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EARLY VENTURES INTO DIGITAL BLACK AND WHITE
Near Fairmont Hot Springs, British Columbia, 2006
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Tagged black and white, british columbia, canadain rockies, landscape
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SUMUR GOMPA
Sumur is in a very remote corner of the earth. It is not very far from Pakistan, and as I mentioned in earlier postings, this is a challenging place to visit. The Nubra region seemed to be a sort of … Continue reading
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DISKIT GOMPA
I received a few inquiries about Thupten and his family. I wrote quite a bit about the flood in 2010 on my old blog. Here is a link (you may need to scroll down a bit) http://thomasbethune.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2010-08-01T00:00:00-07:00&updated-max=2010-09-01T00:00:00-07:00&max-results=7
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THUPTEN
My visit to Ladakh was in response to the family of the girl (Tenzin Angmo) that we sponsored. We were invited and urged to visit them in their Buddhist community in Ladakh. It worked out that I was the only … Continue reading
LITTLE TIBET
THE ROAD FROM NUBRA VALLEY TO LEH VIA KARDUNG LA, 2008 Over the next several postings, I will share some of my experiences from my travels in Ladakh in 2008. I do not intend to write a travel blog with … Continue reading
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Tagged buddha, himalaya, india, karakoram, nubra valley, pakistan, temple
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BRINGING UP THE REAR, OR CABOOSE RAT
Sometime around 1972, and near Caliente, a caboose brings up the rear of a Southern Pacific freight train. I spent lots of time working the rear end of freight trains. I always prefered working the mountain (Bakersfield to Palmdale) vs … Continue reading
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Tagged caboose, California, locomotive, rural california
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