Reflection of departure board in window of restaurant - Dubai airport
Traditional dahi (yogurt) container in Taj Bangalore moments before I ate it
Yup, the rest of the food got cold as I played with this
Orchid at the Taj -- b/w with color focus
Fried Chicken! Eat that KFC
Ancient storeroom for grain in Mavelikara
Wild bamboo, Masinagudi
Bathroom courtyard in Masinagudi (near Mudumalai wildlife sanctuary). Tigers, bison, deer, elephants and more all seen near here.
Ooty, South India about 7,500 feet above sea level. Close to where I went to school.
Ooty
Watercolor or picture?
Mooning - the natural way. View from 39,000 feet between Trivandrum and Doha
Everything does seem bigger in real life - even this moon seemed huge
Doha, Qatar -- 4.2 hours from Trivandrum
Got some strange looks in Qatar Premium terminal as I took these macros
Just wait until I get bigger
Black and white picture with touch of color on cactus
Close up of same cactus
Root of bonsai plant in terminal. Yup, was a long layover
Buddy (Annu and Thommi's) new dog getting ready to say hi
OK, you are OK, now how about some treats?
Mother of all orchid trees - coconut husks protecting young orchids
Taken in my parent's garden, Trivandrum
Bamboo tree in parent's garden
Moss covered stone in pot, Kerala, India 2009
OK, the postman walked in on me lying on ground taking this picture. Yup, still my parent's yard
Closeup of flower in Ooty
Between Ooty an d Lovedale, South India
They kept refreshing this for about 6 hours straight
Random flower by roadside in Ooty
Pykara lake in background, got sunburnt taking kids on kayak rides. About 7,700 feet up.
Sunlight filtering through porch awning of boathouse in Pykara
Fire hydrant outside hotel in Ooty. A HoJo!
That's a real tea garden -- Nilgiri tea (mountain range Ooty is part of)
Took all this for granted in school growing up -- sigh.
Hojos garden, part of fire supression system. Pseudo HDR shot with my tiny Fujiflim EXR.
View outside window at HoJos. Kilometers of it.
This was the age I went to school -- getting ready for the parade.
Equipment assistant at school (Lovedale) chuckling at the 'then' and 'now' image flashing before him
Flowers in Lovedale
Ahh view of Senior School courtyard in Lovedale. Sumeru house in background.
Pykara lake
Gulmurg tree near Mudumalai
Shot taken in complete darkness - tiles of roof in dorm in Masinagudi
Bonfire at Sanjay's house in Ooty, about 2 AM
Lawrence School, Lovedale
Fireworks from Abi's factory at school founders
Clock tower, Lawrence School Lovedale
We usd to crave Chinese from here - not too bad still
Temple in Ooty
Very fond memories -- we used to write home once or twice a week
Landing at Doha, Qatar
Senior School, Lovedale
Plant at parent's house
Not a smart place to stand, but this tree has given us a lot of coconuts
View outside Dubai hotel during 10 hour layover
View from window in Dubai hotel
38,000 feet over the eastern edge of Canada, eh?
