My travel pix (Garhwal)

somnath · Oct 17th, 2006, 15:19

Hi,
I am so happy that I am able to see a part of Garwal Himalaya

. It was a family trip and my itinerary was like this:

28th Sep – Doon Exp from Howrah station at 8.35 pm.
29th Sep – Train
30th Sep – Hardware.
1st Oct – Uttarkashi.
2nd Oct – Gangotri > Sorry forgot the name of the place (6 KM before Uttarkashi)
3rd Oct – Rudraprayag.
4th Oct – Kedarnath via Triyugi Narayan and Gaurikund.
5th Oct – Ukhimath.
6th Oct – Badrinath via Chopta, Tunganath.
7th Oct – Srinagar.
8th Oct – Hardwar.
9th Oct – Train for Varanasi from Hardwar.
10th Oct – Varanasi.
11th Oct – Varanasi.
12th Oct – Train for Howrah from Varanasi.
13th Oct – Back to Kolkata.

There are some photographs I’ve just uploaded on the web and the link is:

http://www.ringo.com/photos/album.html?albumId=40581068
(hope the URL is working

).
I am expecting another roll from the photo lab very soon and that will also be uploaded. Till then scar me for ruining

these beautiful places.

Cheers,
Somnath

Nick-H · Oct 17th, 2006, 15:36

That link just goes to a sign-in page, Somnath

somnath · Oct 17th, 2006, 16:25

Hi,
Nick you are rite. I am sorry I didn’t check that one

. Actually only ringo members can access that link. But there is always a backdoor:

No need to register.

1. plz visit http://www.ringo.com/
2. On the right bottom corner of the page there is a text box “Find a friend:” – pz write – “somnath k” and click on ‘Go’.
“Hardwar and around, 2006” contains the latest photographs.

- Somnath

thirdreel · Oct 17th, 2006, 18:01

Those are great, Somnath! I need to go to Haridwar on my next trip.

somnath · Oct 23rd, 2006, 18:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by thirdreel

Those are great, Somnath! I need to go to Haridwar on my next trip.

Thirdreel, thank you. Hridwar is a beautiful place and it is the door to Garwal Himalaya. I am sure you’ll love Haridwar.

I think above-mentioned trick works. Still I’ll post some photographs in gallery section.

capt_mahajan · Oct 23rd, 2006, 18:58

wonderful pics, somnath.

somnath · Oct 23rd, 2006, 19:39

Thank you Capt.

And thanks to Abhijit

, you can see this pix directly from this link:
http://www.ringo.com/explore/tags/tag.html?tag=somnath
(Upto Hardwar1 at page no 3. there is some other Somnath in Germany

)

amyl · Oct 23rd, 2006, 20:55

that river/stream in 'Mana' is nice! but Somnath, so much to view your fotos... Ringo is not that appealing....try Picasa. You can directly upload the snaps from your system in a bulk. And moreover its viewer-friendly. Just drop a link like this and you are thru...
I usually go for slideshows of any shared album. Its easier than clicking...Ringo does not have a slideshow..i did not notice any...Even flickr is better...can be linked with your yahoo id if u have one.

btw amazing snaps! big clouds and blue sky and of course the snow capped Hims.... awesome!

capt_mahajan · Oct 24th, 2006, 10:08

How cold is Rudraprayag in end November? Temperatures below zero?

somnath · Oct 24th, 2006, 13:51

Thank you Luckywoman, this is the magic of Himalaya !!!! Weather was really very good there.

Amyl, thanks for the visit. Yeah Ringo is not that much friendly for public photos but they allow unlimited space and also allow 4 mb picture size. As I use to upload scanned images and not that comfortable with photo editors it really helps. And flickr has also the limitation of monthly upload quota for free membership so just using ringo. But Picasa sounds better, Amyl. Could you plz tell me about the maximum space allowed or pic size?

Capt. I didn’t visit Rudraprayag during late Nov but my experience in October says it shouldn’t be less than 7-8 degree C. Because we kept our ceiling fan on there (even the air cooler in our room was in working condition

).

amyl · Oct 24th, 2006, 16:22

Ringo is good only for space i must say

.

Picasa max space per account is 250MB so about more than 400 pix of desktop viewable size. And about foto resizing try IrfanView.Its fairly easy. Learn its language and its easier. It undetstands something like

"Ctrl-R Alt-1 ENTER S Alt-S" to resize the opened image, resize it to 1024 and save to a directory

and uploading scores of 4MB pix clearly shows u have a very good internet connection

. But wondering if you will want to share 4MB images if u get ur hands on resizing.

scanning!! O such a tedious thing.Its time to go Digital, Somnath!

amyl · Oct 24th, 2006, 16:34

Quote:

Thanks Amyl, for the link to Picasa.

yeah!! Picasa Rules! Go for it!

u will have to a make a trivial change in the setting to include the directories where u have kept ur fotos. U can of course add new folders to it but they will be created by default in "My Pictures" if u using Windows (Hey i just found out its available even for Linux....good news!). So u will have to direct it well.

Eve68 · Oct 24th, 2006, 18:53

Wow! These pictures are amazing! Thanks for posting somnath.

pence · Oct 24th, 2006, 20:35

Great photos!

JayBee · Oct 25th, 2006, 02:19

I went to Tungnath in May this year just before the temple opened. Your photos brought back a lot of memories. I'm not a spiritual person but I learnt a lot in india and I shall certainly not forget places like this.

Oct 17th, 2006, 15:19	#1
somnath Maha Guru Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Calcutta Posts: 2,371	My travel pix (Garhwal) Hi, I am so happy that I am able to see a part of Garwal Himalaya . It was a family trip and my itinerary was like this: 28th Sep – Doon Exp from Howrah station at 8.35 pm. 29th Sep – Train 30th Sep – Hardware. 1st Oct – Uttarkashi. 2nd Oct – Gangotri > Sorry forgot the name of the place (6 KM before Uttarkashi) 3rd Oct – Rudraprayag. 4th Oct – Kedarnath via Triyugi Narayan and Gaurikund. 5th Oct – Ukhimath. 6th Oct – Badrinath via Chopta, Tunganath. 7th Oct – Srinagar. 8th Oct – Hardwar. 9th Oct – Train for Varanasi from Hardwar. 10th Oct – Varanasi. 11th Oct – Varanasi. 12th Oct – Train for Howrah from Varanasi. 13th Oct – Back to Kolkata. There are some photographs I’ve just uploaded on the web and the link is: http://www.ringo.com/photos/album.html?albumId=40581068 (hope the URL is working ). I am expecting another roll from the photo lab very soon and that will also be uploaded. Till then scar me for ruining these beautiful places. Cheers, Somnath __________________ Learn as if you were going to live forever. Live as if you were going to die tomorrow. * My Travel Pix...

Oct 17th, 2006, 15:36	#2
Nick-H Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 26,758	That link just goes to a sign-in page, Somnath __________________ . Just one member of the IndiaMike Mod Team

Oct 17th, 2006, 16:25	#3
somnath Maha Guru Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Calcutta Posts: 2,371	I am really very sorry. Hi, Nick you are rite. I am sorry I didn’t check that one . Actually only ringo members can access that link. But there is always a backdoor: No need to register. 1. plz visit http://www.ringo.com/ 2. On the right bottom corner of the page there is a text box “Find a friend:” – pz write – “somnath k” and click on ‘Go’. “Hardwar and around, 2006” contains the latest photographs. - Somnath Last edited by somnath : Oct 17th, 2006 at 17:41.

Oct 23rd, 2006, 19:39	#7
somnath Maha Guru Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Calcutta Posts: 2,371	Hi Thank you Capt. And thanks to Abhijit , you can see this pix directly from this link: http://www.ringo.com/explore/tags/tag.html?tag=somnath (Upto Hardwar1 at page no 3. there is some other Somnath in Germany )

Oct 23rd, 2006, 20:55	#8
amyl 21st Century Freak Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Singapura.......in Babenhausen, DE for a while Posts: 1,850	that river/stream in 'Mana' is nice! but Somnath, so much to view your fotos... Ringo is not that appealing....try Picasa. You can directly upload the snaps from your system in a bulk. And moreover its viewer-friendly. Just drop a link like this and you are thru... I usually go for slideshows of any shared album. Its easier than clicking...Ringo does not have a slideshow..i did not notice any...Even flickr is better...can be linked with your yahoo id if u have one. btw amazing snaps! big clouds and blue sky and of course the snow capped Hims.... awesome! __________________ a'mar kono chinta nei

Oct 17th, 2006, 18:01	#4
thirdreel Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Detroit, MI, USA Posts: 209	Those are great, Somnath! I need to go to Haridwar on my next trip.

Oct 23rd, 2006, 18:58	#6
capt_mahajan (in charge of navel affairs) Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: India Posts: 10,097	wonderful pics, somnath.

Oct 24th, 2006, 10:08	#9
capt_mahajan (in charge of navel affairs) Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: India Posts: 10,097	How cold is Rudraprayag in end November? Temperatures below zero?

Oct 24th, 2006, 13:51	#10
somnath Maha Guru Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Calcutta Posts: 2,371	Hi Thank you Luckywoman, this is the magic of Himalaya !!!! Weather was really very good there. Amyl, thanks for the visit. Yeah Ringo is not that much friendly for public photos but they allow unlimited space and also allow 4 mb picture size. As I use to upload scanned images and not that comfortable with photo editors it really helps. And flickr has also the limitation of monthly upload quota for free membership so just using ringo. But Picasa sounds better, Amyl. Could you plz tell me about the maximum space allowed or pic size? Capt. I didn’t visit Rudraprayag during late Nov but my experience in October says it shouldn’t be less than 7-8 degree C. Because we kept our ceiling fan on there (even the air cooler in our room was in working condition ).

Oct 24th, 2006, 16:22	#11
amyl 21st Century Freak Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Singapura.......in Babenhausen, DE for a while Posts: 1,850	Ringo is good only for space i must say . Picasa max space per account is 250MB so about more than 400 pix of desktop viewable size. And about foto resizing try IrfanView.Its fairly easy. Learn its language and its easier. It undetstands something like "Ctrl-R Alt-1 ENTER S Alt-S" to resize the opened image, resize it to 1024 and save to a directory and uploading scores of 4MB pix clearly shows u have a very good internet connection . But wondering if you will want to share 4MB images if u get ur hands on resizing. scanning!! O such a tedious thing.Its time to go Digital, Somnath!

Oct 24th, 2006, 18:53	#13
Eve68 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: USA Posts: 105	Wow! These pictures are amazing! Thanks for posting somnath.

Oct 24th, 2006, 20:35	#14
pence Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 19	Great photos!

Oct 25th, 2006, 02:19	#15
JayBee Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: UK Posts: 30	I went to Tungnath in May this year just before the temple opened. Your photos brought back a lot of memories. I'm not a spiritual person but I learnt a lot in india and I shall certainly not forget places like this.

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