Over 2000 Km by road, in around 10 days. Stunning landscapes, wonderful people. That sums up our Ladakh trip. But how did it actually work? How did we make it happen? Read on to find out! Leh, the capital of Ladakh , is accessible by air and road. Flying into Leh is the easiest, and time-saving option, while the road is the time consuming one, but with the added advantage of driving past some of the most beautiful landscapes in our country. Each option has much to recommend it, and we chose the road for just one reason – altitude sickness. Altitude sickness was one of my biggest concerns, since I suffer from motion-sickness. Yes, I do travel a lot, but that is despite my condition, and, over the years, have learnt how to handle it. I struggled with it when we visited Nathu-La in Sikkim, and wondered if I would be able to manage a week at the even higher altitudes that we would encounter in Ladakh. This was the reason we stuck to a basic plan, of only 9 days in Ladakh, thoug...
This one is a permanent resident of our colony, and can be relied on to appear every now and then, reminding us of his presence, especially as a warning to kids not to venture into the bushes! Capturing him on camera has never been easy, even though he comes out to bask in the sun, because he seems to be more wary of the kids than they are of him, and he is the first to disappear when they mark their arrival with whoops and shouts.
I saw the chap this week as I left to collect Samhith from school, and he didn't seem to be bothered much by me, and continued to absorb the warm sun rays after a sudden spate of rainfall.
As I clicked on and on, happy that I had my camera with me for once, he turned to regard me, as if wondering what I was doing!
Incidentally, for those of you who are interested, this one is an Indian (or Oriental) Garden Lizard, also called a Changeable Lizard. It is NOT a chameleon, though it does change its colours, but much more slowly.
Great captures Anu, he seems to be knowing he is getting famous. :)
ReplyDeleteNice shots, Anu. :)
ReplyDeleteRecently we were observing a chameleon and were surprised to see it was not changing colours. May be it is a slow process.
ReplyDeleteThis one looks like a mini iguana.
Good to learn about this Garden Lizard. Thank you for this post.
ReplyDeleteNice clicks Anu... He too seems very curious!!
ReplyDelete@Indrani: Thanks... yes, he does seem to love the publicity!
ReplyDelete@Bindhu: Thanks.
@Chitra: samhith was asking me the same thing sometime back, which is why I searched a bit on the net before simply labeling it as a chameleon! and yes, it does look like a mini iguana... i was trying to get samhith to understand about evolution that way...
@Celine: thanks.. i learnt a lot too thanks to writing the post :)
@Atri: thanks... he really seemed curious!
Awesome photographs, Anu. And I always thought that fellow was a chameleon- nice to know that he is not.
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