I hope you are enjoying the year-end holidays. I just came back from a very enjoyable and fruitful photography tour, which I was leading through the cultural centers of a colourful Rajasthan. Here is one of the images from the trip, of sunrise at Gadisar Lake, Jaisalmer.

I am in Jaipur right now, preparing for a journey across Rajasthan leading a photography tour for the next nine days. Here is a photograph from last year, made at Sam Sand Dunes in Jaisalmer, where we will be spending an evening during the trip.

In the summer of 2002, I decided not to live my life sitting holed up in the city. I made up my mind to take every opportunity to travel and see the beautiful country we have. On the next holiday-slot available, I headed towards the Himalayas, to walk in the wilderness and see the snow peaks. I had never known what high-altitude meant, till then.

My good karma took me to Sikkim, where I saw a new world. I discovered that people can be so friendly that you completely drop your guard and walk around with a wide grin instead. I saw woods so thick that it is impossible to set a foot through them. I saw streams of sweet, frigid waters coming down the mountains and rushing away in a great hurry. I saw wildflowers splattering my path, carpeting the floor and decorating the trees.