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London Layover in London, hanging out with my cousins	London The Eye from the other side of the Thames	Delhi Our hotel room in Delhi	Delhi Tea after checking in at our hotel in Delhi
Agra Sunrise on our day trip to the Taj Mahal in Agra	Agra Day trip to the Taj Mahal, at a rest stop we saw monkeys getting at the trash	Agra Day trip to the Taj Mahal in Agra we passed this huge statue	Agra Taj Mahal entrance detail
Agra Taj Mahal from the entrance	Agra Day trip to the Taj Mahal in Agra	Agra Taj Mahal entrance	Agra Taj Mahal: the towers lean just a tiny bit
Agra Taj Mahal: We had to wear booties on the marble.	Agra Taj Mahal detail	Agra Taj Mahal, view across the river	Agra Adam and our guide at the Taj Mahal
Agra Our guide insisted on taking pictures of me at the Taj Mahal, it was super hot and bright in the sun	Agra Our guide insisted on taking pictures of me at the Taj Mahal, it was super hot and bright in the sun	Agra Taj Mahal	Agra Taj Mahal
Agra Taj Mahal	Agra Taj Mahal	Agra Agra Fort, our guide in the foreground, we arrived near sunset	Agra Agra Fort
Agra Agra Fort moat	Agra Agra Fort	Agra Agra Fort	Agra Agra Fort guard house
Agra Agra Fort	Agra Agra Fort	Agra Agra Fort, view across the river, you could see the Taj Mahal from here	Agra Agra Fort zoomed view toward the Taj Mahal
Agra Agra Fort, under construction with the gold dome being refurbished	Agra Agra Fort, drainage or well	Agra Agra Fort, cubby holes for book storage I think	Agra Nanda, Adam and me, with Adam standing on the lowest step :)
Agra Agra Fort	Delhi Park near our hotel in Delhi, breaking free of the guided tour	Delhi Park near our hotel in Delhi, neck exercise station	Delhi Street crossing in Delhi
Delhi Bike parked near our hotel	Delhi Shopping center entrance near our hotel	Delhi Our hotel hosted a lot of weddings	Delhi Cargo bike
Delhi Wandering back streets in Delhi	Delhi Wandering back streets in Delhi, Doug already edged around the pile of bricks	Delhi Near our hotel in Delhi	Delhi Park near our hotel in Delhi, lots of stray dogs
Delhi Qutb Minar, unfinished tower	Delhi Qutb Minar iron pillar	Delhi Qutb Minar detail	Delhi Qutb Minar, de-faced carvings
Delhi Qutb Minar, de-faced carvings	Delhi Qutb Minar detail	Delhi Qutb Minar sign	Delhi Qutb Minar bench
Delhi Qutb Minar, lots of bright birds	Delhi Qutb Minar	Delhi Lotus Temple	Delhi Humayun's Tomb
Delhi Humayun's Tomb	Delhi Humayun's Tomb	Delhi India Gate	Delhi India Gate
Delhi Our bicycle rickshaw for a ride around Old Delhi	Delhi Old Delhi bike rickshaw ride	Delhi Old Delhi bike rickshaw ride	Delhi Auto parts store in Old Delhi
Delhi Mosque in Old Delhi	Leh Driving to our hotel in Leh	Leh This dog was our meal companion at the hotel in Leh	Leh Most of our meals in Leh were outside
Leh View from the outdoor table in Leh	Leh My hotel room in Leh	Leh My hotel room in Leh	Leh View from my hotel room
Leh Hockey rink near our hotel, Indian national team practices there	Leh Pilgrims resting	Matho View from the Matho Monastery	Matho Matho Monastery festival
Matho Matho Monastery festival	Matho Matho Monastery festival	Matho Matho Monastery festival	Matho Matho Monastery festival
Matho View from the Matho Monastery	Matho Matho Monastery festival	Matho Matho Monastery festival musicians	Matho Matho Monastery festival
Matho Matho Monastery festival	Matho Matho Monastery festival	Matho Matho Monastery festival	Matho Matho Monastery
Matho Nanda posing on the steps down from Matho Monastery	Matho Matho Monastery	Hemis Driving to Hemis National Park	Hemis Driving to Hemis National Park
Hemis Driving to Hemis National Park, Indus River	Hemis Driving to Hemis National Park, short break	Hemis Driving to Hemis National Park	Hemis Loading our duffles for the hike into Hemis National Park
Hemis Yak crossing, Hemis National Park	Hemis Entrance to Hemis National Park	Hemis Already looking for snow leopards, Hemis National Park	Hemis Already looking for snow leopards, Hemis National Park
Hemis Hemis National Park	Hemis Hiking in to base camp, Hemis National Park	Hemis Donkeys bringing in our gear to base camp (green is mine)	Hemis Blue sheep, through the spotting scope
Hemis Blue sheep, through the spotting scope	Hemis Frozen river crossing (on ice, not bridge)	Hemis Shale or slate, the cliffs were mostly composite	Hemis Made it to base camp!
Hemis Hiking trail	Hemis Egg delivery, from the dining tent.	Hemis Base camp in Hemis National Park, kitchen tent	Hemis Base camp
Hemis Hiking up a ridge to find snow leopards	Hemis Hiking to find snow leopards	Hemis Hiking to find snow leopards	Hemis Looking up at blue sheep tracks
Hemis Rodney and Nanda on the narrow trail	Hemis We came this way	Hemis Groups lined up to watch snow leopards	Hemis We were very lucky to have Dr. Rodney Jackson join us.
Hemis Then we got the call that the cats were in a different valley, so we hiked out	Hemis Hanging out on the ridge, snow leopard watching	Hemis Hanging out on the ridge, snow leopard watching with zoom lenses and spotting scopes	Hemis Hanging out on the ridge, snow leopard watching
Hemis Hanging out on the ridge, ponies in a stone fenced corral just up the valley	Hemis First snow leopard sighting!	Hemis Mama snow leopard stalking the blue sheep, unsuccessfully	Hemis Popular spot to watch the snow leopards from
Hemis Snow leopard tracks in the sand	Hemis Snow leopard tracks in the sand	Hemis Hiking up a frozen river	Hemis Rose hips
Hemis Hiking up a canyon	Hemis Nanda and our guide, Jigmet, as he scans for cats	Hemis Frozen waterfall and a shrine	Hemis Golden eagle on a peak, through the spotting scope again
Hemis Blue sheep	Hemis Blue sheep	Hemis Blue sheep showing off their climbing skills	Hemis Snow on fluffy blossoms
Hemis Chukka	Hemis Vegetarian biryani for supper	Hemis Snow on the tents at base camp	Hemis Snow on the tents and spotting scope
Hemis View from base camp	Hemis Base camp with prayer flags	Hemis View from base camp	Hemis More blue sheep
Hemis Blue sheep	Hemis Jigmet and Rodney confer	Hemis Hiking up the valley	Hemis View from our snow leopard viewing perch
Hemis Look left and below center for the snow leopard	Hemis Snow covered valley	Hemis Nanda taking a break	Hemis Rock pile on the trail
Hemis Jigmet, Nanda and Adam	Hemis Group shot for Karma Quest, our tour company	Hemis Snow leopard nap time	Hemis Lunch delivery! They fed us very well.
Hemis Hemis National park	Hemis Hemis National park	Hemis I hiked up to the top of the ridge, further than I expected.	Hemis Hemis National park
Hemis Snow leopard stretched out in the sun	Hemis Snow leopard stretched out in the sun, taken through the spotting scope	Hemis Hanging out watching snow leopards	Hemis Hemis National Park, I love the mountains
Hemis Hemis National Park, I love the mountains	Hemis Hemis National Park	Hemis Hemis National Park	Hemis Braiding hair in base camp (no showers for us)
Hemis Hiking up Husing Valley to look for snow leopards	Hemis Snow leopard and human tracks in the snow	Hemis Snow leopard tracks in the snow	Hemis Snow leopard scat
Hemis On our hike up Husing Valley	Hemis Adam on our hike up Husing Valley	Hemis On our hike up Husing Valley	Hemis More tracks in the snow
Hemis Jigmet inspects the camera trap	Hemis A camera trap	Hemis A blue sheep keeps an eye on us	Hemis Rest break/photo stop as we hike up the valley
Hemis Searching for snow leopards in Husing valley	Hemis Group photo in Husing Valley	Hemis Hiking up along the frozen river in Husing valley	Hemis Hiking up along the frozen river in Husing valley
Hemis Hiking up along the frozen river in Husing valley	Hemis Hiking up along the frozen river in Husing valley	Hemis Jigmet and Numgil went higher than we did, scanning for snow leopards in Husing Valley	Hemis Nanda taking a picture
Hemis Spotting scope action	Hemis Husing Valley, Hemis National Park	Hemis Husing Valley, Hemis National Park	Hemis Husing Valley, Hemis National Park
Hemis Husing Valley, Hemis National Park	Hemis Jigmet above base camp, scanning for snow leopards	Hemis Donkeys trudge pass camp, they're the SUVs of Ladahk	Hemis Chukar, a partridge like bird near camp
Hemis Frozen river, Hemis National Park	Hemis Another snow leopard sighting!	Hemis Shifting to a warmer spot	Hemis Shifting to a warmer spot
Hemis There is a snow leopard in this scene too, showing how vital the spotting scope was	Hemis Nap then bath time	Hemis Adam hanging out near the path to Rumbak	Hemis Donkeys carrying pieces of metal up to Rumbak
Hemis If the donkies can cross the ice, we can stop worrying	Hemis Basking in the sun	Hemis Basking in the sun	Hemis Basking in the sun
Hemis Bath time!	Rumbak Home stay in Rumbak, Tarchok Ladahk Homestay	Rumbak Selfie with our homestay hostess	Rumbak Dolma's kitchen
Rumbak Dolma in her kitchen with my hostess gifts	Rumbak Where I slept in Rumbak, cozy due to a cow dung stove	Rumbak Getting ready to head back to base camp	Rumbak Packed up for the trip back to base camp
Rumbak We stopped for tea before hiking back to camp, our hostess's stove	Rumbak Group shot while stopped for tea before hiking back to camp	Rumbak Animal pen with skull adornments	Rumbak Hiking out of Rumbak
Rumbak Hiking out of Rumbak, a short stop at the summer tea house	Rumbak Stopping to check for snow leopards at the summer tea house	Rumbak Eco-Tourism Resource Map of Rumbak	Rumbak Hiking back to camp along the improved trail
Hemis We hiked up that trail to look for snow leopards	Hemis Blue sheep skull	Hemis Blue sheep skull	Hemis Blue sheep skull and spine from an older kill
Hemis Jigmet clawing his way up the frozen river	Hemis Blue sheep perched high above us	Hemis Blue sheep perched high above us	Hemis A splash of colour in the winter landscape, dried plants
Hemis Resting on the hike back to camp, it was a bit steep	Hemis The view from the trail	Hemis Snow leopard area painted on boulders	Hemis This bush was right next to the dining tent in camp
Hemis View from camp	Hemis The toilet tent in camp	Hemis Last night in camp, they made us a snow leopard cake	Hemis Tearing down camp to head back to Leh
Hemis Luckily we didn't have to carry our duffles	Hemis Luckily we didn't have to carry our duffles	Hemis Our awesome crew	Hemis Crew and trekkers
Hemis Hiking out along the river that was starting to melt a bit	Hemis Moon over the mountains	Hemis Hiking out	Hemis On the drive back to Leh we stopped to see some uriel
Hemis On the drive back to Leh, back over the Indus river	Leh Jigmet's office at the Snow Leopard Conservancy India Trust	Leh Wall paintings at the trust offices	Leh Different types of horns at the trust offices
Leh View from my hotel room in Leh	Leh Walking tour of Leh, a neat gate	Leh Walking tour of Leh	Leh River in Leh
Leh Prayer wheel	Leh A gate with a design similar to the bat symbol I know	Leh Cows shared the street with us	Leh Home defence, Leh style
Leh Looking for the Donkey Sanctuary	Leh Looking for the Donkey Sanctuary	Leh Found the donkey sanctuary in Leh	Leh Going in the donkey sanctuary in Leh
Leh Donkey sanctuary in Leh	Leh Donkey sanctuary in Leh	Leh Donkey sanctuary in Leh	Leh Donkey sanctuary in Leh, sponsorship board
Leh Donkey sanctuary in Leh, Nanda made a friend	Leh Donkey sanctuary in Leh, this dog joined our walk	Leh Donkey sanctuary in Leh	Leh Donkey sanctuary in Leh
Leh View from the donkey sanctuary in Leh	Leh Donkey sanctuary in Leh, checking an injured donkey	Leh Donkey sanctuary in Leh: Be the change you want to see in the world	Leh Walking up to the ridge
Leh Looking back over Leh, this is where they cremate bodies	Leh Walking up to the ridge	Leh Walking up to the ridge, this dog stuck with us for most of our walk	Leh Made it up onto the ridge
Leh Made it up onto the ridge, the road had a steep drop off	Leh Prayer flags on the ridge	Leh Part of the castle on the ridge	Leh Old Leh
Leh Walking back down the ridge	Leh Old Leh	Leh I think this was the palace	Leh Along the edge of the palace
Leh Old Leh	Leh Downtown Leh	Leh Looking back to where we were on the ridge	Leh Airing out our trek's sleeping bags
Leh Downtown Leh, you could take a mountain bike trip down the mountain	Leh Flying from Leh to Delhi	Leh Flying from Leh to Delhi	Leh Flying from Leh to Delhi
Leh Flying from Leh to Delhi, coming out of the mountains	Delhi Bikes are a popular transportation option in Delhi	Delhi Flowers near our hotel in Delhi	Delhi Street market
Delhi Street market	Delhi Street market	Delhi Street view, bike, motorcycle, tuk tuks, cars, trucks	Delhi Street view, vandalised sign
Delhi Bikes made to transport gas tanks	Delhi Sign near the driving test office	Delhi Doug near the end of our walk about in Delhi	Delhi Bulls hanging out near the end of our walk about in Delhi
Delhi Flowers lining the walk to our hotel	Delhi View down to the swimming pool at our hotel	Delhi Qutub Minar, Alai-Minar, Delhi	Delhi Qutub Minar, Alai-Minar, Delhi
Delhi Qutub Minar	Delhi Qutub Minar	Delhi Qutub Minar	Delhi Qutub Minar
Delhi Qutub Minar	Delhi Qutub Minar	Delhi Qutub Minar, de-faced statues	Delhi Qutub Minar
Delhi Qutub Minar	Delhi Qutub Minar	Delhi Qutub Minar	Delhi Qutub Minar sundial
Delhi Qutub Minar with sundial	Delhi Safdarjang's Tomb	Delhi Safdarjang's Tomb	Delhi Safdarjang's Tomb, ceiling detail
Delhi Safdarjang's Tomb	Delhi Safdarjang's Tomb	Delhi Safdarjang's Tomb	Delhi Safdarjang's Tomb
Delhi India Gate	Delhi India Gate	Delhi Jantar Mantar observatory	Delhi Jantar Mantar observatory
Delhi Jantar Mantar observatory

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