Living Life.....Part 2

For those who did not quite feel as jealous or inspired as I wanted them to feel with this post, here comes another post. It rained through most of the day in Palampur yesterday. It was late coming but it poured when it came. Good for the winter crops. It was foggy, the nice misty fog you only get in the mountains and the Dhauladhars were shrouded in mist(ery). Right when the day was about to end, the sun made a comeback. It snowed all day up there. Brace yourself for a very beautiful Dhauladhar.

Part of the town all cleaned up

Another beautiful sunset after it cleared up

And finally....the toast of the winter. Dhauladhars with the fresh snow.

Golden Temple

On Guruparv. Happened to be in a really foggy Amritsar a few days ago. Biting, fogging cold. Still managed to go to the temple and get some lighted clicks. The cold was feet numbing. Shakes, in the photos, if any, are purely unintentional and co-incidental.

Finding a church....

....in Palampur is an interesting experience. The British spent a lot of time here and they left behind tea gardens, churches and military cantonments. I love the first 2. There is a major one in Dharamshala and another in Palampur, both called St. John in the Wilderness dating back to 1850s. On a visit to the one in Palampur, I heard about one which is older.

I went to find it today at Sidhpur. There are 3 Sidhpurs around Palampur. I started with one, failed...was sent to another, found a leprosy home and church with a delightful view. Went back to the main one to realize I had found something new, went back to finding the original target....found another small, delightful one. The gate was closed, I barged in shamelessly. The door was locked, I could not force it, spent 2 hours sitting in the courtyard. It was tranquil there. Two small tree trunk stubs decorated with christmas lights, a small church with no one around. Dhauladhars in the backdrop and a pine jungle.

Found the church but nothing about it. Tomorrow is prayer day.

What next?

The posts have now been coming thick and fast. And I have been thinking, what next? However much I deny it, the question often comes to mind. The answer is 'I dont know'. Then I see those blogs of people like Rolf Potts and Aparna Shekhar Roy. I have only yet started and I am still not penniless. So, what next? Simple. Travel. Backpacking. Trekking. Till I drop dead of exhaustion or penury.

I need to expand my travelling horizons, maybe more unplanned, variety, anything, everything. Sense, Nonsense, crap, adventure, danger.

Life and this time is not going to come back and I am never ever going to forget this. Make hay while the sun shines for the sun may not shine tomorrow or you may not need the hay.

New Me

Here is the new look me....clear headed!!

Living Life....

While I am sitting at home wondering about where should I go next, here is what I have been seeing.


These are the Dhauladhars from home in Palampur. Snowed in but not quite as much as I like them to be.















This is a cloud formation looking westwards from Palampur just after sunset.















And this is still westwards a few minutes after the sun had set.

I am yet to get the sunrise, have been too lazy for that and its too cold in the morning. Without a tripod, getting high exposure shots on a cold morning can be a chore. So, I have not even tried that. Wait for it though, it will come soon.

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I am back....

I am back from fulfilling my dream. It was great. I tried to make some of sense of it here.

And I saw this on the way. There is still so much to do and see that this life and several lives will fall short. Before I fall back into the lazy ways of a mundane existence, I will be out again....very soon.