Portrait of a monk

[Brownbear]

Beautiful images, all. Thank you for sharing.

I like the red portrait best, now that I've seen it.. The b&w is gorgeous but the red is brilliantly gorgeous!

[Antonio Correia]

Thank you Christina

[Antonio Correia]

Manfred look. This is what you can do. Come to Lisbon for a stop of 2 days for example.
Then London New Delhi with the British. Lisbon to New Delhi will take you 24 hours time with 3 or 4 hours in London. You arrive early morning in India.
It is long yes... I know ! Long flights are boring because we travel with the chicken (economy). If I were a politian I would go on 1.st but I am not that "good".
Last year we went to CA with my son's family and we took 24 hours from the door of one house to the door of the other ! Boring and we get tired !

[Shadowman]

I think it's more depression than exhaustion on the long flights. Very rarely in our lives do we spend so much time in one location.

[Manfred M]

Antonio - we are well versed in long trips and have been dragging the girls (now aged 18 and 25) all over the world. Both did their first flight before they were 6 months old, did an international trip before they were 1 and did a trip to a developing country before they were 2 years old. The oldest has been to over 30 different countries and is now living and working in Japan. My wife is over there visiting her right now. The youngest is almost up to 30 different countries as well; the latest was a week in Portugal with my wife in March (Lisbon, Obidos and Porto). We know all about coach and long flights...

I'm still recovering from major surgery on my foot and can't travel much yet (I get a lot of swelling and pain flying and I can't stand or walk for more than about an hour yet); so absolutely; I plan to start traveling again as soon as I can, but that may still take another year (more if I am unlucky).

Anyways, your shots from Northern India really remind me of the conditions we saw in Tibet; same roads, same dangers and of course same wonderful things! Hopefully we can manage to get there in the next few years.