/374686022_DUiru-Th.jpg" width="150" height="106" alt="Every night, this horn is blown to signal the departure from the Golden Temple of the sacred book of the Sikhs." title="Every night, this horn is blown to signal the departure from the Golden Temple of the sacred book of the Sikhs." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/5955192_F9fCW#373790630_RkXFZ <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Then the band began to play...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/5955192_F9fCW#373790630_RkXFZ" title="Then the band began to play..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/Hindu-wedding-04/373790630_RkXFZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="Then the band began to play..." title="Then the band began to play..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:57:26 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/Hindu-wedding-04/373790630_RkXFZ-Th.jpg 2008-09-11 11:50:37 ed72192039772af683ed7f178a6c1757 883d2b2d39dbbc3e56e361ef68362c06 741e4600be3bd88d88a3d3e7bb13f7d6 eda08393a97ff530d8c0ca974d2f6203 02616785181614d84ffc0f8572eb59ab a77dbb266a010c6a133122a52c6a1460 a77dbb266a010c6a133122a52c6a1460 Then the band began to play... <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />Then the band began to play...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/5955192_F9fCW#373790630_RkXFZ" title="Then the band began to play..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/Hindu-wedding-04/373790630_RkXFZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="Then the band began to play..." title="Then the band began to play..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel hindu, wedding rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/5955192_F9fCW#373747214_tHEiB <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a> </p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/5955192_F9fCW#373747214_tHEiB" title="rivertext's photo"><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/Hindu-wedding-16/373747214_tHEiB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="rivertext's photo" title="rivertext's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:51:30 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/Hindu-wedding-16/373747214_tHEiB-Th.jpg 2008-09-11 14:40:34 e8b5aecd59f14952ba7e3c6cb3f22b12 523a60a254cfbef1634ce4496a021e70 8480d42317db8ff8450d57079080b7c1 a376a9975c58d48a59eb4759fd2b9d60 78239522faf352a1bf68dc04dda7cf98 edcffd39cfcee2dcec91d63435a20b55 edcffd39cfcee2dcec91d63435a20b55 rivertext's photo <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a> </p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/5955192_F9fCW#373747214_tHEiB" title="rivertext's photo"><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/Hindu-wedding-16/373747214_tHEiB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="rivertext's photo" title="rivertext's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel hindu, wedding rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/5955192_F9fCW#373747189_F4pnr <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />The rice she spills from her hands is a blessing for fertility.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/5955192_F9fCW#373747189_F4pnr" title="The rice she spills from her hands is a blessing for fertility."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/Hindu-wedding-15/373747189_F4pnr-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="The rice she spills from her hands is a blessing for fertility." title="The rice she spills from her hands is a blessing for fertility." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:51:26 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/Hindu-wedding-15/373747189_F4pnr-Th.jpg 2008-09-11 13:45:17 2f132536d3c447b2a06455b60bbe7ff7 7fece59380782763d24280c0f7c77121 295746f52b4aa889c2870410a95a310f b86425d1067585fa41dfde11ae0d188a 5090c7b3fb0987890db97f7c2b0f710f c323c315fb0c5835a074c49274a04a56 a10bb2908da5ce8c22b555d8a6458cde a10bb2908da5ce8c22b555d8a6458cde The rice she spills from her hands is a blessing for fertility. <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />The rice she spills from her hands is a blessing for fertility.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/5955192_F9fCW#373747189_F4pnr" title="The rice she spills from her hands is a blessing for fertility."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/Hindu-wedding-15/373747189_F4pnr-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="The rice she spills from her hands is a blessing for fertility." title="The rice she spills from her hands is a blessing for fertility." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel hindu, wedding rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/5955192_F9fCW#373747078_VKkca <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />The bride and groom sit while the traditional marriage blessings are performed. It is also traditional for the bride to look unhappy at this point because she is leaving the home of her fami ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/5955192_F9fCW#373747078_VKkca" title="The bride and groom sit while the traditional marriage blessings are performed. It is also traditional for the bride to look unhappy at this point because she is leaving the home of her fami ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/Hindu-wedding-13/373747078_VKkca-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="The bride and groom sit while the traditional marriage blessings are performed. It is also traditional for the bride to look unhappy at this point because she is leaving the home of her fami ..." title="The bride and groom sit while the traditional marriage blessings are performed. It is also traditional for the bride to look unhappy at this point because she is leaving the home of her fami ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:50:59 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/Hindu-wedding-13/373747078_VKkca-Th-1.jpg 2008-09-11 14:03:16 6a2266d37214d777df327303b431f05f 8c889b314db5dad40137422cc5e3ef29 a9214d6bc14b49831d4c3eb22f46a7bd 3437068ce9720abbafadb437d44dfca3 223b7547a008a71e8bf5ac9df2c39185 41e6cf801932769d704a5e4a308da9a4 41e6cf801932769d704a5e4a308da9a4 The bride and groom sit while the traditional marriage blessings are performed. It is also traditional for the bride to look unhappy at this point because she is leaving the home of her fami ... <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />The bride and groom sit while the traditional marriage blessings are performed. It is also traditional for the bride to look unhappy at this point because she is leaving the home of her fami ...</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/5955192_F9fCW#373747078_VKkca" title="The bride and groom sit while the traditional marriage blessings are performed. It is also traditional for the bride to look unhappy at this point because she is leaving the home of her fami ..."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/Hindu-wedding-13/373747078_VKkca-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="The bride and groom sit while the traditional marriage blessings are performed. It is also traditional for the bride to look unhappy at this point because she is leaving the home of her fami ..." title="The bride and groom sit while the traditional marriage blessings are performed. It is also traditional for the bride to look unhappy at this point because she is leaving the home of her fami ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel hindu, wedding rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/5955192_F9fCW#373747045_5mvFq <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a> </p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/5955192_F9fCW#373747045_5mvFq" title="rivertext's photo"><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/Hindu-wedding-12/373747045_5mvFq-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="rivertext's photo" title="rivertext's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:50:50 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/Hindu-wedding-12/373747045_5mvFq-Th.jpg 2008-09-11 13:15:05 26d1546377c0b3ed92d1f579ba47a93c 43377623576a5ef9fff9ce3288de1c4e 9e7a194c5068042396d4e5da67188f7f 031652837b296fb1a612a63c0f0f6f7e a581befc4b7e6c5b4485f47a198d952e 81b66a622bf5d23db9b2e9688829df79 81b66a622bf5d23db9b2e9688829df79 rivertext's photo <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a> </p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/5955192_F9fCW#373747045_5mvFq" title="rivertext's photo"><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/Hindu-wedding-12/373747045_5mvFq-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="rivertext's photo" title="rivertext's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel hindu, wedding rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/5955192_F9fCW#373747023_btfZh <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />While we waited for the bride and groom, these children asked me to take their pictures.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/5955192_F9fCW#373747023_btfZh" title="While we waited for the bride and groom, these children asked me to take their pictures."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/Hindu-wedding-11/373747023_btfZh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="While we waited for the bride and groom, these children asked me to take their pictures." title="While we waited for the bride and groom, these children asked me to take their pictures." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:50:44 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (rivertext) http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/Hindu-wedding-11/373747023_btfZh-Th.jpg 2008-09-11 12:41:53 51b0918f0fae95d836dbba542be50d3f bb2ff3f8176f820db315207828b1c371 58526e7beaf9c49b1b387942ed885aa1 51b3ff59dd6d1a5ca63f93c4f4af22f5 b729d3a3c034e24989ab4dd288155df9 8c31b5111690f9be1992bfac1063445f 8c31b5111690f9be1992bfac1063445f While we waited for the bride and groom, these children asked me to take their pictures. <p><a 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href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />The women danced inside the tent (photo by Emily Hansen).</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/5955192_F9fCW#373747007_vGcGb" title="The women danced inside the tent (photo by Emily Hansen)."><img src="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/Hindu-wedding-10/373747007_vGcGb-Th-1.jpg" width="106" height="150" alt="The women danced inside the tent (photo by Emily Hansen)." title="The women danced inside the tent (photo by Emily Hansen)." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel hindu, wedding rivertext rivertext http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/5955192_F9fCW#373746956_Vnsky <p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com">rivertext</a><br />... to announce the arrival of the groom.</p><p><a href="http://rivertext.smugmug.com/Travel/My-First-Indian-Wedding/5955192_F9fCW#373746956_Vnsky" title="... to announce the arrival of the groom."><img 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