Howdy! Welcome to C&H. This is my first post in a series to document my North India trip to Srinagar-Kargil-Leh (Ladakh)-Diskit-Keylong-Manali. Places so beautiful, it made me want to start a blog 
So Day One was spent on Nagin lake (Srinagar), which adjoins Dal Lake. Very beautiful, & I got to learn a few things… like did you know that there exists a community of people living & trading in houseboats on the lake? Here’s the local bazaar:
My canon DSLR came in handy 
when it came to capturing all the splendid colours on offer. I remember a friend of mine had just bought his DSLR & went down south and said he had no trouble taking pictures: just point in any direction & shoot. I kind of understood what he meant now.
So do check out the whole album. It’s a beautiful place, give yourself about 10 minutes & go through the whole set. It’s got a running commentary under each snap, which pretty much tells the story.
And I’m not the regular blogger type, so if you subscribe to this blog (via feeds or via email), it saves me the trouble of figuring out how to let you know when I’ve put up the other sets….& you won’t need to worry about your mail inbox being flooded.
Alrighty then, why aren’t you going through the album yet 
Congrats on finally becoming one of us bloggers!!
Your pictures are awesome – breathtakingly gorgeous – can’t wait to read the rest of your posts!
Great pics Cal!! Can’t wait to visit
Bloody hell Cal, so that’s what heaven looks like!
Great pictures buddy!
Hey Calvin!
Nice blog. and nice Snaps…now i too feel like going there next. i knew it was beautiful, but dint just know it was THIS beautiful.
Keep going with the blog…
@Melody: Thanks Mel…I don’t think i can call myself a bonafide blogger yet, but Singh is King!
@Lilian: Thanks Mom, you join me on the next one now, no excuses
@Macklin: Mac! Let’s plan one of your treks to places like these
@Sheff: Dadha, it’s good to meet you here, now you can keep a tab on me & stay in touch too
@Jeremy: Thanks for all you encouragement, hopefuly my photography will get as good as one of your jazz progressions
Hey,
These pics are really good. You should think about an exhibition. What camera and lenses do you use?
I’ve just been taking pics for about a year now with a Canon A570 IS digicam so still learning the ropes.
The part I love best about your pics is the vivid and sharp colours. How did you manage that?
Regards,
Daniel
Hey
Awesome pics! I understand about the Point and Shoot with the DSLR thing
Do you plan to go there anytime soon again?
A request…
Please please do upload the best of them on flickr!!! Really looking forward to seeing them on your photostream
Thanks Samudra
I plan to keep flickr dedicated to nature pictures, but I could maybe put a selected few on flickr of this trip…will think about it. I’m hoping to make the climb to the base camp of Mt.Everest, visit Kerala and east India too. So hoping to do one big trip a year.