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Re: Ladakh Vacation – last days

Ashwin Nanjappa — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:38:46 -0000

I see, I was not aware of these special restrictions. I would have also followed the rules in that case :-)

Re: Ladakh Vacation – last days

deepakg — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:19:06 -0000

It's actually 'officially' allowed when you are flying into Ladakh. But they don't allow batteries on board when flying out from J&K - i.e. from Ladakh or Srinagar. In hindsight it all turned out to be a sham.

Re: Ladakh Vacation – last days

Ashwin Nanjappa — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:28:38 -0000

I always take my camera (Nikon D40 with batteries) in my cabin baggage. I think most folks do. Else how can we explain the awesome sunrise/sunset/night-city shots on Flickr taken from plane windows? ;-)

Re: Ladakh Vacation – last days

deepakg — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:36:04 -0000

Hi Marcia,

Thanks.

We stayed at Padma Ladakh. It is a family-run guest house and we had a great time. They have a website with upto-date contact info: http://www.padmaladakh.net/. They are indeed open during winters.

Cheers!

Re: Ladakh Vacation – last days

Marcia Bodewes — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:48:30 -0000

Namaste. Thanks for such a lovely description of your travels in Ladakh. Gorgeous photos ! ! !
I have been picking them up for some time and nice to follow the journey's to it's finish.
I am Australian and will leave 16th November for a week in Nepal before venturing to Ladakh ! I will probably not be able to do as much moving around as you did, but I am looking forward to the experience. Would you be kind enough to tell me the name of the Guest House where you stayed in Leh? And their email address also ? Are they open for Winter? It is always nice to know of a place which has been enjoyed by another traveller. Many thanks, Marcia.

Re: Moonlight On Ubuntu 7.04

brightondentist — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:53:10 -0000

It actually takes some time to get hang of it.. buts isnt it a wonderful OS.. just love the flexibility.. and not spoon feeding as windows does..

Dentists in Brighton

Re: Ladakh Vacation – Day 2

john191 — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:18:24 -0000

Loved to read your blog. I would like to suggest you that traffic show most people read blogs on Mondays. So it should encourage bloggers to write new write ups over the weekend primarily.
regards
sears parts

Re: Ladakh Vacation – Day 2

galapagos1 — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:22:03 -0000

thanks for sharing your experience in your vacation.. So, How does it feels to breath in a fresh air without pollution and without the unpleasant sounds of vehicles??

Re: Ladakh Vacation – Day 3 – Basgo, Lamarayu, Uley

Sharath — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:34:03 -0000

wow! we missed visiting lamayuru in our week long ladakh trip, but did rafting on zanskar instead :)

Re: Ladakh Vacation – Day 2

deepakg — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:27:36 -0000

It wasn't necessary. The worst we experienced was a little difficulty in breathing and a mild headache which was gone by our 3rd day. A lot of rest and a lot of water helped.

Re: Ladakh Vacation – Day 2

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 02:03:32 -0000

Did you take Diamox or any other medication for Altitude sickness?

Re: And There Was Light

Vinod Kumar — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:24:39 -0000

Awesome pixs boss !!! I can see it clearly you had a real blast of a trip ...

Re: Moonlight On Ubuntu 7.04

Annun — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:07:07 -0000

I have a question. Does this piece of commands still work with other Linux like Redhat? Thanks.

Re: Devdas - of the Kamal Haasan variety

subhashini — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:52:51 -0000

lol :)) deepak this is too good :D where do you find such queer stuff ? ;)
keep posting..

cheers,
su

Re: Ladakh Vacation – Day 1

deepakg — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:05:03 -0000

Day 2 is up. Will try to get it all up by the next weekend.

Re: Fresh Dates

shiladityadas — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:37:50 -0000

One guy used to sell the 'fresh' dates behind our school during recess...10 dates for 50 paise. I used to get a few free to taste as I spoke the same dialect. :D
The seeds are also chewable like bettlenut, unlike the the sweetened ones.

Re: And There Was Light

srikanthkarnakota — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:02:19 -0000

WOW- this is awesome!! Have been waiting for weeks to get your first post on Leh!! When can we expect Day2-Day9

Re: Ladakh Vacation – Day 1

srikanthkarnakota — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:00:46 -0000

WOW! Have been waiting for this for the last 3 weeks!! When is Day 2 till Day 9 coming? :)

Re: And There Was Light

Mahesh — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:45:21 -0000

Hi deepak, Wow that was the nice one on Chikmaglur, stored those pdf's. By the way I'm looking for your ladakh travelogue ;) pls share it if you find time..

Re: And There Was Light

deepakg — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:50:07 -0000

Hi Rajesh, having never used a Canon S2 IS I cannot say for sure, but I have a feeling that you might be getting too close to the flowers. Each lens has a minimum focussing distance and if you cross that the lens will be unable to focus on your subject. Try standing a little farther, zoom in as much as your camera's zoom will allow and click.

Re: And There Was Light

M. Rajesh — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:04:48 -0000

Hi deepak, this is rajesh (former mvp from chennai) have a few queries using a Canon S2 Is. when trying to get too close to a flower and try to focus it never focuses and gives a sharp preview but the items that are at the back seems to get the focus and it is impossible to take close up of flowers. what am i doing wrong. can you guide how to get close ups of flowers especially in the rains using a canon S2 IS.

Re: And There Was Light

Aarthi — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:57:16 -0000

Lovely picture. Looking forward to seeing your pictures from Ladakh!

Re: Moonlight On Ubuntu 7.04

madhavg57 — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:31:26 -0000

Ubunto is the best. I have been using it since many months. It has never given problem to me.

Re: Moonlight On Ubuntu 7.04

Aryan — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:21:43 -0000

I didn't know this earlier. Thanks for informing. Now I am also using Ubuntu. It is very easy to work with it.

Re: Most people in India are born in August..

deepakg — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:02:44 -0000

Thats interesting read and could well be the reason why the data is so skewed but I need to research if such a cut-off does exist for the domestic cricketing tournaments.

Here's another paper that explores the relationship between DOB and "luck" (PDF link).
http://www.psy.herts.ac.uk/wiseman/papers/Born%...