Mondy's Mario

Cafe Mondegar, a very popular cafe near Gateway, Mumbai is also famous for the wall murals done by Mario Miranda - the legendary cartoonist with the inimitable style.

The Lady's Store

This small store is the old lady's house and store - with the rooster as a friend. it sells small items and is open for everyone who walks past the Taj Mahal hotel and Gateway of India..

morning flutters

Gateway of India, Mumbai in the morning is a calm place. There are the morning people, but there is bustle as compared to the evenings and nights. The serenity is strangely coupled with a regular burst of fluttering wings..

sparkles in shade

This was at Magic Italy restaurant, Palolem, Goa. We were sitting with the sun nearly about to set, and it was creating these amazing light and shade patterns.. sparkles of light off glass bodies, red tinted shadows...

White&Blue

Sea Gulls -- one of the graceful swooping birds.. dotted the Arossim Beach, Goa in the morning... Their white matched gracefully with the blue waters..

Suntinted 'lamps'

Sunkissed glasses, upturned.. appeared like lighted lamps from far off..

Raireshwar

Raireshwar is a great trek trail in Maharashtra. This picture is from my 2007 trek. You can see the entire expanse of the valley down, and that day the view was even more cool and breathtaking because of the descending clouds. It was hot and very very humid when we were climbing, but during our descent, we ran into torrential downpour. We pushed on the path and after some time, the rain stopped - revealing this site!
Info- Raireswar is in the Bhor region, near the Walki river. The same river is seen in this picture. There is a Shiva temple and the region takes its name after the Lord - Raireshwar also means Shiva

pink!

A dragonfly with a pink hue..

Polka Dots

Shower of Lights in the Diwali night ... sparkles....

The shiny Sprinkly Blue

This is the Powdery Green Sapphire of the Lycaenidae family of butterflies. The butterflies in this family are also known as Gossamer Winged Butterflies. Another Source

gotchaa!!

Sunkissed Chinar

Chinar leaves - with the sun light on them and against the blue sky...

the Sun Halo

This is my first Halo - and I saw it from the flight back to Mumbai.. This was somewhere over Malaysia and the phenomenon struck me. Sharing some more details from wikipedia -

A halo (also known as icebow or gloriole) is an optical phenomenon produced by ice crystals creating colored or white arcs and spots in the sky. Many are near the sun or moon but others are elsewhere and even in the opposite part of the sky. They can also form around artificial lights in very cold weather when ice crystals called diamond dust are floating in the nearby air.
There are many types of ice halos. They are produced b
y the ice crystals in cirrus clouds high (5–10 km, or 3–6 miles) in the upper troposphere. The particular shape and orientation of the crystals is responsible for the type of halo observed. Light is reflected and refracted by the ice crystals and may split up into colors because of dispersion. The crystals behave like prisms and mirrors, refracting and reflecting sunlight between their faces, sending shafts of light in particular directions.

party time....

Crossing the "Bridge of Faith"

This is the longest wooden bridge in thailand, and according to some sources is the 2nd longest wooden bridge in the world. It is about 850 meters long, over the river Songaria in Sangkhla Buri, Thailand. It connects the Mon (Burmese) village to the Thai mainland. "Famous as Mon Bridge, it is also called Bridge of Faith owing to the techniques used" - quoted from an online source.

cry babies

myna kids pestering the parent for more...

the rippled mirror

The Taj on the cobbled path....

just like that..

The Breezy View

A breezy night in Mumbai.. view from my fifth floor apartment... musical chimes fluttering in with the breeze... starry lights in the distance...need i say more?

The leggy beauties @ Sewree

A bit of a voyuer...

Guess what?

flamingoes @ Sewree, Mumbai

Just before the Kiss..

Sunset @ Telaviv, Israel.

From the perch..

Cliff-edge view @Arambol beach, Goa

stairways..

Before the bustle starts...

racket-tailed drongo

Spotted this beauty at Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai

Good Morning Mumbai

Cheesy cuts

Misty Rainbow

Watching this faint rainbow from the flight, I was suddenly hit by the thought that this was the first time i was looking at a rainbow with land forming the backdrop!
Shot this photo somewhere over Phillipines, just before landing at Manilla

Past Captured in Present- Vigan

A curb-side parking lot near Crisologo street, Vigan. A place where swanky Gen-Z cars meet humble Calesas (horse carriages) from the spanish past.

Vigan Handicrafts: bamboo magic

Vigan is one of UNESCO world heritage sites - still preserving the spanish culture amidst local phillipino culture. One of the interesting handicrafts are these bamboo-shoot-woven artefacts for household decor. They give a whole colourful appeal to all the souvenir shops at this place.

The crashing wave

Sitting on the roof of our small hotel by the beach, having our breakfast, we saw some amazing blue waves crash near the shore line.
Shot at San Juan beach, La Union province, Philipines.

Skidding while the sun sets

San Juan, La Union, Philipines - great beach for surfers

Sunflower and Bee

This photo is shot at PMA, Baguio, Philipines. Got lucky to get this close shot of the bee.