India 2013 - Amritsar, MacCloud Ganj, Delhi, Kochi and Kovalum

India 2013 Favourites

This is a collection of some of my favourite images from a trip to India that Jacqui and I made in 2013. The trip made by road rail and air, includes a month in MacCloud Ganj with some teaching from the Dalai Lama; visits to Manali and Simla; the delights of Kochi and an amazing two hour ferry ride through the Kerala backwaters from Allepey. Up into the cold, wet tea plantations of Munnar with a final break in Kovalum on the far south coast, before flying home

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India 2013 Favourites - New Delhi. An ancient temple buried by the modern buildings that now surreound it.
India 2013 Favourites - New Delhi. An ancient temple buried by the modern buildings that now surreound it.
India 2013 Favourites - New Delhi and the Hotel City Star ... just down from New Delhi railway station.
India 2013 Favourites - New Delhi and the Hotel City Star ... just down from New Delhi railway station.
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - home of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile. The walking path around the temple and residence of the Dalai Lama is well used.
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - home of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile. The walking path around the temple and residence of the Dalai Lama is well used.
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - home of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile. Pictures of His Holiness are everywhere.
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - home of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile. Pictures of His Holiness are everywhere.
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - home of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile. This old British hill station now caters for tourists and travellers at all levels.
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - home of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile. This old British hill station now caters for tourists and travellers at all levels.
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - home of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - home of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - home of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - home of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - at the cricket.
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - at the cricket.
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - Our favourite beggar. He was off to get the cataracts removed from his eyes.
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - Our favourite beggar. He was off to get the cataracts removed from his eyes.
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - home of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile. Tibetan Library of Works and Archives
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - home of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile. Tibetan Library of Works and Archives
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - home of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile. Tibetan Library of Works and Archives
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - home of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile. Tibetan Library of Works and Archives
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - Shiva in a roadside shrine.
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - Shiva in a roadside shrine.
India 2013 Favourites - (Lower) Dharamsala - the India town at the bottom of the hill ... chai, the hot sweet elixir of India.
India 2013 Favourites - (Lower) Dharamsala - the India town at the bottom of the hill ... chai, the hot sweet elixir of India.
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - home of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - home of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - home of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile. On Vesak (the Buddha's birthday) the beggars come out in force for alms.
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - home of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile. On Vesak (the Buddha's birthday) the beggars come out in force for alms.
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - home of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile. On Vesak (the Buddha's birthday) the beggars come out in force for alms.
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - home of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile. On Vesak (the Buddha's birthday) the beggars come out in force for alms.
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - home of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile. Behind you!
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - home of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile. Behind you!
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - home of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile. On Vesak (the Buddha's birthday) the beggars come out in force for alms.
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - home of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile. On Vesak (the Buddha's birthday) the beggars come out in force for alms.
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - Typical asia style buildings ... but with COLOUR!
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - Typical asia style buildings ... but with COLOUR!
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - Modern hotels (Indian style) arrive.
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - Modern hotels (Indian style) arrive.
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - Night life in the main square. Food is the focus for the Indian and western tourists.
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - Night life in the main square. Food is the focus for the Indian and western tourists.
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - Night life in the main square. Food is the focus for the Indian and western tourists.
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - Night life in the main square. Food is the focus for the Indian and western tourists.
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - Night life in the main square. Food is the focus for the Indian and western tourists.
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - Night life in the main square. Food is the focus for the Indian and western tourists.
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - Night life in the main square. Food is the focus for the Indian and western tourists.
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - Night life in the main square. Food is the focus for the Indian and western tourists.
India 2013 Favourites - Manali - the back way to Leh
India 2013 Favourites - Manali - the back way to Leh
India 2013 Favourites - Manali - Samosas ... Yum!
India 2013 Favourites - Manali - Samosas ... Yum!
India 2013 Favourites - Manali - an occasional glimpse of the mountains.
India 2013 Favourites - Manali - an occasional glimpse of the mountains.
India 2013 Favourites - Manali - the Tibetan temple.
India 2013 Favourites - Manali - the Tibetan temple.
India 2013 Favourites - Manali - the Tibetan temple. The main Buddha Rupa ... Sakyamuni.
India 2013 Favourites - Manali - the Tibetan temple. The main Buddha Rupa ... Sakyamuni.
India 2013 Favourites - Manali - the Tibetan temple. The main Buddha Rupa ... Sakyamuni.
India 2013 Favourites - Manali - the Tibetan temple. The main Buddha Rupa ... Sakyamuni.
India 2013 Favourites - Manali - the Tibetan temple. The main Buddha Rupa ... Sakyamuni.
India 2013 Favourites - Manali - the Tibetan temple. The main Buddha Rupa ... Sakyamuni.
India 2013 Favourites - Manali - the Tibetan temple. The main Buddha Rupa ... Sakyamuni - two stories high.
India 2013 Favourites - Manali - the Tibetan temple. The main Buddha Rupa ... Sakyamuni - two stories high.
India 2013 Favourites - Old Manali - some of the original buildings have survived but are disappearing fast.
India 2013 Favourites - Old Manali - some of the original buildings have survived but are disappearing fast.
India 2013 Favourites - Old Manali - some of the original buildings have survived but are disappearing fast.
India 2013 Favourites - Old Manali - some of the original buildings have survived but are disappearing fast.
India 2013 Favourites - Old Manali - someone's castle and still going up.
India 2013 Favourites - Old Manali - someone's castle and still going up.
India 2013 Favourites - Manali - the back way to Leh. What would Nehru think of the bouncing castle. The Indian children love it.
India 2013 Favourites - Manali - the back way to Leh. What would Nehru think of the bouncing castle. The Indian children love it.
India 2013 Favourites - Manali - Are you surprised I feel so glum?
India 2013 Favourites - Manali - Are you surprised I feel so glum?
India 2013 Favourites - Naggar - Naggar Castle - 600 years old and now a boutique hotel
India 2013 Favourites - Naggar - Naggar Castle - 600 years old and now a boutique hotel
India 2013 Favourites - Naggar - Naggar Castle - 600 years old and now a boutique hotel
India 2013 Favourites - Naggar - Naggar Castle - 600 years old and now a boutique hotel
India 2013 Favourites - Naggar - Naggar Castle - 600 years old and now a boutique hotel
India 2013 Favourites - Naggar - Naggar Castle - 600 years old and now a boutique hotel
India 2013 Favourites - Naggar - Naggar Castle - 600 years old and now a boutique hotel
India 2013 Favourites - Naggar - Naggar Castle - 600 years old and now a boutique hotel
India 2013 Favourites - Shimla - Queen of the hill stations. Summer home of the Raj in India and still and administrative centre and popular tourist town. The whole of the central part is traffic free.
India 2013 Favourites - Shimla - Queen of the hill stations. Summer home of the Raj in India and still and administrative centre and popular tourist town. The whole of the central part is traffic free.
India 2013 Favourites - Shimla - The giant statue of Hanuman towers above the spire of Christchurch.
India 2013 Favourites - Shimla - The giant statue of Hanuman towers above the spire of Christchurch.
India 2013 Favourites - Shimla - Queen of the hill stations. The view from our hotel window changed constantly with the clouds. Sometimes it would disappear all together.
India 2013 Favourites - Shimla - Queen of the hill stations. The view from our hotel window changed constantly with the clouds. Sometimes it would disappear all together.
India 2013 Favourites - Shimla - Our friends again ... this time pressed against our window.
India 2013 Favourites - Shimla - Our friends again ... this time pressed against our window.
India 2013 Favourites - Shimla - Our last afternoon and the light is stunning.
India 2013 Favourites - Shimla - Our last afternoon and the light is stunning.
India 2013 Favourites - Munnar - tea country in the hills of Kerala
India 2013 Favourites - Munnar - tea country in the hills of Kerala
India 2013 Favourites - The Kerala backwaters from Alleppey. These canals and wetlands stretch across a huge area. Houseboats are a popular way to travel for the tourists.
India 2013 Favourites - The Kerala backwaters from Alleppey. These canals and wetlands stretch across a huge area. Houseboats are a popular way to travel for the tourists.
India 2013 Favourites - The Kerala backwaters from Alleppey. These canals and wetlands stretch across a huge area. Houseboats are a popular way to travel for the tourists.
India 2013 Favourites - The Kerala backwaters from Alleppey. These canals and wetlands stretch across a huge area. Houseboats are a popular way to travel for the tourists.
India 2013 Favourites - The Kerala backwaters from Alleppey. These canals and wetlands stretch across a huge area. Houseboats are a popular way to travel for the tourists.
India 2013 Favourites - The Kerala backwaters from Alleppey. These canals and wetlands stretch across a huge area. Houseboats are a popular way to travel for the tourists.
India 2013 Favourites - The Kerala backwaters from Alleppey. These canals and wetlands stretch across a huge area. Houseboats are a popular way to travel for the tourists.
India 2013 Favourites - The Kerala backwaters from Alleppey. These canals and wetlands stretch across a huge area. Houseboats are a popular way to travel for the tourists.
India 2013 Favourites - The Kerala backwaters from Alleppey. These canals and wetlands stretch across a huge area. Houseboats are a popular way to travel for the tourists.
India 2013 Favourites - The Kerala backwaters from Alleppey. These canals and wetlands stretch across a huge area. Houseboats are a popular way to travel for the tourists.
India 2013 Favourites - The Kerala backwaters from Alleppey. These canals and wetlands stretch across a huge area. Family transport is usually by boat.
India 2013 Favourites - The Kerala backwaters from Alleppey. These canals and wetlands stretch across a huge area. Family transport is usually by boat.
India 2013 Favourites - The Kerala backwaters from Alleppey. These canals and wetlands stretch across a huge area. Steps into the house are under water.
India 2013 Favourites - The Kerala backwaters from Alleppey. These canals and wetlands stretch across a huge area. Steps into the house are under water.
India 2013 Favourites - The Kerala backwaters from Alleppey. These canals and wetlands stretch across a huge area. Sandbags shore up the edges of the canals.
India 2013 Favourites - The Kerala backwaters from Alleppey. These canals and wetlands stretch across a huge area. Sandbags shore up the edges of the canals.
India 2013 Favourites - The Kerala backwaters from Alleppey. These canals and wetlands stretch across a huge area. Houseboats are a popular way to travel for the tourists.
India 2013 Favourites - The Kerala backwaters from Alleppey. These canals and wetlands stretch across a huge area. Houseboats are a popular way to travel for the tourists.
India 2013 Favourites - Alleppey (Alappusha), Kerela India.
India 2013 Favourites - Alleppey (Alappusha), Kerela India.
India 2013 Favourites - Alleppey (Alappusha), Kerela India. This Tuk tuk is someones pride and joy.
India 2013 Favourites - Alleppey (Alappusha), Kerela India. This Tuk tuk is someones pride and joy.
India 2013 Favourites - Alleppey (Alappusha), Kerela India. There are large number of shops selling gold and diamonds and they are often full. It is said that 20% or more of the gold in the world is owned by Indian women.
India 2013 Favourites - Alleppey (Alappusha), Kerela India. There are large number of shops selling gold and diamonds and they are often full. It is said that 20% or more of the gold in the world is owned by Indian women.
India 2013 Favourites - Kovalum - on the far south of the Malabar Coast of Kerala this is one of India's few
India 2013 Favourites - Kovalum - on the far south of the Malabar Coast of Kerala this is one of India's few "resort" towns. Good for Ayurvedic health treatments.
India 2013 Favourites - Kovalum - there is no vehicle access to the seafront, so fish is delivered in the traditional way.
India 2013 Favourites - Kovalum - there is no vehicle access to the seafront, so fish is delivered in the traditional way.
India 2013 Favourites - Kovalum - on the far south of the Malabar Coast of Kerala. Coastal erosing is evident here. This man is attempting to stop the coconut palm from being washed away.
India 2013 Favourites - Kovalum - on the far south of the Malabar Coast of Kerala. Coastal erosing is evident here. This man is attempting to stop the coconut palm from being washed away.
India 2013 Favourites - Kovalum - on the far south of the Malabar Coast of Kerala. Fishing is restricted during the breeding season in an effort to maintain fish stocks, so the fishing boats shelter in the harbour.
India 2013 Favourites - Kovalum - on the far south of the Malabar Coast of Kerala. Fishing is restricted during the breeding season in an effort to maintain fish stocks, so the fishing boats shelter in the harbour.
India 2013 Favourites - Kovalum - on the far south of the Malabar Coast of Kerala this is one of India's few
India 2013 Favourites - Kovalum - on the far south of the Malabar Coast of Kerala this is one of India's few "resort" towns. Good for Ayurvedic health treatments.
India 2013 Favourites - Golden Temple Amritsar - Home of the Sikhs
India 2013 Favourites - Golden Temple Amritsar - Home of the Sikhs
India 2013 Favourites - Golden Temple Amritsar - Home of the Sikhs
India 2013 Favourites - Golden Temple Amritsar - Home of the Sikhs
India 2013 Favourites - Golden Temple Amritsar - Home of the Sikhs
India 2013 Favourites - Golden Temple Amritsar - Home of the Sikhs
India 2013 Favourites - Golden Temple Amritsar - Home of the Sikhs
India 2013 Favourites - Golden Temple Amritsar - Home of the Sikhs
India 2013 Favourites - Golden Temple Amritsar - Home of the Sikhs. Waiting in the queue.
India 2013 Favourites - Golden Temple Amritsar - Home of the Sikhs. Waiting in the queue.
India 2013 Favourites - Golden Temple Amritsar - Home of the Sikhs
India 2013 Favourites - Golden Temple Amritsar - Home of the Sikhs
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - home of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile. Om Mani Padme Hum ... the mantra of Chenresig ... the essence of compassion.
India 2013 Favourites - MacLoud Ganj - home of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile. Om Mani Padme Hum ... the mantra of Chenresig ... the essence of compassion.
India 2013 Favourites - Manali - the back way to Leh
India 2013 Favourites - Manali - the back way to Leh
India 2013 Favourites - Manali - the back way to Leh
India 2013 Favourites - Manali - the back way to Leh
India 2013 Favourites - Manali - the ubiquitous Tuk-tuk.
India 2013 Favourites - Manali - the ubiquitous Tuk-tuk.
India 2013 Favourites - Manali - the porters gather in the early morning on the Mall.
India 2013 Favourites - Manali - the porters gather in the early morning on the Mall.
India 2013 Favourites - Manali - the back way to Leh
India 2013 Favourites - Manali - the back way to Leh
India 2013 Favourites - Naggar - Naggar Castle - 600 years old and now a boutique hotel
India 2013 Favourites - Naggar - Naggar Castle - 600 years old and now a boutique hotel
India 2013 Favourites - Shimla - Queen of the hill stations. Summer home of the Raj in India and still and administrative centre and popular tourist town. The whole of the central part is traffic free.
India 2013 Favourites - Shimla - Queen of the hill stations. Summer home of the Raj in India and still and administrative centre and popular tourist town. The whole of the central part is traffic free.
India 2013 Favourites - Shimla - Queen of the hill stations. Summer home of the Raj in India and still and administrative centre and popular tourist town. The whole of the central part is traffic free.
India 2013 Favourites - Shimla - Queen of the hill stations. Summer home of the Raj in India and still and administrative centre and popular tourist town. The whole of the central part is traffic free.
India 2013 Favourites - Fort Kochi on the west coast of Kerela in southern India - on the tourist route but a bit jaded these days.
India 2013 Favourites - Fort Kochi on the west coast of Kerela in southern India - on the tourist route but a bit jaded these days.
India 2013 Favourites - Fort Kochi on the west coast of Kerela in southern India - on the tourist route but a bit jaded these days.
India 2013 Favourites - Fort Kochi on the west coast of Kerela in southern India - on the tourist route but a bit jaded these days.
India 2013 Favourites - Fort Kochi - on the tourist route but a bit jaded these days. The magnificent Santa Cruz Basilica is an exception.
India 2013 Favourites - Fort Kochi - on the tourist route but a bit jaded these days. The magnificent Santa Cruz Basilica is an exception.
India 2013 Favourites - Fort Kochi - on the tourist route but a bit jaded these days. The magnificent Santa Cruz Basilica is an exception.
India 2013 Favourites - Fort Kochi - on the tourist route but a bit jaded these days. The magnificent Santa Cruz Basilica is an exception.
India 2013 Favourites - Fort Kochi - on the tourist route but a bit jaded these days. The magnificent Santa Cruz Basilica is an exception.
India 2013 Favourites - Fort Kochi - on the tourist route but a bit jaded these days. The magnificent Santa Cruz Basilica is an exception.
India 2013 Favourites - Fort Kochi - on the tourist route but a bit jaded these days.
India 2013 Favourites - Fort Kochi - on the tourist route but a bit jaded these days.
India 2013 Favourites - Fort Kochi - on the tourist route but a bit jaded these days.
India 2013 Favourites - Fort Kochi - on the tourist route but a bit jaded these days.