view from the ventilator

The view from the hills is awesome, regardless of which direction you see in. Here is one such view from a ventilator up in a roadside dhaba, enroute from gangtok to darjeeling, an extremely scenic drive. Easily one of the best that I have seen

Starting on a new web

This is the very first time that I was witness to a spider beginning to spin a new web. Notice the first lines of the web about to be cast. Can you see them?

dragonfly duo

Another early morning sighting at Gangtok. A dragon fly duo. The bright colours really stood out against the green. Never having seen these kind of colourful ones before, it would've been nice to take more pictures, but it would've been like intruding. So this is the only one I have

uphill climb

another early morning sighting at chongay tar, gangtok. another beetle (can anyone help with the name of the species) off on an uphill climb (a reminder of how we city folk have a tough time on uphill climbs in the mountains).

note the play in yellow and green across the visual in the grass, the flowers and the beetle. that's what attracted me to this frame.

beautiful flowers with a difference

Sighted these extremely beautiful flowers on the same walk. What was interesting is that, unlike almost all flowers, these are facing the earth (I've personally seen only one other) Any idea why? I'm sure there is some interesting reason.

cobweb in the drizzle

On our walk in the evening there was a drizzle. That made the cobweb on the road side look stunning!

Ganesha at the entrance of Rumtek Monastery, Sikkim

Ganesha at the entrance of the Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim - I was told that this is the only monastery ever to have a Ganesha image. Legend has it, that the lord appeared in the dream of the reigning Karma  pa and suggested that the monastery be built there

the early beetle

The sun rises between 4.15 and 4.30 am in the morning at Gangtok, so all the creatures are up and about. One of the first to stir that day was this beetle.

blade of grass in the drizzle

It was drizzling every morning for the few days that we were at Gangtok. Even the simple blade of grass looked gorgeous!