Sandstorm!

On a trip to the desert camp, marred by a severe sandstorm.

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Daybreak

Daybreak as the Emirates 777 from Dubai cruises on towards Calcutta.

Daybreak

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Goodbye

Its been a week and it is still difficult to come to terms that my friend is no more. I met him last on the 8th of July before I traveled and wished him well.

I knew that the prognosis was not good. His cancer had spread and the doctors had discontinued the chemotherapy and had started palliative medication. I still hoped that I would meet him again in September, during my trip home. But that was not to be. He left us at 6.00 am on the 22nd of July.

The picture is of the last road trip to Nah'riya in January 2015.

The last road trip with my friend and his wife

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A desert sunset

Sunset in the desert framed by the lights of our desert camp.

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Smoke n' Go

The Indian government can sometimes give precise messages!
Calcutta International Airport. Smoker’s booth.

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Postcards

The beach and the sea through the grill at dusk.

Taken at a recent function at the United Beach Camp in Jubail, KSA.



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Traveling Monks

Calcutta Airport. Sunday morning 12 am. Thailand bound Buddhist monks traveling with tons of baggage, a rare sight, since I have seen them travel always with, well, almost nothing.

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The drive

It seems eerie that for that 40 km drive through the desert, the only traces of civilization were a few camels farms, a single horse corral and a rare truck or car that passed us.

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Lion Dance

The inebriated Lion has no clue that the other are eyeing his cask of whisky. I never knew that the main theme of the Lion Dance was booze related : )

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Chinese New Year Festival

The Lion dance during the Chinese New Year festival at the Dalhousie Institute at Calcutta.

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Evening out

Friday night at the Dalhousie Institute, a social club at Calcutta.

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Miles and miles of sand

The view as the Qatar Airways Airbus 321 banks sharply to set a course for Doha.

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Misty Doha

Doha appears through the evening mist as we come in to land at the new Doha International Airport.

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White on white

Cosmos flowers on the terrace against the morning light.

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First look

The bride looks up to the groom for the first time after the marriage ceremony at a traditional Bengali marriage at Calcutta sometime this year.

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Moonrise

Moonrise over Al-Jubail.

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Take Off 2

This is the preceding frame to the earlier picture. I have a feeling that this is a much better shot to the shot I had posted earlier.

The flight preceding us in the queue takes off at the Hamad International Airport at Doha, Qatar.

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Take Off

Our flight lines up on the runway as the prior one in the queue takes off. Shot from the aircraft window at Doha, Qatar.

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Doha from air

The fishing harbor glistens in the setting sun.
Taken from the aircraft as it came in to land at Doha.

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In the queue

We wait for our turn for take-off at the Hamad International Airport at Doha, Qatar.

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