Now in the Blurb store some of my books called “From the Vault” 

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https://nl.blurb.com/books/10209211-from-the-vault-volume-1

https://nl.blurb.com/books/10223050-from-the-vault-volume-2

https://nl.blurb.com/books/10224037-from-the-vault-volume-3

A little walk in the garden with the camera sometimes brings good satisfaction, one day is not the other. But to my surprise, suddenly there was bird I had not seen in the garden until now. This little bird was a delight to see. The bird’s name is Indian Blue Robin. The Indian Blue Robin is usually a migratory bird, although there are some populations in Myanmar that stay in the same place throughout the year. In summer, it breeds in the forests of the mountainous border region between India and Myanmar and the southern flanks of the Himalayas, Karakoram and Hindu Kush, from Arunachal Pradesh in the east to Afghanistan in the west. To winter, the animals migrate to southern India and Sri Lanka.
The other bird is the Indian Pitta, I think it is the same bird that visited last year. The Indian Pitta breeds mainly in the hill country at the foot of the Himalayas of northern Pakistan, India and Nepal and possibly as far east as Sikkim. They also breed in hill country in central India on the edge of the Western Ghats south to Belgaum and Goa. In winter, they migrate to southern areas in India and Sri Lanka. The Indian Pitta is one very nervous bird, both birds can often be found on the ground where they forage for food such as insects and snails, sometimes small lizards. All shots were taken with the OM-1 and MZuiko 100-400mm f5 IS.

Last October 4, we landed at Leh airport, coming from Srinagar, Kashmir. We were very much looking forward to this after the hustle and bustle of Kashmir. The contrast could not be greater between these totally different states in India. The journey we have planned will take 11 days at this altitude, which varies between 3200 and 5600m above sea level. This is my first time visiting Ladakh, am somewhat familiar with the landscapes, nature and the people which is not very different from Tibet, which I visited earlier in my life.
We will therefore also visit the familiar places , on this visit and we start in Leh and the Leh valley, the trip continues to Alchi monastery, then Lamayuru , Sumour, Nubra, Pangong and other famous lakes, drive over high mountain passes, to end in Leh again. What stands out in this kind of country is the silence and vastness, the friendly people, probably in my experience the most friendly and quiet, shy people I have ever met. I won’t go into further detail here in this blog story, that will be for later, you have to make do with the images attached for now, they speak for themselves and give a little idea of what we experienced on this trip.