Farhiz: We were hanging around looking at the houses in the valley below when Yachak Chije came by and invited us to a cup of tea at her place in Tsokarpu village.
Farhiz: Pachyderm in the hills. Objects in the viewfinder are closer than they appear.
Farhiz: Kids Quest School, Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh. Why was that kid keeping in step with the two in front?
Farhiz: Govt. Primary School, Lhalung, Mechuka. We were hanging around the gate watching the kids play. She saw us from the far end of the field and came running. Never got to ask her her name, but she had the sweetest smile.
Farhiz: Mechuka
Farhiz: When the order takes forever
Farhiz: Yachak Chije, Tsokarpu village, Mechuka.
Farhiz: Lhalung village, Mechuka. Nishi on her grandma’s back.
Farhiz: Mechuka. Boy with a toy gun.
Farhiz: Batman and Robin.
Farhiz: An unfortunate lorry driver near Tato.
Farhiz: Gent on a bench outside the Hiba Line Hotel in Tato.
Farhiz: The Hiba Line Hotel at Tato.
Farhiz: Tato. Mother and child. We’d stopped at the Hiba Line Hotel for chai and biscuits. Mechuka was less than a hundred kilometres away.
Farhiz: Mechuka.
Farhiz: Mechuka. Wok maestro.
Farhiz: Mechuka. Football game opposite Gebu’s place.
Farhiz: Mechuka. Football game opposite Gebu’s place.
Farhiz: Mechuka. Football game opposite Gebu’s place.
Farhiz: Mechuka, Gebu’s place with friends in high places.
Farhiz: Mechuka.
Farhiz: Mechuka.
Farhiz: Mechuka.
Farhiz: Mechuka. The Lhalung Government Secondary High School.
Farhiz: Mechuka. The valley below the Samteng Yanchak monastery.
Farhiz: Mechuka. Purbah Lhamu travels to the monastery every day to help in the building of a new chorten in memory of the late lama.
Farhiz: Mechuka.
Farhiz: Mechuka. Feral horses still roam freely though in fewer numbers.
Farhiz: Mechuka.
Farhiz: Mechuka. A view of the meadows.