India and Nepal

Welcome to our blogg, 

Here you can keep track of what Gail and I are doing and get an insight into our work.....

To start here is a quick catch up ........

January - 4 weeks in India

This was a follow on from our trip to Nepal last year- There is something about Asia that just fascinates...

 Gail myself and our two kids- Billie-Lea [13] and Jimmy [11] went on our annual road trip...

Each year we get away to a distant far off country and throw ourselves into a diverse and different culture and soak up the sights, smells and characters we meet. Making sure that we do not fall into 'tourist trap' and end up travelling to India only to stay with fellow westerners... we headed to places that were not mentioned in the tourist guides. We went to India to stay with and meet Indians. 

Because the concept of 'the family' is firmly entrenched at the centre of their religions and is central to their whole society and being, we soon made friends with our children with us. Westerner families travelling off the beaten track is relatively rare. We were welcomed and were treated with respect and curiosity, rather than being targeted to be 'ripped off'. Billie and Jimmy were both armed with cameras as they were given the task of learning  how to create a photo documentary and  teach them that there is more to life than Bebo and ww dots. 

   We took two bags - one full of cameras and the other full of clothes.[ Much to Gails horror].

        India is an enigma, full of paradoxes and contrasts, from the Burning Ghats of Varanasi through to the nomads living in the desert lands of Rajasthan. The quality of light and colour of the land and cities provided a totally new experience for us all. Gail and I shot off 1000's of images and the kids shot off a close to a 1000 themselves. 

    

We also photographed our first Hindu wedding at the holy town of Pushkar...

here you will find a mix of shots taken by the four of us. I have included some from Nepal last year as well as its Gails favourite place on the planet....

Village children come to great us - Southern Nepal

Holy Man- Kathmandu

Burning Ghats- Kathmandu

Nepal

Inside buddhist Temple- kathmandu

Religious ceremony of Brahmins for the Lord Vishnu

Tourists at Elephant camp in Jungle- Nepal

 Resident at the Monkey Temple Kathmandu

Having head shaved - Ceremony for Lord Vishnu 

Wedding Guests- Pushkar- India

Groom during the preps- Pushkar India

Bride arrives ..

Woman Nepal

Buddhist Temple nepal

Nomad Musician India

Singer India

Collecting fire wood India

Wedding Celebrations

One of several food stalls at wedding ceremony

Dancing Girl India

Musician India

Food vendor India 

Woman India

Holy Man

Food vendors New Delhi

Lunch Break

Street Varanasi

Street Kids

Groom arrives for the ceremony

Woman India

Nomads India

Praying at holy lake of Pushkar India

Street entertainer with mother

                   Holy Man                   Festival ceremony India

Prayer Nepal