Spiti Valley

It’s India!

Sept 9, 2013        Spiti adventure continues...on to Lahaul, India After a jaunty jiggly jeep ride of over 10 hours from Read More

Tabo Monastery: Vajradhatu Mandala Splendor

September 7th     Tabo Monastery Part Two...here it is! Tabo Monastery Tsug Lhakhang, ... Read More

Tabo Monastery: Himalayan Setting and Meditation Caves

Sept 6th, Tabo Village, the Spiti adventure continues... Tabo Village, where Tabo Monastery is nestled in Spiti Valley unlike other Buddhist monasteries that were built as fortress-like compounds on hilltops Well, here we are in Tabo! The ... Read More

Key Kye Kee Ki Monastery and the Fine Art of Imprecision

September 5th - Spiti adventure continues... Key, Kye, Kee, Ki Monastery, Spiti Spelling is a flexible art in ... Read More

Dhangkar and Lhalung Monasteries in Spiti

Dhangkar Monastery is seen on the ridge in the upper right. It consists of multi-storeyed buildings perched together, containing five different devotional halls. September 4th Our first day out to photograph was at Dhangkhar and Lhalung ... Read More

Spiti Adventure Begins

My home corner in Dharamsala, with Namgyal Monastery entrance at right. September 1st J and I started off for Read More

Yosemite National Park

If the weather in the Himalayas in summer is anything like the weather in Yosemite National Park in spring, then I think I'll be ... Read More

Himalayas / hi-MAAL-yah

Learn something new every day. The correct pronunciation for Himalaya is "hi-MAAL-yah." Mountains and the Indus River Valley as seen from Alchi Monastery circumambulatory, Himalayas. I look forward to going there later this year to conduct ... Read More