Everett Herald: Part Uno

Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman reacts to a successfully broken up defensive play during a team practice at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center on Thursday, June 12, 2014 in Renton. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

State Trooper Paul Speckmaier operates a high definition camera to look aggressive drivers on Interstate 5, visible in the background, from the back seat of a Cessna 206 airplane during a DUI emphasis patrol on Wednesday, July 2, 2014 near Lynnwood. State law enforcement will have twenty extra troopers on DUI patrol in Snohomish county from July 1-13. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Lake Stevens High School graduates (from left) Kendall Swanson, Hailey Sylvester and Caeleah Taylor wait backstage at Comcast Arena before beginning their commencement ceremony on Tuesday, June 10, 2014 in Everett. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Surrounded by fellow attendants of Masjid Umar al-Farooq in Mountlake Terrace, Jamaal Ahmed (left) prays during a Friday afternoon Jumu'ah prayer at the mosque on Friday, July 18, 2014. Muslims across the world are currently observing Ramadan, a month-long tradition that includes fasting during daylight hours, which concludes on July 28. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Bellingham resident Curtis Hardebeck uses two fingers to wipe blue dye off his sunglass lenses during a 5k Run or Dye event in downtown Lake Stevens on Saturday, July 12, 2014. Hardebeck, who originally came to support his wife, ended up participating in the event himself by throwing blue dye on racers at one of the "dye stations" around the course. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

North 350 Blades volunteer crew leader Barry Teschlog looks into the sky during a break from the rain during a day of trail work on a section of the Pacific Crest Trail near Stevens Pass on Saturday, June 28, 2014. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Snohomish High School senior Uriel Herrera helped lead his team to a successful season at the center forward position. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Fans push to the front to get autographs from Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson following the team's first day of training camp at Virginia Mason Athletic Center in Renton on Friday, July 25, 2014. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Everett Aquasox runner Bryan Brito (left) slides safely into third base on a steal attempt as Everett Merchants third baseman Josh Potter applies a tag during a game on Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at Everett Memorial Stadium. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Benjamin Jurkovich raises his hands in celebration after winning the annual Kla Ha Ya Days Festival pie eating contest on Saturday, July 19, 2014 in Snohomish. Other activities at the festival included a parade, a classic car show and a frog jump contest. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Jacob Sawyer, 11, stands outside his home in Edmonds on Thursday, June 5, 2014. A reaction to an energy bar Sawyer ate in July of 2013 alerted his family to a cashew nut allergy which he now carries an epinephrine injector for in case of an emergency. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Laying in the grass at the Three Rivers mobile home park Edgar Gonzalez, 14, reads a Sport Illustrated magazine he picked up from the Snohomish Book Cafe converted school bus during one of its weekly stops at the park on Tuesday, July 1, 2014 in Snohomish. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

An interchange of Interstate 5 is shown looking north from a Cessna 206 State Patrol airplane during a DUI emphasis patrol on Wednesday, July 2, 2014. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Former member of the 792nd Bombardment Squadron Harry Spencer, 93, pulls on the leather flight jacket he once wore during World War II during a visit to the Historic Flight Foundation with his family on Saturday, June 21, 2014 in Mukilteo. Spencer's four sons accompanied him during his visit aboard the last remaining operational B-29 plane at Paine Field. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Tulalip Casino general manager Sam Askew sits on an exercise machine after finishing a workout at the YMCA of Marysville on Wednesday, June 19, 2014. After years of neglecting his health, Askew made a commitment to change his lifestyle and has lost 112 pounds since March of last year by eating healthy and working out daily. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Rahmatullah Salim (center), 10, whispers to his cousin Qudratullah Salim, 8, during a Friday afternoon Jumu'ah prayer at Masjid Umar al-Farooq in Mountlake Terrace on Friday, July 18, 2014. Muslims across the world are currently observing Ramadan, a month-long tradition that includes fasting during daylight hours, which concludes on July 28. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Though not the original, a ceiling fan made famous by the 1990's television series "Twin Peaks"  spins above as Marilyn Pettersen walks down the stairs of her now for sale home on Thursday, July 3, 2014 in Everett. Pettersen's home, which is currently up for sale at $550,000, was used as character "Laura Palmer's" home in the show. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Everett Police Chief Dan Templeman poses for a portrait in a window at the Everett Police Department headquarters on Thursday, June 26, 2014, a day after he was sworn in to take over the position. Templeman started with the department in the early 1990s and will replace former police chief Kathy Atwood. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

A nurse checks an inmate's blood pressure during a routine vitals check in the medical housing unit of the Snohomish County Jail on Thursday, July 17, 2014 in Everett. New equipment and a transition to all electronic medical records are part of a push to improve medical care of inmates at the jail. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Seahawk wide receiver Kevin Smith has his shorts tugged by cornerback Chandler Fenner during the Seahawks' first day of training camp at Virginia Mason Athletic Center in Renton on Friday, July 25, 2014. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Aquasox starting pitcher Luiz Gohara delivers a pitch during a game against the Vancouver Canadians on Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at Everett Memorial Stadium. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Donning formal wear for the occasion, mountain biker Jack Patterson waits to head up for another run at Stevens Pass Bike Park on the park's opening weekend, Saturday, June 28, 2014. The bike park will remain open for the summer season 10AM-6PM Friday-Sunday through October. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Work continues for hanging new graphics on the doors of hangars at Boeing on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 in Everett. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Victoria Livestock Show

Participants in the Victoria Livestock Show Judging Competition survey and take notes on sheep as a part of eight stations they visited as part of the contest during the Victoria Livestock Show in Victoria, Texas on March 2, 2014. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

Ty Foeh, 10, of Nursery, center, holds up a chicken to show the judges during the market broiler competition at the Victoria Livestock Show in Victoria, Texas on Feb. 27, 2014. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

Kaden Ramirez, 10, of Mission Valley, lays on his pig Sadie on the first day of the Victoria Livestock Show in Victoria, Texas on Feb. 27, 2014. Ramirez was diagnosed with autism when he was 8-years-old and was participating in the livestock show for the second time. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

Rabbits wait to be judged during the Market Rabbit Competition at the Victoria Livestock Show in Victoria, Texas on Feb. 27, 2014. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

Sporting a unicorn backpack, a young livestock show attendant takes a moment to pet a goat during the Victoria Livestock Show Judging Competition on March 2, 2014. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

Victoria Livestock Show Judging Competition competitors examine and take notes at a pig station during the Victoria Livestock Show in Victoria, Texas on March 2, 2014. 280 youth from around Texas participated in the competition. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

Victoria Livestock Show attendants walk as clouds and rain move in on the final day of the annual event held in Victoria, Texas. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

Immigration Reform March

Here are a few frames from the 2013 May Day Immigration March in Seattle, Wash.

For more photos and an interview with El Comité President Jorge Quiroga, see the previous blog post.

 

Portrait of a Fire: Janta Lodge

On March 8, 2013, a fire tore through Janta Lodge in Darjeeling sending the typically quiet town that sits just on India's side of the border with Nepal into a panic.

Crowds flocked from the nearby market, "Chowk Bazar", to watch the flames as they ravaged the old building-- completely destroying its interior and leaving it smoking late into the afternoon. To date, no casualties have been reported.

A mixed group of ragtag firefighters and pedestrians worked to fight the blaze but couldn't prevent the interior from burning out on every floor. 

The day after the fire, I explored the gutted interior of the once bustling guesthouse with a group of locals. The blackened walls, melted sockets and singed decorations left an eery atmosphere.

Nostalgia hung like a thick fog in the air-- disconnecting the past from the present in a messy break.

Varanasi

Below are a few snaps from Varanasi-- a stunning riverside city most known for its Ghats where bodies of the deceased are cremated before being sent off down the river. 

The city carries with it an intense atmosphere. Sunspots reach down and highlight sections of ancient structures that house a maze of narrow alleyways inhabited by cows, dogs, monkeys and a constant bustle of people.