After an extremely 'cool' holiday in the Himalayas, I am spending the rest of my holidays in Mumbai with my daughter and her family. The rambler rose grew wild all over the lower slopes of the Himalayas.
The swift flowing River Beas near Manali.
Rhododendrons which grew on the lower slopes of the Himalayas were mostly red. The wild rhododendron flowers are gathered by the locals to make soothing drink.
Purple irises carpeted the slopes at Shoja.
An ancient fort at Kangra. You can see the snow capped peaks ot the Dauladhar range in the distance.
I could find very few wild flowers in the part of the Himalayas we visited. Perhaps the season was not right. But the beauty of the mountains was breath taking.
I'll be putting up more photos of the Himalayas in the coming posts.
In Sanskrit, Himalaya means ' the abode of snow'. These rhododendrons shown above grow at a height of 11,000 feet. One can see glaciers as one walks along the path.
The snow was very wonderful for us from the tropics.
There were some wild flowers like these in the crevices of rocks.
It is soothing to remember the snow in the torrid heat of Mumbai!
After an extremely 'cool' holiday in the Himalayas, I am spending the rest of my holidays in Mumbai with my daughter and her family. The rambler rose grew wild all over the lower slopes of the Himalayas.
The swift flowing River Beas near Manali.
Rhododendrons which grew on the lower slopes of the Himalayas were mostly red. The wild rhododendron flowers are gathered by the locals to make soothing drink.
Purple irises carpeted the slopes at Shoja.
An ancient fort at Kangra. You can see the snow capped peaks ot the Dauladhar range in the distance.