On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:10:14 +0100 Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 27/6/08, SJ, discombobulated, unleashed:
> >http://picasaweb.google.com/pdml.live/PESO/photo#5216402765997357394 > The colour is lovely - but what a barren place - I'd miss he > vegetation but I suppose this is a place to ride on through, not > build a home :) hi cotty, thanks for looking. :-) actually it is not as barren as it looks though in many ways that is part of its beauty, if you will. though the lake is frozen over in winter, there are quite a few birds that make it their summer home.... apart from that this place is close to the now-defunt ancient silk route that went from china to persia through india, so people have lived here for centuries. one such village (called spangmik): http://picasaweb.google.com/pdml.live/Etc/photo#5216491038724547266 note the trees...:-)) and in this photo, the building on the left is actually an Indian government-run primary school and we found that it is being run exclusively for the two girls of school-going age in the village: http://picasaweb.google.com/pdml.live/Etc/photo#5216491048604388626 and, for your viewing pleasure, the teacher and the two students, in their full school uniform: http://picasaweb.google.com/pdml.live/Etc/photo#5216491053432703650 and, in all these three photos, because it was a very cloudy day, the lake (and the photos too) looks very different and flat. the place *is* home..... :-)) regards, subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
