My Personal Guide?

Our human loves going for morning walks regularly in the nearby nature reserve and is familiar with the routes.

Turning a corner, our human's heart skipped a beat as there was a silhouette of an unfamiliar still object at the side of the path and the cautious alertness kicked in. Our human had previous encounters with wild animals, insects, worms included.

Then that object moved...

...and kept staring at our human as if saying,'follow me'.

Our human followed, purposedly walked slower; it stopped and waited for our human to catch up.

It was the first time seeing such an animal in this place and wondered how it got here.

That animal was never seen again since then.

Brahma Kamal

EJ finally found some old travel photos taken in India some 17 years ago. It was the time before digital camera was available so the colours are slightly off. Postings on travels will not be in the right order and sequence but will be posted as and when the photos are found.

Brahma Kamal, the much reverred flower, is a species of flowering plant named after Brahma, the Hindu god of creation. It is native to the Himalayas, India, Northern Burma and South-West China. In Himalayas, it is found at an altitude of around 4,500 metres. Source: Wikipedia

These photos do not do justice to actually seeing Brahma Kamal. Perhaps due to decreased oxygen level in the high altitude and weariness of climbing, there seemed to be a glow emitting from each Brahma Kamal. The flower bracts were very thin, fragile and felt papery. And beautiful!