The Journey of Finding Himalayan Flowers - Part 3

sunrise at Dal lake and Shikila(Indian gondala)

UnknownFlowers got them from vegetable market

"first stop " beautiful scene, the way from Srinager to Kargil

"second stop " Refugee Camp , the way from Srinager to Kargil

Diesel bag available at Refugee camp shop

so cool! i think we'll never find stuff like this in Diesel shop

another beautiful scene

glacier and sheep

look out the window

kind of sweet but I forgot the name

downhill

stripe hill

The morning we left Srinagar

we got up early to check out the vegetable market and went up hill to visit the temple of Shiva (i forgot the name again) and see Dal lake from top

Quite nice looking through pine trees on side hill to the Lake shining in morning light.

And we're ready to continue our long journey!

this time we got seats at the back.all things 're so amazing to my eyes.

great moutain,river,rice field,little house, army, refugee camp, sheep, goat, cow, glacier, and strange rock moutain

though we rarely have chance to shoot a photo, cause the bus always shake up and down and that's not aloud by the indian army.

in the afternoon we got into more sensitive area There are more of the Indian army and we have to get our passport checked along the way. We have a chance to get inside the tent of army! For me it’s a little bit of excitement. We got stuck cause of another car on the road, got out off a bus and sat near a cliff. Feel the greatest mountain that surround us. Start talking about what should we do if somebody point their gun at us. Should we lay down on a ground or should we run to our bus?
And again we got stuck on a narrow road up hill, there’s a car fell down from the high cliff into the mad river. And we don’t know how was people in that poor car. It’s 7 pm. In a middle of himalaya. seems like it’s going to rain. again our conversation is what if it’s raining hard it’s possible the rock might fall down to the road… to us. what should we do? sitting in a bus maybe not good choice what if there’s a bullet come from another side of mountain ..but i think jumping into the river is crazier.

An hour later our bus move again.
Finally we got to Kargil in darkness. Kargil was once under control of Pakistan. Can say that it’s the most dangerous place..and what are we doing here? It’s crazy. Bad food, bad hotel and filthy pillow. Lonely planet say it’s survivor level and it’s true. Strange that I did sleep very well maybe because I was tired.
Left Kargil early in the morning. Astonishingly Kargil from a distance is a the small town among trees, rice field, tibetan style houses, river and small islands..

..it's so perfect if without war

to be continued...

as good as it (reality) gets

In different way both reality and illusion are beautiful.
In different way both reality and illusion hurt.
I prefer walking barefoot to walking in beautiful shoes that hurt.
I've lost in plastic dream
Let me wake up to true beauty of reality,
Come rain or come shine.

mr green and ms yellow

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และแล้วmr green and ms yellowก็ตัดสินใจเข้าพิธีหมั้น ตัดหน้า mr and ms pinky

mr green เป็นทหารมาจากอินเดีย(ของจริงต้องกางเกงเอวสูงอย่างงี้)มาพบรักกับ ms yellowสาวขอนแก่นที่เชียงรายนี่เอง

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ยินดีด้วย!

หมู่นี้เป็นยังไงไม่รู้ คนรอบๆตัวเรานี่ แฮปปี้ อินเลิฟ มีความสุขกันหลายคู่ บางคนที่ถึงแม้จะเป็นหญิงแกร่งอยู่แล้วแต่พอเธอมีความรักขึ้นมา ยังรู้สึกได้เลยว่า ความเหงาลึกๆเปลี่ยนเป็นความสดใสเบิกบานในใจแทน แม้ปากจะพูดว่าสุขแล้วก็กลัววันข้างหน้าจะทุกข์เพราะสุขอันนี้ แต่แค่ได้รักกันก็ดีแล้วไม่ใช่หรือ มันไม่ใช่เรื่องง่ายที่จะรักใครซักคน แล้วก็ยากยิ่งกว่าที่เค้าจะใจตรงกันกับเราด้วย เพื่อนคนนึงพูดว่า when you love, you should love like you never hurt before. อืมอยากทำให้ได้อย่างงั้นเลย... รวมไปถึงเพื่อนอีกหลายคนที่กำลังจะไปเจอช่วงชีวิตใหม่ เรียนต่อ ย้ายถิ่นฐาน เปลี่ยนการงาน ไปเจออะไรที่ยังไม่รู้อีกมาก น่าตื่นเต้นแทน รวมถึงเพื่อนต่างชาติอีกหลายคนที่กำลังจะต้องร่ำลากันกลับบ้านกลับช่อง เอ้า!แค่นี้ก็แทบนับไม่ถ้วน อย่างนี้ต้องฉลองใหญ่ ขอให้มีความสุขกันทุกคน

coffee break

Do what I've read really have an influence on my thought?
for me reading has levels.
from the state of understanding what the thinker 're telling,
the state of understanding in my own way,what I agree and disagree,
the state of opening mind to it,
the state of seeding, watering, taking roots and growing inside,
to the state of becoming as one.

It's a long way.
I'm at the very begining state.
can say that, reading the books of wise men
couldn't make me suddenly change into wise person.
talk wise is easy.
think wise is harder.
do wise is hardest.
for me now, laughing is easiest hihi.

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girl's talk

last night after the crazy party was over
can't help i was feeling down
...just like everytime after laugh a lots

after that we did some girl's talk.
one of my friend said something about her story that...at least she happy to have someone to think of.
i said "but sometime isn't it better to know that the one you thinking of thinking of you as well?". it's something warm to me... um i don't know.
i'm that kind of person.

but i keep telling myself about living the present moment.

and...
my friend said something to me that make me realise...
what's point to talk about the things i can't do...
umm...she maybe right!
am i stupid?
am i acting cool?

no matter what.
i don't want to hate myself.

i am not an eagle.
i am just a dragonfly.
i'm proud.

Doi Tung

I will enjoy every moment here untill my time to go.
Friends, Sky, Stars, Trees, Fresh air, Making things ( what i love the most)

The Journey of Finding Himalayan Flowers - Interlude 1

mirror water of Dal lake, Srinagar, Kashmir

8th july 2006

as mind can move faster than body.
sometime it slip at the bank
fall and drench into the river of time
was flowed back to the past by the restless water.
some may awake and get to the speed of flow
some may gone
some may forward
and possibly sink somewhere in the river of time.

don't you think that time is like a river.
do fishes know where the water's flowing?
and why they always swim against the water instinctually.
and why they know the right speed to get along with their flock?

should one grabs the hands of the falling?
maybe they can swim themselves up to the right speed.
maybe they love to be flowed and turn back time.
maybe it's better than keep on the right speed.
maybe it's coolest to go beyond others.

who am i to say what's good or bad.
wonder...
what if i don't swim?
what if i swim too fast?
maybe it's just a stupid question of mine.
because i'm not a fish though everybody said i'm a goldfish.
and i still happy with my present time walking slowly...enjoy butterflies and little flowers along the way.

The Journey of Finding Himalayan Flowers - Part 2

the way from Jammu to Srinagar

small shop in kashmir, dry fruits, nuts, cricket racket, apples

boathouse at Dal lake (Named Jamica?)

chocolate shop on boat at vegetable market , they sell everything on boat like taladnam in thailand

me and the sailor(dont' remember his name) on floating garden

we really walking on water plants! that floating on the water

kashmiri embroidery


the sailor 's giving me the lotus necklace he made it himself. so cool necklace !

salajeet , somebody want to try


sunset at Dal lake

2nd day, another 12 day hours from Jammu to Srinagar.
we're on deluxe bus (if you can't imagine how indian deluxe bus look like try to think of thai green bus)
giant pine trees , fog, army, passport checked, horn blowing, stone house, cricket racket
finally we arrived Srinagar.
Dal lake is the most famous place in Srinagar with 360 degrees view of snow mountain of Himalaya. this year the weather is unusual pretty hotter than every year of kashmir this time.
but it's still very nice place. we spent a night on boathouse
cruising, kashmiri shawl, wooden carving, vegetables market, floating garden, lotus necklace,kashmiri tea(with the best saffron in the world), salajeet(mysterious power medicine?), sunset at Dal lake, boathouse(which i wonder is it real boat cause it too still to be a boat)
luckily, we left Srinagar before the bomb!

to be continued....

The Journey of Finding Himalayan Flowers - Part 1

vanilla icecream with caschew nuts and rose syrup

Jammu 8th july 2006, the rest of all scenes of town make me feel no difference from this picture. stuck behind the unseen cage

1st day from Delhi to Jammu... hot like hell !
after an hour we arrived by taxi(better to call it tuk tuk with hindi pop song i like!) 38 degrees, jam, dusted, noisy Delhi
had vanilla icecream with caschew nuts and rose syrup.
we catch a bus heading to Jammu to catch another bus to Srinagar.
took us 12 night hours on pretty old, non air-con, shaken bus.
waken up all night with sound of hundreds of horn blowing along the way.

sunrise at Jammu not so beautiful.
fresh air of morning was covered by scent of war
guns and army's everywhere.
all buildings in town still have a trace of destroying

though i know from the begining this trip we're going to one of the most dangerous and sensitive part of India and Pakistan border, still didn't imagine this scenery before hand.
at that time my mind holding on to the future.

afraid? not at all.

....to be continued

The Journey of Finding Himalayan Flowers - Preface

Given Little flowers of Himalaya..and Lonely planet India

9 days trip couldn't make me knows much about India.
and i'm not gonna tell you the informations about travel in india.
for that my suggestion is get yourself lonely planet.
my story i'm going to tell...all from my own view, feeling and experience
prove it yourself, is it worth your time reading.

to be continued...

I'm home

If going out to see the world in difference is the elixir of life,
then coming back home is the pure water we cannot live without.

to be continued... The Journey of Finding Himalayan Flowers

P.S I'm not okay :)

walking out the door

but each gate will open another...

c.r.a.f.t.j.u.n.g.l.e

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