In north east India the Khasi tribe grow incredible living bridges that last for hundreds of years.
Mar 21, 2011 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: 7 sister states, banyan, banyan tree, BBC, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, Cherapunjee, Discovery, East Khasi Hills, ficus, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, India, Inosculation, Khasi Tribe, living bridge, living bridges, Living root bridges, Mawlynnong, Mawlynong, Meghalaya, NE States, North East Frontier States, north east States, Planeta Humano, root bridge, root bridges, Severn Sister States, Timothy Allen, Timothy Allen Photographer, Travel | 81 Comments »
India … When I went backpacking through South East Asia in the early nineties, myself and a friend got quite into collecting old beads on our travels, a hobby I still have to this very day. Back then, along with the Tibetan Plateau, home of the infamously mysterious Dzi beads, North East India’s Nagaland represented my […]
Dec 21, 2010 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Ao Naga, Chang Naga, Head Hunters, India, Konyak, Konyak Naga, Longwa, Moatsu, Myanmar, Naga, Nagaland, North East, North East Frontier States, north east States, opium, tribal, tribe | 15 Comments »
India …After the last few weeks of misadventures in Ladakh, I finally said my farewells to our Mountains team a couple of days ago, leaving them nursing their blisters and brittle noses in our Delhi apartment. Forty kilograms of luggage lighter, I decided to backpack it alone to my next destination of Jaipur, but not […]
Mar 22, 2010 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Asia, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, blogsherpa, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, India, Jaipur, monkey thieves, Monkeys, Pink City, Planeta Humano, Rajasthan, Timothy Allen, urban jungle | Leave A Comment »
Zanskar …Every now and then, as a photographer I shoot a story that really touches me deeply. You can never tell which one it’s going to be and often you only realize it when you are looking back through your pictures in hindsight. Sitting here in the warmth of my hotel room, I have to […]
Feb 26, 2010 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Asia, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, blogsherpa, Chadar, Himalayas, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, Ice trek, India, Indian Himalayas, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Planeta Humano, Timothy Allen, Zanskar | 9 Comments »
India …I have been here in Ladakh for 3 days already but today was the first day I’ve actually managed to get out and do a bit of sight-seeing. This has been due to the inevitable bout of altitude sickness that has inflicted me these past few days like many people who travel here directly […]
Feb 22, 2010 | Categories:Travel, View the complete Archive | Tags: Ankit Goyal, Asia, BBC Earth, BBC Human Planet, blogsherpa, Himalayas, Human PLanet, Human Planet BBC, India, Indian Himalayas, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Leh, Leh Ladakh, Manali, monks, motor bike, Motorcycle, Nubra Valley, photographs, Planeta Humano, Royal Enfield Bullet, Timothy Allen | 15 Comments »
