India 2007

Vegetable seller in the main bazaar in Delhi

Rickshaws, shops, clients and tourists in the main bazaar of Delhi

Detail of the High Court in Chandigarh

The High Court is one of the many 4 story buildings by  Le Corbusier

A sculpture by Le Corbusier, the Open Hand

Two guys chilling in the High Court

The Nek Chand Fantasy Rock Garden, Chandigarh

Nek Chand used all kinds of materials to build his garden

Colorful women in a park in Chandigarh

More 4 story buildings by Le Corbusier

Cool Shimla, built on the mountain slopes

The Christchurch in Shimla, a British relic

Indian tourists flock to Shimla to escape the heat of the lowlands

View from Shimla

River on the road to Dharamsala

Woman in McLeod Ganj

Building company at work in Bhagsu

Musician in McLeod Ganj

The chorten in McLeod Ganj, a Buddhist Tibetan temple

A Tibetan women turns the prayer wheels in the Chorten in McLeod Ganj

Candles in the chorten in McLeod Ganj

Monks and their German shepherd in the main Tsuglagkhang temple, McLeod Ganj

The hills of  McLeod Ganj

Colorful beetle in McLeod Ganj

Greetings from India

Prayer flags in McLeod Ganj

The mountains around Vashisht, near Manali

On a rooftop in Vashisht

Apple porters in the hot sun near Manali

Young girl enjoying the summer near Manali

Traditional mud brick housing near Manali

Apples ready for harvest

Laundry drying in the sun

The valley in Manali

Sharing the latest news

Country life in Vashisht

Wooden bridge in Vashisht

Goat herd on the Manali-Leh road

Stop on the Manali-Leh road

Prayer flags in one of the high passes on the Manali-Leh road

A river cuts through the Himalayas

Hairpins on the Manali-Leh road

The road we traveled on the other side of the valley

Taking a rest on the Lachulung La pass 5059m, Ladakh

Truck stop in the Himalayas

Local shop in Leh

Typical Tibetan architecture in Leh

Monk locking his door in Leh

View on Leh, the capital of Ladakh

Posing for the picture in Leh

Leh Palace on the hill

Boarding the train at the fair in Leh

Brown hills and brown buildings in Leh

Leh with views on the Himalayas

Clothes shops in Leh

The palace towering out over Leh

Archery competition during the Ladakh festival

Kids watching the archery competition

Spring time in Leh

Looking into a valley around Leh

The Khardung La pass at 5602m

The road is not very safe

Narrow roads in the Himalayas

Straight down into the valley

Repairing the road every year again

Spring time in the Nubra Valley

Spring time in the Nubra Valley

Sand dunes in the Nubra Valley

Decoration in Hundur Monastery, Ladakh

Guests in Hundur Monastery

House in Hundur

The whole Nubra valley in 1 picture

Diskit monastery, built on a rock in Nubra valley

Posing in Diskit monastery

View from the Diskit monastery

Red door in Diskit monastery

Young monks chatting, Diskit monastery

Summertime in Nubra Valley

A novice monk plays cricket in Sumur monastery

Meditating in Sumur monastery, Nubra valley

Tibetan architecture, Sumur Monastery

Colorful fabric in Sumur Monastery

Windows in Sumur Monastery

More goats on the road

Dancers for the Ladakh festival

Nature around Leh

Sunny house in the little village of Stok

Yak

Weathered tree in Stok

The palace of the Maharajah of Ladakh in Stok

Country side in Stok

Thiksey monastery

Me and the monastery of Thiksey

Little monk running on the stairs of Thiksey Monastery

Stupas in Thiksey Monastery

Tibetan architecture in Thiksey Monastery

Monks eating soup on their lunch break in Thiksey monastery

Monk working on a cultured sand mandala in Thiksey monastery

Nice view in Thiksey monastery

View from the roof of Thiksey monastery

Harvest time in Ladakh

Religious scripts in Thiksey monastery

Donkeys on the road in Stok

Children checking me out in Stok

Beautiful valley near Stok

4 monks on a row in Leh

C&eacute;line is trying not to break a leg

Welfie with C&eacute;line in Leh

Old stupas near Leh

Admiring the view around Leh

Posing with the prayer flags

Plenty of prayer flags on the hills near Leh

Another view on Leh

Nagin lake seen from one of the house boats

View on Srinagar from the Zabarwan Hills

A vendor in a shikara sells flowers on Nagin lake, Srinagar

Beautifully decorated houseboats on the quiet Nagin lake in Srinagar

Chilling in my house boat

Waterway in the old mogul garden Nishat Bagh

Nishat Bagh is now a public botanical garden

Flowers in Nishat Bagh

Enjoying my time in Srinagar, the capital of Kashmir

Flowers in Nishat Bagh

Everything floats on Dal Lake

A kite inspects its catch above Dal lake in Srinagar

Traditional building in Srinagar

One of the entrances of the Jamia Masjid

Prayer hall in the Jamia Masjid, Srinagar

Men gathering on the lawn of the Jamia Masjid

Transport company in Srinagar

Wooden top floor in Srinagar

The shiny interior of the Shah Hamden mosque, Srinagar

Old window of the Shah Hamden mosque

The old Shah Hamden mosque, still looking good

Kids jumping into the Jhelum river in Srinagar

Boys naked to play in the river, girls fully clothed

The cutest of the pack

Hari Parbat fort looking out over Srinagar

School kids in the narrow streets of Srinagar

Rowing your boat is like riding your bike in Srinagar

More house boats on Dal lake

Sufi shrines in Srinagar

Dream away in the luxurious lounge of my Houseboat

View on the Himalayas from the flight Srinagar-Amritsar

Golden temple in Amritsar (Punjab), the holy city of the Sikhs

Lowering of the flags ceremony at the India-Pakistan border

One of the goddesses in the Mata temple in Amritsar

The golden Sikh temple in the middle of the sacred pool

Posing with my mandatory head scarf

View on the temple from the roof

Everybody gets a free meal in the temple

Volunteers are cooking in the temple

Typical Sikh men

The whole family dressed up in colors

Taking a bath in the holy water of the Sikh temple

Queue to enter the temple

Detail in the temple

The golden dome

Transport company in Amritsar

Transport on the way to Bikaner

Family visiting the Karni Mata temple in Deshnok, Rajasthan

Rats enjoying their milk in the Karni Mata temple

Rats are worshipped in the Karni Mata temple

Facade of the Karni Mata temple

The Lalgarh palace in Bikaner is a hotel and the Maharaja lives in the back

Throne in Junagarh Fort

Junagarh Fort, Bikaner

Deity in Bhandasar Jain Temple

The Bhandasar Jain Temple in Bikaner

Visiting the Bhandasar Jain Temple in Bikaner

Patwa Haveli in Jaisalmer

Wooden window in Patwa Haveli

Looking out on the street in Patwa Haveli, the former home of a local noble family

Bats hanging on the ceiling in Patwa Haveli

Marble elephant in Patwa Haveli

House wives gathering on the street in Jaisalmer

Gossip on the doorstep in Jaisalmer

Part of the walls of fort Jaisalmer

Transport company in Jaisalmer

Looking out from fort Jaisalmer

The huge fort is looming over Jaisalmer in the evening

Looking at the fort from a restaurant in Jaisalmer

Shrines in Gadisar Lake, Jaisalmer

Shrine in Gadisar Lake, Jaisalmer

Looking up to the fort at night

Colorful desert girl

Visiting a family in the Thar desert

On a trip through Thar desert trip with my camel Sunia

Thar desert, Rajasthan

The boys jumping down a dune in Thar Desert

Desert flowers

A beetle is securing its lunch in Thar desert

Sunset in the desert

Our bed in the Thar Desert

Camels at sunrise

Another side of fort Jaisalmer

Squirrel in Jodhpur

The walls of Jodhpur

Palace in the fort of Jodhpur

Smoking a shisha in fort Jodhpur

Throne in fort Jodhpur

View from fort Jodhpur

Hard to tell why they call Jodphur the blue city

Guards rewinding the turban

Glass window in fort Jodhpur

Building company in Jodhpur

View on Udaipur, Rajasthan

Vintage Cadillac hood ornament

Rolls Royce in the vintage car collection of the Maharaja, Udaipur Palace

Dancers in Udaipur

Green room in Udaipur Palace

Jagdish Temple, Udaipur

Ghats on Lake Pichola in Udaipur

Palaces in Udaipur

The artificial Lake Pichola in Udaipur

The city Palace in Udaipur at sunset

The Chaumukha Mandir temple of the Jain religion in Ranakpur

Marble carvings in the Chaumukha Mandir temple

Dome in the Chaumukha Mandir temple

Jain deities in the Chaumukha Mandir temple

Posing in the Chaumukha Mandir temple

Chaumukha Mandir temple was built in 1439 and has 1444 carved columns

A tower of the Chaumukha Mandir

The Chaumukha Mandir temple in Ranakpur

All around Pushkar lake are ghats were pilgrims bathe in the holy water

Camel in Pushkar

Painting in my hostel in Pushkar

The fort in Delhi is hardly visible due to air pollution

Poster salesman in the bazaar in Old Delhi

Buffalo in Delhi

The Taj Mahal in Agra, seen from far away

The Taj seen from the other side of the Yamuna river

It is as big as a European cathedral

Posing with the Taj

The Taj Mahal and its reflection

The pedestrian bridge over the Ganges river in Rishikesh

The water of the Ganges is pretty clean in Rishikesh

My company in Rishikesh: two sisters from Bavaria

Freezing cold Ganges

Pilgrims release floating candles in the fast flowing Ganges in Haridwar

Popular spot for pilgrims in Haridwar

Lord Shiva Statue in Haridwar

Sunset in Varkala after my trip to Sri Lanka

The tourist area in Varkala, Kerala state

Fresh haircut

The cliffs, the beach and big waves in Varkala

Cliffs and the beach in Varkala

Canoeing on the Backwaters

Houseboats on the Kerala Backwaters

A traditional houseboat on the backwaters of Kerala

Houseboat on the Kerala Backwaters

Reflection on the Kerala Backwaters

Through dense vegetation on the Backwaters

Tamil movie set on the Kerala Backwaters near Aleppey

Beautiful cantilevered fishing nets in Cochin, Kerala

School kids having fun in front of the camera, Fort Cochin

Colonial building in Fort Cochin

Women waiting for transport in Fort Cochin

Sunset in Fort Cochin

Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica, Fort Cochin

Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica, Fort Cochin

Headquarters of the communist party in Cochin

There is more than tourists on Anjuna beach

Plenty of space on Anjuna beach, Goa

View on the beaches of Goa

Burning my dirty and broken t-shirt after one year

Twenty kilometers of wide beach in Arambol

Cheap lodging in Arambol

Kite surfer at sunset in Arambol

Church of OL of the Immaculate Conception (1541) in Panaji, Goa

The Maruti Temple in Panaji, Goa

Archdiocese of Goa and Daman

Bubbles in Goa

Convent and Church of St. Francis of Assisi (1661), Old Goa

Basilica of Bom Jesus (1605), Old Goa

Tomb of St Francis Xavier in the Basilica of Bom Jesus

Dome of the Church of St Cajetan (1655), Old Goa

Ruins of Church of St. Augustin (1602), Old Goa

The Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai (formal Victoria Terminus, 1897)

The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel ***** in Mumbai (1903)

The Gateway of India (1924)

Interior of the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel

Taxi stand in Mumbai