Manali

A cook prepares food for a communal meal at Raghunath Temple during the Dussehra festival in Kullu India

Unidentified lizard along a creek in Solang Valley, Manali, India

Rain clouds over the Himalayas in Autumn near Manali, India

Putting the best face on the tourism development council, Manali, India

Saggu Waterfall on the way to Rohtang Pass, Burwa, Manali, India

Horses in the Himalayas on the way to Rohtang Pass, Manali, India. The horses are used to give rides to Indian tourists. Low paid workers, often foreign immigrants, lead them up and down the mountain every morning and night from areas where they eat and sleep up to the summit where the tourists are.

Indian tourists in rented snowsuits take photos at the small lake at Snow Point atop Rohtang Pass (13,054 ft., 3,979 m) in the Pir Panjal range, Manali, India

A man in "US Army" t-shirt carries an idol of Lord Raghunath during the Dussehra festival in Kullu, India

A man wearing an "Atari" (video game company) t-shirt illegally cuts down trees for fuel wood on a slope above Vashisht, Manali, India

Indian tourists ride on horses while wearing rented snowsuits and fur coats, Rohtang Pass, Manali, India

Marijuana decal on a motorcycle, Manali, India

The gorgeous Solang Valley, Manali, India

Indian tourists ride on horses while wearing rented snowsuits and fur coats, Rohtang Pass, Manali, India

Immigrant construction workers hike down a slope in the Himalayas to a site where they will sleep before the next days work, at 12,000 feet near the summit of Rohtang Pass, Manali, India

Cars wind up the Himalayas to Rohtang pass, Manali, India

Beautiful white street dog in Kullu, India. Street dogs in the Himalayas have thicker coats than those in hot parts of India, and there are fewer Pariah dogs.

Lovely scene of lichens and small high-altitude plants on Rohtang Pass (13,054 ft., 3,979 m), Manali, India

Large metal horns used during the Dussehra festival in Kullu, India

Lichen on rocks at Rohtang Pass (13,054 ft., 3,979 m), Manali, India

Indian tourists ride ATVs at Snow Point on Rohtang Pass, Manali, India

A crowd watches the finale of the famous Kullu Dussehra festival in Kullu, India

A man has a Hindu prayer tattooed on his chest in Kullu, India

Portrait of a traditional Himachali man in Kullu India

Buddhist prayer flags at Rohtang Pass, Manali, India

A family illegally cuts down trees for fuel wood on a slope above Vashisht, Manali, India

Immigrant construction workers ride to work in the back of a truck at 11,000 feet, near the summit of Rohtang Pass, Manali, India

Horses, paragliders and Indian oil trucks on the way to Rohtang Pass, Manali, India

Sunset on scree slopes covered in heather-like plants in autumn, near treeline on Rohtang Pass, Manali, India

A basket full of apples on a farm in Manali, India. Apples are a major crop in the Manali-Kullu region.

Buddhist prayer flags at the summit of Rohtang Pass, Manali, India

Unidentified plant on Rohtang Pass (13,054 ft., 3,979 m), Manali, India

A goat grazes in forest near Kothi, Manali, India

Traditional elderly Himachali woman in Kullu, India

Women carry hay in large baskets, Manali, India

Handsome family in Kullu, India

Beas River Valley, Manali, India

Buddhist prayer flags at Rohtang Pass, Manali, India