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Ladakh Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Ladakh, India
A Trek in the Indian Himalaya
This is a top pick! ... because of altitude sickness or lack of leg muscle but because my insides went berserk the day before the trek. 3 weeks in India and not a hint of 'Delhi belly' but suddenly everything I swallowed rapidly reappeared from one point or another. Figuring ...
A day in Leh
This is a top pick! 6a.m., walking through the narrow, twisting, dusty lanes of the old town: weathered faces on hunched bodies with gnarled hands fingering prayer beads, entering the gold-roofed Buddhist temple; 'om mani padme hum' echoing over and over; traders ...
Ladakh is the crack
This is a top pick! 19 hours in a share-jeep driven by a guy who bore an uncanny resemblance to Rufio from 'Hook'. Good choice to sit in position 1 [front window-side] since sitting in 2 [next to the driver] means he grabs for your crotch every time he changes gear. ...
Back to the Mountains
This is a top pick! ... quickly followed Jeff with stomach problems and got a cold as an extra bonus. Score: India - 10, Allison and Jeff - 0. India always wins. Leh (and Ladakh) is incredibly different than the rest of India. The area used to be part of Tibet, so the people ...
Driving to Leh
This is a top pick! The road to Leh was long, beginning early in the morning and ending at almost midnight. Our driver had slept for one hour the night before, after tackling the same trip going the other way. Nevertheless, he looked alert and clear for the entire ...
Phyang Cham Ceremony
This is a top pick! Phyang Cham Ceremony, A Slideshow Nate made a list of potential things to do in the Leh area. High on the list were a few summer festivals. Chances of the festivals happening while we were in Leh were slim, but lo-and-behold, the Phayang Cham dance ...
German Bakeries and Old Palaces
This is a top pick! Kevin and Nate had two days remaining in Ladakh. I would be in Ladakh another week, to watch the 800+ Year Drukpa Lineage Celebration, visit Tikse Monastery, walk along the Indus River in search of Ibisbill, and relaxing in Leh town. With two days ...
Teaching in the Indian Himalaya
This is a top pick! The plane circled Leh for 10 minutes before the Captain announced that due to dense cloud, rendering a landing unsafe, we were now en-route back to Delhi... So it was a 4a.m. check-in again the next day but this time the weather gods were smiling on ...
A Holiday Picnic
This is a top pick! A crowd of young people, in their best threads, are grinning and sweating as they strut their stuff to blaring amplified music in a jam-packed dance area... 'Toffs' on a Saturday night? No, there's no sticky carpet, it's 8 a.m. (and they're just ...
Flying over the Himalayas
This is a top pick! Wow, what a crazy morning. I saw the Dalai Lama! As we were leaving the airport, he arrived with his monk posse around him. It was properly like: 'DING! And if you take a look out the left side of the plane, you'll see the Dalai Lama.' Bonus, I got a ...
Alchi, Rizong, and Lamayuru on the Way to Srinagar
This is a top pick! In a Leh internet cafe, a small posting on a door-cum-message board drew my attention: Surveyors Wanted for a New Trekking Route in Kashmir. I noted the e-mail address and wrote to Helen. She replied favorably and we met the next day. After a ...
Ladakh: the world's highest road and pop festival
This is a top pick! ... bread unfortunately is not very tasty, especially after a few hours in Ladakhi air, when it turns into concrete. I can imagine Ladakh might one day attack Pakistan with Ladakhi bread covered in 'defense-purpose' jam... they'll be running for cover and ...
The dramatic road to Kargil
This is a top pick! Road to Kargil, Kashmir, India - Srinagar to Kargil - This truly beautiful 200km drive takes you from Kashmir's very alpine valleys over the remarkable double loops of the 3529m Zoji La. Beyond this, we descended into a series of high sided valleys like ...
I left my mark on Leh
This is a top pick! Leh, Ladakh, India - The bus ride from Lamayuru was not the most comfortable as I had to stand the entire journey. We were delayed for about an hour while a local crew were drilling into a large rock face next to the road. During this time, Sonja and I ...
Long and arduous journey through the Himalayas.
This is a top pick! ... style of Monastery architecture is distinctly Tibetan, giving the feeling that it is Tibet I am visiting rather than India. Also there is a strong military presence, as Ladakh region is in fact, part of Kashmir, though it is the buddhist sector, and has ...
Leh
Leh, at a breathless 3505 meters high, is the capital of the province of Ladakh which separates the Indus Valley from Tibet and Kashmir from Himachal Pradesh with sheer walls of rock and ice. For most of the year its cut off from the ...
Day 1: Stok Circuit Trek
... , then was picked up on day three in Stok. There was no one guidebook for this trek specifically. We consulted Trekking in Ladakh by Charlie Loram and Trekking in the Indian Himalaya published by Lonely Planet. Both were bought in the US on Amazon. In ...
May 13, 2009
Ladakh
... China is just a few miles away and attempted to take this territory in the 1960s. There are 150,000 soldiers in Ladakh. Ladakhis are primarily ethnic Tibetans, but there are many Kashmiris here as well. The kingdom became a province of Jammu ...
le village de Dah, une enclave traditionnelle
nous prenons la route toujours en moto vers l'Est, pour rejoindre un village perdu dans les montagnes non loin de la frontiere Pakistanaise. Nous voyageons avec Manish, un Ladaki de Leh, guide touristisque a ses heures perdues, et Sima, une anglaise ...
Happy Yatara!
... you're battling your way up the big hill in the dust and truck exhaust. We have heard the horrors stories of biking in India. Lots of traffic, lots of noise, lots of people. Thankfully Kashmir isn't much like the rest of India. This ...
Khardung La revisited - 1. katse
... , kes on korduvalt Tallinnas orkestri koosseisus viiulit mänginud ja vaimustuses Tallinna vanalinnast. Näen möödaminnes raamatupoe aknal India Lonely Planetit ja mulle tuleb meelde Sunny kurtmine, et keegi Iisraeli neiu olevat nende LP pihta pannud. ...
teine vaatus
Pärast vaheäratust mosheest proovime kella seitsme paiku linnast midagi süüa leida. Tagajärjetult. Poolitame Estriga eilset pirukat ja jagan oma küpsiseid. Tarime kotid alla, kuigi minu juhti veel ei paista. Saan kolme kallistuse võrra rikkamaks ...
Conversation class SECMOL
Here are some pics of the students in conversation class, we did some role play, which most of them ...
No race no rallye, enjoy the beauty of the valley
... bodies. So, we decided to leave for the only spot in India where the monsoon is bearable or doesn't hit: Himachal Pradesh and Ladakh in the Northwest (due to unrest, curfews and bombings, Kashmir had to be cancelled). T: The hill station of Shimla ...
Two Miles High in Leh
... . Embassy contacts in Jammu and Kashmir report that they are taking special security precautions in light of these statements." Eastern Ladakh and Leh (our current location) are okay. The next day, we visited Sam, a Muslim shop keeper ...
A very varied day....
Had a long lie, before great breakfast of masala dosas - they are like crepes with curried potato filling and dipping sauce, a great way to start the day. And then we (three teams, us, Mid Life Crisis and She's A Goa) were off to see a nearby FRANK ...