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Leh Slideshow
Leh
Travel Blogs from Leh, India
Leh – 2 dni odpoczynku przed trekkingiem
... tak odczuwalny. Jeden z dni uplynal nam na byczeniu sie wspolnie z angielska para z Bristolu Hannah i Richem (z drobnym wypadem do Leh Palace). Kolejny dzien to zakupy zywnosci na trekking(co wcale nie bylo latwe), na ktory mielismy isc wspolnie z nimi. ...
Hundar and Diskit
We in our madness decided against our better judgement and past experience to try the public bus to Diskit. We are well aware that the share jeep isn't that much more expensive, but we thought we could splurge on the extra couple of rupees for our ...
inimkatsed 2. osa
... . Ühel hetkel on silmi avades ees kidur sild ja silt "weak bridge". Teisel pool silda kahetseb HIMANK (India Himaalaja teede eest hea seisev organisatsioon) tekitatud ebamugavusi. Lumesulavesi on mäekülgedele ehitanud moodustisi, mis meenutavad ...
Lasermo La
Öösel krabiseb miskit vastu telgikatust. Vihm, arvan kergemeelselt ja magan edasi. Hommikuks on oja kaldad härmas ja ilmselt sadas siiski lund. Mis tähendab, et ka kurul sadas lund. Kui kõrvaltelgist hääli kuulen ja kella vaatan, näitab see 4.27. ...
maailma kõrgeim motoriseeritud kuru
Start kell kuus. Diskitis saan juhi kulul teed juua, vaadates, kuidas mu kott ühest autost välja tõstetakse ja teise katusele visatakse. Pärast mõningast sebimist on autotäis rahvast koos ja sõit võib alata. Teelt korjatakse peale veel üks mees ...
Khardung La (90 km)
... , just to make it more exciting there is sand and gravel on just about every turn and switchback. There are signs everywhere about road safety but by simply cleaning this hazard away would have made this road so much safer. Oh well such is life in ...
The Girls Who Lived
... adventures and the other to update the directions for the section of the trek from Liker to YangTang (with visuals!). Julley! We left Leh after breakfast at the Penguin in a taxi bound for Liker (pron. Lee Care). Our plan was to trek from Liker to ...
In-Leh
... to the muscles in motion. But a body accustomed to a healthy supply of oxygen struggles to cope with the relatively thin air of Leh. Stripped of oxygen, the mind experiences hysteria. Big mistake. Big big mistake. I struggle to breathe, to stay sane. I'm ...
de mooiste plek op de wereld
De ongeveer 30 uur durende maar adembenemende rit voert van Manali naar Leh, in het afgelegen Ladakh (Noord-India). De bus kruipt met een trage 45 km per uur de berg op, hij passeert meermaals onder luid getoeter (op een eenbaansweg met tenenkrommende ...
Last day in Leh
... we wait, then we waited some more and then we walked. To the highway and as luck would have it into a passing bus for Leh. All the volunteers had lunch at Chop sticks which is one of the only tourist places still open and they have yummy vegetables, ...
25/7/10: Rest day (almost); Hike up to Leh Fort
... 00pm: Jai and I decided that we had to test out our climbing muscles at least once before starting our trek, and we left for Leh Palace. Kanwar decided to stay back as his foot was bothering him. We reached the base and started climbing up... feeling the ...
My last days at SECMOL
Although I have been in SECMOL for three and half months now and there are certain things that have driven me bonkers, and let's face it most of you know that isn't the longest drive. I am super sad to leave. My last day feels especially gloomy because ...
La Ultra - The High Altitude Marathon
Ultra marathon Today was the day that the high altitude ultra marathon came to SECMOL. The Ultra marathon was started the previous year and only one out of 6 people completed it I think, this year all the competitors finished and it was won by an ...
Trekking Through the Ladakhi Outback part 2
We entered the Skyu Gompa the next morning and observed the ancient paintings showing the Buddha and his many emanations. That day we knew we had to ford a river that was waist deep so the thought always came up between the beautiful views. Around 6:30 ...
No longer any trouble with mosquitoes
... , snow-capped mountains all around you, and the sun beating down on you with a heat which, although comparable to that of southern India, is less humid and thus far more pleasurable. Having not booked a hotel ahead of arriving (as I never do), a driver ...
Trekking Through the Ladakhi Outback part 1
... a walk across a bridge over the Indus River and immediately entered a sparse area resembling a desert. As the distance between us and Leh widened there were fewer hikers to be seen. After the first day Tom and I set up a small campfire to cook some ...
Doctors visit
... out she needed a root canal done and decided to go ahead and have it done there. We had heard really bad stories about dentists in Leh but she had a good feeling about this one. So it cost her nothing to get this done in Leh and it would possibly cost up ...
7th Day in Leh. Plans take a U turn
... roads between Leh Manali would take much more time to open. The much awaited and anxiously anticipated adventurous journey of Leh Manali Circuit became a question mark. My wife was yet mentally not ready to travel to Nubra Valley after her ...
2-8-10: Rest day for 2; River rafting for 3!
Aug 2-3 2010 I stopped keeping track of time from today. Got up in the morning to the sounds of Niket getting ready for his river rafting trip with Jai and Kanwar. Went down and had some tea with them. They left sometime around 8am. Sagar and I chilled ...
Paradise lost in Kashmir
... a client who had had all her money taken from her when she first arrived for a 6 month trip (about R60,000 - a fortune in India) in exchange for a holiday "organised" by them. She had endured 2 months of misery already and had retuned to beg them to give ...
Zasluzony odpoczynek w Leh :), a pozniej dalej ...
Kolejne 2 dni znowu sie byczylismy,z czego praktycznie jeden caly dzien zszedl nam na kupowaniu roznych rzeczy (troche ciuchow dla nas, troche prezentow dla rodziny. Nastepnym celem dla nas byla stolica Indii – New Delhi, ale postanowilismy sobie ...
We drove the highest one could possibly drive
After eating a crappy breakfast at the expensive Leh View rooftop restaurant, we decided it was the last time we'd go to a touristy place to eat. We stopped in a small restaurant, about the size of a bathroom, on the way back to the guesthouse and had ...
Trekking Through the Ladakhi Outback part 3
... dry rice in a pan we knew the rice dahl was coming. The next morning Macheek had to set off early as he had a bus leaving Leh in a couple of days so we wished him well staying behind for the breakfast: a soup consisting of turnips and yak meat (I let the ...
Happy and Healthy in Leh
... herself enough so that we could go up to the Shanti Stupa at sunset. The Shanti Stupa is located on the hill above Leh and Lonley Planet describes it as having "gobsmaking views" and they are correct. We decided that in her malnourished condition, the ...
28/7/10: Day 2 - Jingchen->Rumbak
6:00am: I got up a couple of times around 4am and 5am. Couldn't sleep too well after that. So I finally got up and out of the tent at 6am. I had some hot tea, but was unable to go do my business. Eventually, around 7:30am, I decided to have ...
Altitude sickness in Ladakh
... came with us the next day on a jeep tour of Nubra Valley. This valley is the northermost point tourists are allowed go in India and is near the borders of Pakistan and China. To get there we had to drive through the highest motorable pass in the world ...
nuumamine algab
Hommikul on ilm pilves ja tundub isegi pisut vihma tibavat. Jagan asjad taas kahte lehte, need, mis kaasa tulevad ja need, mis hotelli ootele jäävad. Saan pisut hotelli ees Wasimi ja autot oodata, edasise pool tundi või nii veedame mööda linna ...
Leh-ters
... will be. And in the nothingness of my slate; I see the message loud and clear. Start over. Whenever you like. As often as you like. For I, the Universe, Don't really give a shit. Adieu and warm regards, ~ AM Facebook update: Leh. :) :) :) ...
templid Alam-Ladakhi orus
Järjekordne jahe hommik pannkookidega. Saame Kaarlega oma punti Anu. Ja hiljem paljastub ka Marttis salapannkoogisööja... Võtame taksopeatusest auto viimaks meid Sheysse, Thiksesse, Mathosse ja Stokki. Tee kulgeb mööda rohelist Ladakhi orgu, ...
harjutusi iseseisvaks eluks
Pannkoogiklubi saab täiendust Estri ja Kadri näol, oleme enamuses. Suure osa päevast veedan sellega, et üritan Charlie Lorami juhatuste järgi leida Lehist Sabosse suunduvat jalgrada. Kirjeldatud maamärke on ilmselt kõik kohad täis (kolmnurkne ...