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Postcard From Himalaya | Langtang National Park | Nepal
© 2012 Ahmad Shukri | Photograph of Me Taken by Ahmad Shukri in Langtang National Park | Nepal © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Langtang National Park | Nepal Himalaya The lighting was so beautiful on that day, even though our journey is still few hours away to reach Potala Hotel in Thangshyap from Kyanjin Gompa, I couldn’t resist to slow down and to “Smell the roses” and off course took some pictures along the way. I called my friend Ahmad Shukri to slow down and took a picture of me and I took a picture of him knowing that we can’t be sure whether we will ever walk this trek…
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Travel Photography | Postcard From Langtang National Park | Nepal Himalaya
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | iPhoneography | iPhone 4 | Langtang National Park | Nepal | November 15, 2012 | 11:37AM “I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment, and life’s greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending commitment to act until they achieve. This level of resolve can move mountains, but it must be constant and consistent. As simplistic as this may sound, it is still the common denominator separating those who live their dreams from those who live in regret.” – Tony Robbins – Tweet news and informationbusiness,health,entertainment,technology automotive,business,crime,health,life,politics,science,technology,travel
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Why Travel? | Life is a Journey | Once Upon a Time in Kashmir
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Once Upon a Time in Kashmir | Dal Lake Kashmir “People from all over the world have passed through this village, son,” said his father. “They come in search of new things, but when they leave they are basically the same people they were when they arrived. They climb the mountain to see the castle, and they wind up thinking that the past was better than what we have now. They have blond hair, or dark skin, but basically they’re the same as the people who live right here.” “But I’d like to see the castles in the towns where they live,” the boy explained.…
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Adventure is Out There | Why Travel?
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Once Upon a Time in Kashmir Why? “‘Why do you do it?’ friends often ask, perplexed, Brows raised, minds sorely vexed. ‘The world out there is dangerous! Aren’t you scared? Why do this? You need steady work, a house, two cars! You have only a motorbike, and sleep under stars!’ Dear friend, if you must ask, you cannot know This curiosity that drives me so. To you it is hidden; in me rises unbidden! But one day the world I’ll have ridden By iron steed, then perhaps this need Will have vanished, finally vanquished! That day will find me on deathbed, With no regrets for…
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Travel Photography | Children of Himalaya | Kashmir
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Kashmiri Children Wearing a Phiren (The Kashmiri Cloak) | Photograph Taken With 24mm Prime Lens To some people this photograph is messy, cluttered with messy background but to me each and everything in this photograph give context to the photograph, they tell the real story about the subject, photographers usually called this an environmental portrait because it does not only shows the person in the photographs, they also tell where this picture is taking, the mountain and the snow shows that this photograph were taken during cold winter. During my recent visit to Kashmir on February 2012, I take a lot of environmental portrait more…