INTREPID SHUTTERBUG

Girl in wonder at the Immigration Office

Saw this old gentleman sitting outside a shoe shop in Leh, Ladakh. He was filling page after page with tiny handwriting (visible in this picture). A man passing by said he was doing magic.....lol.......Asked the old man what he was writing and he said "fortunes". Maybe he was....... Taken with my Samsung Note 2

A differently abled youth builds a route marker (commonly seen along roads, rivers and lakes in Ladakh) as the sun sets. Taken with my Sony A-58

2 Bactrian camels and their owner wait patiently for a tourist to look their way. Taken with my Sony A-58

Girls and Boys carry large clay bricks to repair the monastery in Diskit. They will climb more than 250 steep stairs in each trip. Taken with my Sony A-58

A Slovak youth spins the Buddhist prayer wheels at Diskit Monastery. Taken with my Sony A-58

The sexagenarian mother of our host collects fresh veggies from her kitchen garden. A garden she plants, maintains and harvests herself. Taken with my Sony A-58

A little boy feeds the pigeons outside the HazratBal Shrine in Srinagar. The diligence with which he kept going despite the heat was what made me take the shot. Taken with my Sony A-58