Hotel Mandala Leh

... survive - they don't wear boots, just some shoes or slippers, no trousers - only these maroon covers. I just can't get it! 
The young monks are just giving me some curious looks. Then the senior ones propose me to have some "tea" and smile very welcomely. When I step into the praying hall they propose me to have a sit in the second row. It's not possible to take pictures in the prayer hall, so I'll try to explain what is it like. Well, it's a big room - some 40x25 meters, there ...

... it became colder, but in a pretty severe way. When I reached the check post - South Pullu - some Indian tourist was very surprised with me having no hat, and was very kind to give me one - called Monkey Hat (it just took it off the head of the the ladies in the car, which made her surprised as well :). So now equipped with the Monkey Hat, gloves, full helmet, thermic underwear, boots I was going to pass the Khardung La @5.6 km. This would be the highest point for me to visit ...

... get the used to that clutch. It takes me longer than they expect me to, but I don't have a choice - already bought leather gloves! :) After some ten minutes I learn how to operate the vehicle - so I take a helmet and the instructions on where to fuel and here I'm driving away as I hear "Left side!" cries from behind. <br>Fueling is not as simple, especially when no one knows what OIL STATION is. It's called PETROL PUMP instead. <br>Eventually I find myself ...

... dried mutton meat<br><br>11. Mix well and let cook for 2 min (looks like a paste now)<br><br>12. Put aside and let cool off.<br><br>Dough<br><br>Put some water in a bowl. Add flour. Mix and kneed well. Add flour and kneed until you have the consistency of a bread dough. <br><br>Making the Parai Mou Mou<br ...

... Et secundo plus de sortie à moto sans kit de réparation. <br><br>J&#8217;ai été enchantée par l&#8217;aide que nous avons généreusement reçu de la part de l&#8217;armée indienne. Ils ne se sont pas contentés de nous faire dormir quelque part, mais ils ont pris cette affaire à c&#339;ur et ont donné de leur mieux pour nous rendre service. J&#8217;ai envie de dire comme David le faisait bien en buvant le thé de remerciement à ZINGRAL « Thanks to the Indian Army ! »

... guides, hoteliers saluent d&lt;un Julay bien sincere des qu&lt;ils l&lt;appercoivent. Faut dire qu&lt;il en est a son 10ieme sejour dans le coin. Des qu&lt;antoine m&lt;a presente a la pri\oprio du Guesthouse ou il etablit ses quartiers a chacun de ses passages, elle nous a, avec un grand sourire et plein d&lt;enthousiame, trace un programme bien precis pour les 3 prochaines annees: un grand mariage ladaki dans sa cours, puis un fils et une fille. Ouf ! on ...

... selle hoolikalt ajalehte.<br>Maksmise kohta öeldakse, et ma maksaks niipalju kui tahan. Eksole. Toas oli õnneks seinal silt 2009. aasta hindadega. Ühe inimese lõuna, õhtusöök, ööbimine ja hommikusöök 400 ruupiat. Saan isegi sajase tagasi. Kõik on rahul.<br>Sammun läbi küla ja näen veel külalistemajade silte. Eespool on sinist taevast. Jään küla viimase veenire juurde peatuma, et hambaid pesta ja oma vinge veefiltriga vett filtreerida. Eemal paistab juba madal ...

... our directions to cross the wooden bridge and then follow the path up to the house. After going through mud up to our ankles, we passed a white stupa and continued up to the house. Only when we realized the path was going down did we think--hmmm...don't mountain passes go up? We turned around and found the man who lived in the house and through gestures he realized we had no idea what he meant, so ...

... the Pakistan border. Central Leh is quite touristy filled with hostels, restaurants and shops selling "genuine" Ladakhi/Kasmiri/Tibetan goods. There is a large Tibetan population here, who came over as a result of the Chinese invasion. The first hostel I stayed in was nice apart from all the nearby dogs barking through out the night, which was a nightmare as I'm a light sleeper. I kept wishing some dog eating Himalayan creature would ...